Finland wants to win a sweepstakes of another kind at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Finland, which is in Group B, opens its Olympic schedule against Slovakia on Wednesday (10:40 a.m. ET; Peacock, USA, CBC Gem, TSN, CBC).

Finland is about to face the gold medal favorite Team USA in their opener of the women's Olympic hockey tournament, and they may do it with only two lines after Norovirus has left their roster ravaged.

Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia. A powerful drill is used to penetrate the frozen ground to bury training anti-tank mines,

Though Finland announced its roster Jan. 2, NHL.com is taking it a step further, taking our shot at what some countries' forward lines, defense pairs and goalie depth chart should look like.