There are members of the Florida Panthers littered throughout the players and staffers participating in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Of the 32 NHL teams, all of which have at least one player taking part in the Olympics, none have more selected to skate in Milan than the Panthers.
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In addition to their 10 players, though, Florida also has a handful of staff members who were also honored to join their respective nations in their areas of expertise.
That group includes Panthers Assistant Coach Jamie Kompon, who will be on the beach with Team Germany.
Kompon joined the Panthers in 2022 as a two-time Stanley Cup champion, having won as an assistant with Los Angeles in 2012 and again as an assistant with Chicago in 2013.
He was added to Florida’s coaching staff about six weeks after the team hired Paul Maurice as head coach, as the two had worked together previously in Winnipeg.
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Kompon has earned a reputation as an excellent special teams coach, particularly with running power play systems that match each respective squad’s personnel.
Germany’s first game is set for Thursday at 3:10 p.m. ET when they face Denmark. They’ll follow that up with a back-to-back on Saturday at 6:10 a.m. ET with Latvia and Sunday at 3:10 p.m. ET against the United States.
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Photo caption: May 24, 2025; Sunrise, Florida, USA; (Editors Notes: Caption Correction) Florida Panthers assistant coach Jamie Kompon reacts during the first period in game three of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)
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