The NHL season will officially hit the quarter mark when the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks play at Rogers Arena on Thursday (10 p.m. ET; SNP, Victory+). That's the 328th game in a 1,312-game season.

The next quarter will determine who is going to the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026. Rosters have to be submitted by each national federation by Dec. 31. The halfway point of the season comes Jan. 3.

The Super 16 this week takes a closer look at players who have helped their cause with their play through the first quarter of the season. Clearly, if their team is ranked this week and the player is mentioned, he's doing something right not only individually, but for his team.

To come up with the Super 16, the 15 voters first put together their own version of what they think the r

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