Sources: Keller, Thompson, Jones make U.S. roster - ESPN

Utah Mammoth captain Clayton Keller, Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson and Florida Panthers Stanley Cup-winning defenseman Seth Jones have been named to the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, sources told ESPN.

Federations had to submit their 25-player rosters by Wednesday. Team Canada announced its team in a news conference Wednesday. Team USA plans to announce its men's, women's and paralympic hockey teams in a Friday morning appearance on «The Today Show.»

Team USA GM Bill Guerin, who is also GM of the Minnesota Wild, called players Wednesday morning to let them know they made the team. The United States also called players who just missed the cut and might still be needed as injury replacements. Teams can replace players until the tournament in Milan-Cortina begins Feb. 11.

Six players have already been named to the U.S. team: Auston Matthews, Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk, Charlie McAvoy, Quinn Hughes and Jack Eichel. Keller, Thompson and Jones are additions from the 4 Nations Face-Off team that lost to Canada in the championship game in February.

NHL players are participating in the Olympics for the first time in 12 years, and it's an opportunity to showcase how much hockey has grown in the United States. America has not won an Olympic gold medal in men's hockey since the 1980 «Miracle on Ice» team, and the U.S. is not shying away from what's at stake.

«The expectation is to go to Milan and win the gold medal,» Eichel said at the U.S. Olympic orientation camp in September. «I think anything short of that, it would be disappointing.»

Keller, a St. Louis area native, was the No. 7 pick of the Arizona Coyotes in 2016. The veteran is coming off a career-high 90-point season and is tied for the Utah team lead with 33