Boston Bruins forward Pavel Zacha has been ruled out for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 because of an upper-body injury. Team Czechia will replace Zacha with forward Filip Chlapik. Chlapik is a 28-year-old captain on HC Sparta Praha and has scored 19 goals with 25 assists in 45 games this season.
Zacha has not played since January 29, when he left in the second period of a 6-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. Bruins coach Marco Sturm said the injury wasn’t serious enough to impact Zacha’s ability to play at the Olympics at the time. However, the injury has not healed as expected and the 28-year-old forward has elected to take the break to rest.
