Lukas Reichel, a forward for the Abbotsford Canucks, is set to represent his home country of Germany at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games that takes place in Italy from Feb. 6-22, 2026.
Reichel comes from a line of Olympians including his father, Martin Reichel, who played in the Winter Olympics in 2022 and his uncle, Robert Reichel, whose team took home a gold medal in 1998 playing for the Czech Republic.
Reichel, 23, was first chosen to play in the Olympics back in June 2025. He used to play for the Chicago Blackhawks and was later drafted to the Vancouver Canucks on Oct. 25, 2025 before he was sent to the Abbotsford Canucks. Despite his difficulty to stay on a higher level team, he’s now amongst four other current Canuck team members who have made it on the roster; Elias Pettersson for Sweden, Filip Hronek and David Kämpf for Czechia, and Kevin Lankinen for Finland.
Reichel is excited and looks forward to competing in this year’s winter Olympics.
“It makes it even better that all the NHL guys and the whole league is having a break for it. So everyone has their best players, it’s good to see and I can’t wait.”
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