Frederik Andersen and Nikolaj Ehlers will trade the Carolina sweater for a place on the roster for Team Denmark at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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TICKETS AT DPAC IN C DOT COM. >> EXCITING. WE ARE DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES AND ATHLETES ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HERE AND RALEIGH, THEY’RE PREPARING FOR THE BIGGEST COMPETITION OF THEIR LIVES. SOME OF THE CAROLINA HURRICANES PLAYERS WILL BE THERE. THEY ARE TRAINING WITH THE TEAM RIGHT NOW UNTIL THE OLYMPIC BREAK, WHICH STARTS ON FRIDAY. >> WRAL’S AGREES. HOLLAND SHARES HOW 2 CANES PLAYERS ARE PREPARING BEFORE THEY LEAVE FROM A LOT. >> FREDERICK ANDERSON AND NIKOLAJ EHLERS WILL COMPETE FOR THEIR HOME COUNTRY OF DENMARK FOR THE DURATION OF THE OLYMPICS. BUT THEY CONTINUE TO GET READY WITH THE CAROLINA HURRICANES. THAT’S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE OF US WHO WE HAD SOME MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER WITH THE DANISH SOME PRELIMINARY MEETINGS THAT COULD HELP US GONNA GET USED TO WHAT WE’RE WE’RE GOING INTO EHLERS AND ANDERSON, BOTH BORN AND RAISED IN DENMARK HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE EXCITED TO REUNITE WITH THEIR OLD TEAMMATES ON THE SPORT’S BIGGEST STAGE. THEM ARE SMALL COUNTRY. SO ALSO A LOT OF US KNOW EACH OTHER FROM SOME PLANNING AND A CHILDREN’S IT AFTER THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT WE HAD THIS WERE NEVER ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS AT ALL. WHY WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THAT, EVEN THAT SOMETHING THAT I’M JUST EXCITED TO GET BACK TO ALL THESE ATHLETES ARE EXCITED TO COMPETE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THEY’RE ALSO PREPARING TO TAKE ON THEIR CURRENT NHL TEAMMATES AT THE OLYMPICS. JACOB SLAVEN WILL COMPETE FOR TEAM USA AND SEBASTIAN AHO WILL COMPETE FOR FINLAND. THE WOODS LEVEL AND TELL SO WE’LL JUST PLAY IT. SHOW THEIR OBVIOUS AND OFTEN CHALLENGE FOR U.S. EMBASSY. THESE NHL ATHLETES LOVE REPRESENTING THEIR TEAMS. BUT THERE’S JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT PLAYING IN THEIR COUNTRY’S COLORS, SEEING THE WHOLE COUNTRY BEHIND NEW WAS WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I’D NEVER FELT BEFORE. AND THERE WAS THE MOST SPECIAL FEELING EVER. ANDERSON DEALERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN MILAN, BUT FANS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MARCH WHEN THEY COME RIGHT BACK TO THE LENOVO CENTER TO COMPETE ON THE ICE WHERE THEY’RE REPRESENTING NORTH