Mike Keenan
FILE - The Calgary Flames introduce Mike Keenan as the team's new head coach at a news conference in Calgary, Canada, June 14, 2007. Keenan was named coach of Italy’s men’s national ice hockey team on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, giving the Stanley Cup winner a chance to guide the host country at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press via AP, File)
Mike Keenan to coach host Italy in hockey at 2026 Olympics

Oct. 14, 2022 04:44 PM EDT

FILE - Kunlun Red Star's team players celebrate after they won the Kontinental Hockey League match against Spartak Moscow, Oct. 1, 2016, in Moscow, Russia. Next week near Moscow, China will play two games as Beijing-based KHL team Kunlun Red Star against Russian opponents. IIHF and Chinese hockey officials will be watching closely, in person and online, and hoping the team is not going to be embarrassed against NHL competition at the Winter Games in February. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Officials worry China’s men’s hockey team not Olympics ready

By Stephen Whyno Nov. 12, 2021 04:52 AM EST