TORONTO -- Canada shortened its list of men’s hockey prospects for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 when the management group met for several hours Monday.

“I think we’re down to a much more manageable number of players that we’re going to really hone in on in the next month,” general manager Doug Armstrong said. “Our next meeting will be the first week of December. We’re hoping probably to have, I’d say, 80 percent of the team in pencil then and then use that last month to round out that roster.”

Each team’s 25-man roster is due Dec. 31, although how the rosters will be announced has yet to be decided. Armstrong said Canada would scout potential replacement players in January in case of injuries. The tournament will be Feb. 11-22.

“We went obviously by forwards, [defenseme

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