NHL cancels UBS Arena’s 2026 Olympic sendoff event

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The Olympic sendoff event at UBS Arena is no more.

The Super Bowl Media Day-style event for the Olympic hockey tournament that was planned in lieu of an All-Star Game at UBS Arena is being canceled, an Islanders spokesman confirmed to The Post.

ESPN’s Emily Kaplan was the first to report the news.

The Islanders are still slated to host the 2027 All-Star Game and skills competition, though it will have far less gravitas for being in between the NHL’s return to the Olympics and the 2028 World Cup of Hockey.


A general view of the exterior of UBS Arena prior to the game on March 3, 2024 in Elmont, New York.
The 2026 Olympics sendoff at UBS Arena has been canceled. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The 2026 All-Star Game was given to UBS before the NHL announced it would send players to the Olympics in Milan.

When it became clear that the Olympics would replace the All-Star Game in 2026, it was changed into a media event and the Islanders were given the 2027 All-Star Game instead.

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