San Jose Sharks
Wennberg Named to Team Sweden for Olympics
Alexander Wennberg is headed to the Olympics.
The San Jose Sharks center will represent Sweden in Milano Cortina, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced Friday.
Wennberg is one of three additions at forward compared to Sweden’s Four Nations roster, joining the team along with Gabriel Landeskog and Pontus Holmberg. Overall, Team Sweden has six new players on their Olympic roster a year after the Four Nations tournament, with defensemen Philip Broberg and Oliver Ekman-Larsson and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt also joining the fray.
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The 31-year-old is tied for 10th in points and tied for sixth in assists among Swedish forwards in the NHL this season.
For the San Jose Sharks, in his second year with the team, the pending UFA is second in assists with 19 and tied for third in overall points with 26.
The Olympics will be Wennberg’s fourth time playing for Team Sweden at the top level and first time beyond World Championships — which he competed at in 2016, 2019, and 2025. Wennberg and Team Sweden won the Bronze Medal at the 2025 World Championship.
Fellow San Jose Sharks’ Swedes William Eklund and John Klingberg did not make the team.
In 2014, the last time NHL players competed at the Olympics, Team Sweden took home the silver medal, beating Team Finland in the semifinal to advance to the gold-medal match.
Sweden’s first game in Milano Cortina will see it face host Italy on Feb. 11.
I think Eklund should have made it. Hopefully though, he’s the kind of dude to use it as motivation for the rest of the season to prove to the hockey world that he’s among the worlds best
He’s definitely better than Pontus Holmberg. Despite his smaller size he’s really solid on the boards and has a ton of skill below the goal line. Holmberg has 1 inch and 10 pounds on Ecky but Ecky has more than double the production and more games played despite being 3 years younger. Ecklunds +- is poor but that’s a sign of the teams success not the players impact. Hopefully he makes them regret their decision!
Probably trying to keep up with the extreme physicality of Team USA and Canada.
I watched a lot of Holmberg when he was in Toronto. He is not exactly a tough guy either. Maybe he has really stepped up in Tampa. That’s the only reason I can see to take him over Eklund.
I think the missed time from injury and slow restart hurt him. But taking Pontus Holmberg over Eklund is a weird move. It’s like the Swedes are turning into Canadians in their thinking.
Wait… Italy gets to ice a team for this? What’s the point? You could probably ice a better team of beer leaguers in the Bay Area. They’re gonna get smoked!
I wouldn’t feel safe on the ice with the Tkachuk brothers and Tom Wilson, and they aren’t bigger than me. I’m just me and they are them
Team Sweden suddenly becomes 25% more photogenic.
Almost enough to cancel out Nylander’s Habsburg Jaw.
Tough but fair.