The Olympic Qualification tournament concludes today in Bratislava, Slovakia and Aaborg, Denmark.
Marco Kasper’s Austrian team has already lost two games, so they’re going to be playing for pride against Hungary at 8 AM EDT (and the YouTube link below will stream the game, but not archive it)…
But there’s some drama in Aaborg at 10:30 AM EDT as Michael Brandsegg-Nygard’s Norwegians will battle Denmark, with the winner of today’s game earning Olympic qualification for the 2026 games in Milan (and again, the YouTube embed/link will stream the game, but not archive it):
For the Red Wings, which will have both Kasper and Brandsegg-Nygard in training camp, the most important thing for both players is that this tournament gives them some playing time with which to earn a bit of momentum heading into training camp and the exhibition season.
Playing two games over the course of three nights does that, and as MBN is scheduled to play two Champions Hockey League games on September 6th and 8th, respectively, before heading overseas, so he’s going to be raring to go come September 19th.
