Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson has been named to Sweden's roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Andersson, who captained Sweden at the 2025 IIHF Men's World Championship, has suited up for 40 games with the Flames this season, scorign eight goals and 26 points. He ranks third in scoring among Swedish defencemen in the NHL this season, trailing just Erik Karlsson (30 points) and Rasmus Dahlin (28 points).
He joins a Swedish defence made up of the following players: Karlsson, Dahlin, Philip Broberg, Jonas Brodin, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Gustav Forsling, and Victor Hedman.
The tournament will feature 12 teams playing three preliminary games in their respective groups. The three group winners and the best second-place team will get a bye into the quarterfinals; the other eight teams will play single-elimination games to determine the other four quarterfinalists. The gold medal game will be held on Feb. 22.
Team Sweden, which is in Group B, will open against Team Italy on Feb. 11, then play Team Finland on Feb. 13 and Team Slovakia on Feb. 14.
In addition to Andersson, Flames forward Martin Pospsil is also slated to represent his country at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
He was one of the initial six players named to Slovakia's roster in June, along with forwards Juraj Slafkovsky and Tomas Tatar, and defencemen Erik Cernak and Martin Fehervary.
The 26-year-old Zvolen native had seven points (3G, 4A) in seven games at the 2024 IIHF World Hockey Championship, and also played three games for Slovakia in the Olympic qualifiers in 2024.
Pospisil has 49 points (12G, 37A) in 144 career games with the Flames.
