In NHL.com's Q&A feature called "Sitting Down with …" we talk to key figures in the game, gaining insight into their lives on and off the ice. In this edition, we feature Peter Bondra, a former forward who played 16 seasons in the NHL, including 14 with the Washington Capitals. He played for Slovakia twice in the Olympics (1998, 2006) and served as its general manager for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Peter Bondra will be a highly interested spectator from afar when the men's ice hockey competition at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 gets underway with a game between Slovakia and Finland on Feb. 11.

Bondra, who played for Slovakia at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and 2006 Torino Olympics, will be rooting hard for his countrymen.

"There's no way I'm not going t

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