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Welcome to all 165 participants in the Shoot for Gold 2026 Olympic hockey pool. It's been 10 years since the World Cup and 12 since the last Olympics with NHLers, so this is most people's first Shoot for Gold pool. Enjoy! Please note, boxscores are not live-fed so I'll enter the results at some point after games are completed.
Finland's 11-0 romp over Italy has scrambled the leaderboard, with seven entries leapfrogging the leaderboard. Hanna-Marea Kennedy has taken the lead with 38 points on the back of Juuse Saros's shutout and Mikko Rantanen's big game. Hanna-Marea has opened a three-point gap over Darren Charters and Anna Kwan who are tied for second. The former leaders have dropped to 8th, six points back. Leader caroussel continues to turn 2/14/2026 2:05:00 AM Sharon Messer has overtaken Dan Meister by one point after day three, as the tight race continues - 36 contestants are within five points of the leader. Blair Golledge jumped from 144th to 13th with the daily high 19 points on Friday. From Messer to Meister 2/12/2026 11:43:00 PM Day one leads rarely stick, and by early afternoon on Thursday Cameron Messer was replaced by Sharon Messer. But by day's end it was Dan Meister who took over with 19 points. A day-high 18-points put Gareth Neilson, Jerry Gluss, and Wayne Burke in a tie for second place. Binnington claims the upper hand (for now) 2/12/2026 11:36:00 PM Questions surrounding Jordan Binnington were quickly answered as he shut out Czechia in the opening game for Canada, while Connor Hellebuyck did get a win but no shutout versus Latvia. Hellebuyck's 80 picks were far more than the two Canadian goalies, with Binnington's 31 picks looking like a far better bet than Logan Thompson's 21. Day One Leader 2/12/2026 1:10:00 AM Cameron Messer is off to a hot start, taking the day one lead on Sweden's victory against Italy. He starts with a three-point lead thanks to goalie Filip Gustavsson's win and four points by Mika Zibanejad. Meanwhile the player of the day, picked by no one, was Slovakia's Juraj Slavkofsky, with five pool points. Check the Rules! 2/1/2026 3:15:00 AM It's been a while since the last Shoot for Gold. So whether you're new or returning, check the rules. Scoring is different than in Lord Stanley's Pool, there's no per-team maximum, and you will pick fewer players. See the player stats of the 2014 or 2010 Shoot for Golds for some strategy research. Enough clues... read the rules. Tournament format 2/1/2026 3:11:00 AM It's a short pool, lasting just a couple weeks and with only 30 games on the full schedule. After a three-game group round robin, the top four teams advance to the Quarterfinals. Teams 5 to 12 play a qualification play-in game for the other four quarterfinal spots. Winners of the quarters play in the semi-finals and then the gold or bronze medal games. So all teams will play between 4 and possibly 7 games, with most players picked in the pool likely to play 6 games. |
The fee as per usual is $10 per entry. All pool winnings are distributed to the top three (1st, 60%; 2nd, 30%; 3rd, 10%). The pool administrator does not take a cut, but won't refuse a glass of Scotch if you're buying. Payment is due upon registration - and no later than February 11. Don't make me chase you. Pay by Interac eTransfer or Paypal. If you're paying for a group, include in the payment notes the full names of the entries you're covering. Thank you for your cooperation. This year's banner 2/1/2026 2:38:00 AM Thanks to Tim Smith for yet another sharp banner, featuring a matchup we're all looking forward to seeing. 10 free points for your entry, Tim! Actually I can't do that, but it's the thought that counts. Registration is open 2/1/2026 2:16:00 AM Welcome to Shoot for Gold 2026. This is the first Shoot for Gold since the World Cup in 2016 and the first Olympic hockey pool since 2014 so it's been a while! Registration is now open - pick your players and team and get ready to win Gold! The deadline to register is 10:40 AM EST on February 11. Good luck to all! Comments, questions, suggestions? E-mail Mitch.
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