Montreal Canadiens ahead Alexandre Texier shall be becoming a member of teammates Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen at subsequent month’s Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.
On Tuesday, Workforce France named Texier as their last choice for the lads’s Olympic crew roster. The remainder of the crew had been named in December, however due to an settlement with the NHL, Texier’s identify was omitted till now. He’s the lone Frenchman presently enjoying within the NHL.
Texier will be a part of a couple of former NHLers on the squad, notably Pierre-Édouard Bellemare and Stephane Da Costa.
🇫🇷 France revealed full 2026 Olympic Winter Video games roster together with the most important star Alexandre Texier!➡️Athlete participation requires affirmation by their respective NOC.@hockey_fra @olympics @nhl @nhlpa#Olympics #NHL #IIHF pic.twitter.com/DzD61ZefrT
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) January 6, 2026
Since becoming a member of the Canadiens as a free agent in November, Texier has three targets and 5 assists in 20 video games, with a +1 score.
The 6-foot-1, 196-pound winger was born in Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France, and performed for Grenoble in his dwelling nation’s prime league when he was drafted within the second spherical (forty fifth total) by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2017.
Workforce Czechia additionally finalized their roster for the Olympics, and Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes didn’t make the lower. The nation went with three different NHL goalies: Lukas Dostal, Daniel Vladar and Karel Vejmelka.
The 2026 Winter Olympics shall be held from Feb. 6 to 22. Workforce Canada will play its first recreation in Milan on Feb. 12 in opposition to Czechia. The final time NHL gamers participated within the Winter Video games was 2014 in Sochi, Russia, the place Canada gained the gold medal.
