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Hockey fans who enjoy international competition featuring the best players in the world have been mostly disappointed for much of the last decade.
We haven't had many of these tournaments involving NHL players. The last time NHL players competed at the Winter Olympics was 2014 when Canada defeated Sweden in the gold medal game. The only international competition with NHL players since the 2014 Olympics was the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
So we've now gone seven years without best-on-best international competition in hockey. Thankfully, that drought likely will end soon.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday the league and NHLPA are working toward creating an international competition in 2025, along with a regular rotation of international tournaments that NHL players compete in.
"So if we do a '25 international tournament, we do the '26 Olympics, the '28 World Cup of Hockey, the '30 Olympics, the '32 World Cup of Hockey, and so on," Daly said, per NHL.com's Dan Rosen. "That's the goal."
An international tournament every two years would be great for the NHL. Sure, there are challenges to shutting down the league for two weeks each February in an Olympic year, but players really want to represent their country and the tournament itself is a great advertisement for the sport.
The list of superstar NHL players who have never competed in the Olympics is a lengthy one. How cool would it be to see Connor McDavid and Canada square off against Auston Matthews and the United States with the gold medal at stake? The 2010 gold medal showdown between Canada and Team USA in Vancouver is one of the most memorable hockey games of the last 25 years.
Hopefully we see something similar in three years. The 2026 Winter Olympics will hosted by Italy.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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