The Danes aren't used to the attention their homeland has received of late, but focus at Olympics is on building hockey program

Along with his countryman and fellow Hurricanes teammate Frederick Andersen, Nikolaj Ehlers gets a chance at Olympics glory with Denmark.

MILAN -- Frederik Andersen will not start for Team Denmark against Team USA at Santagiulia Arena on Saturday (3:10 p.m. ET; Peacock, USA, ICI Télé, CBC Gem, TSN) in a Group C preliminary round game at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

MILAN — Lars Eller took a long, ponderous pause. “Yeah, the news,” he said. “We’re not used to being in the news that much.” See Also There’s one common theme of agony for Team USA at these Olympics The we in this case was Denmark.