The Lidl Hockey Games are set to get underway from November 5-8 in Ängelholm, Sweden featuring women's national teams from Czechia, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland in what will be one of the final events ahead of the Olympics.

Based on his start, Thatcher Demko should be one of Team USA's goaltenders at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Katie Uhlaender's bid to become the first American women's slider to make six Olympic teams hit a major bump Saturday when she didn't qualify for the U.S. World Cup team that will start competing later this month. The team, which was finalized after the completion of selection races on the 2002 Olympic track in Park City, Utah, includes world silver medalist Mystique Ro, Sara Roderick, 2022 Olympian Kelly Curtis and Kendall Wesenberg on the women's team, along with Austin Florian, Dan Barefoot and Nick Tucker on the men's team.