Less than two weeks after the closing ceremony at the Rio Olympics, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games are the last thing on the minds of most people.
But for the French hockey player Pierre-Eduoard Bellemare, they are all he can think about this week.
“I didn’t dream of being an N.H.L. player when I was growing up,” said Bellemare, a 31-year-old defenseman who made his N.H.L. debut two years ago with the Philadelphia Flyers. “The only thing I knew was the Olympics, and I dreamed of playing for the national team and being one of the best players in my country.