Congratulations To USA Hockey Team And The Gold Medal

BLUEJAYWAY · February 22, 2026 11:22AM

Great OT win. Still think the 1980 team was great.

pdoidoi · February 22, 2026 11:27AM

Women's and men's GOLD MEDAL WINNERS.

Maywood · February 22, 2026 11:46AM

WOW!! We watched the "Miracle on Ice" with Kurt Russell last night and now this.

Bullsitter · February 22, 2026 12:38PM

Great defense and a heck of a 3 on 1 play in OT.....USA, USA, USA !!!

perkdog · February 22, 2026 1:56PM

🇺🇸🥇

Basebal21 · February 22, 2026 2:25PM

After the Super Bowl it was nice to see patriots that could block. Couldnt help myself lol

I love they weon, but the men and women both beat Canada on kinda soft goals. The mens one was nearly as bad as the womens.

I still dislike that fight was an automatic ejection robbing us of a bunch of fights again

JoeBanzai · February 23, 2026 8:30AM

USA, USA, USA!
Minnesota Wild very well represented!
GO MINNESOTA WILD!

galaxy27 · February 23, 2026 9:45AM

the 51st state tried hard

😁

perkdog · February 23, 2026 10:30AM

@galaxy27 said:
the 51st state tried hard

😁

😂😂😂😂😂😂

BLUEJAYWAY · February 23, 2026 11:29AM

@galaxy27 said:
the 51st state tried hard

😁

I did not see any players from Puerto Rico in the gold medal game.😀 Being PR would like to become the 51st.

Darin · February 23, 2026 1:13PM

Kind of why we keep score McKinnon!
If you didn’t see this guy receiving his stuffed toy… it’s must see video.

Darin · February 23, 2026 1:19PM

Maybe Kate McKinnon would have made that shot that Nate missed. They had the wrong McKinnon on the team!

Darin · February 23, 2026 1:23PM

McKinnon with his new best friend.
You lost Natey! 🥳🥳🥳

Basebal21 · February 23, 2026 1:51PM

MacKinnon is the last person that should be talking. Hes the one that missed the wide open net with no defender on him

Maywood · February 23, 2026 3:22PM

Congratulations on taking home the Gold-plated Silver medal!! 😂😂

perkdog · February 24, 2026 5:14AM

🙂

VikingDude · March 2, 2026 6:10AM

According to Google, the only American to win a gold and Stanley cup in the same year is Ken Morrow. Now that pros can play in the Olympics, that stat will definitely be added to.

Tabe · March 2, 2026 1:14PM

@VikingDude said:
According to Google, the only American to win a gold and Stanley cup in the same year is Ken Morrow. Now that pros can play in the Olympics, that stat will definitely be added to.

Hasn't mattered the last 30 years

Basebal21 · March 3, 2026 7:13PM

@VikingDude said:
According to Google, the only American to win a gold and Stanley cup in the same year is Ken Morrow. Now that pros can play in the Olympics, that stat will definitely be added to.

Its not the first time theyve been able to play though. I wouldnt be so confident that thats going to continue every time going forward. In all honesty its probably better for the USA if they let them play. Im glad it happened but the 2 if not the three best players on the ice were on Canada. The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Location will matter too. If the host nation gets fighting banned and discourages like the last one it does take away one of USAs advantages

Tabe · March 3, 2026 7:29PM

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

coolstanley · March 3, 2026 8:11PM

What took them so long?

Basebal21 · March 4, 2026 8:48PM

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

Tabe · March 4, 2026 10:44PM

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

Basebal21 · March 5, 2026 12:24AM

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

Im happy that happened and love that USA got the gold, but Im just saying we cant expect that kind of luck or that kind of save or miss every time. If NHL players are playing I would like to see it going back to more NHL rules since the fighting and physicality is one of the team USA biggest advantages instead of it being an automatic ejection

perkdog · March 5, 2026 4:09AM

Let's argue who was better, the 2026 team vs the 1980 team

Russia vs Canada I'm talking about btw

Tabe · March 5, 2026 1:20PM

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

Im happy that happened and love that USA got the gold, but Im just saying we cant expect that kind of luck or that kind of save or miss every time. If NHL players are playing I would like to see it going back to more NHL rules since the fighting and physicality is one of the team USA biggest advantages instead of it being an automatic ejection

Of course not. But you don't have to win 10 times - just once.

I'm with you - I'd like to the Olympics use true international rules and officiating. And the larger ice surface but that might be too much to ask.

Basebal21 · March 5, 2026 3:50PM

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:
The USA goalie had to stand on his head and they got lucky on the missed open net from what many consider a top 2 player in the league

Sooooooo... the US were better. Got it.

Yes and no. Again Im happy they won, but re4alistically they shouldn't have. It took the save of a life time on a basically open net and top 3 player in the NHL missing a wide open net to get to get to OT

So they were... better. Helley made the save. He was better in that moment. Mackinnon didn't hit the open net. He wasn't good enough.

Im happy that happened and love that USA got the gold, but Im just saying we cant expect that kind of luck or that kind of save or miss every time. If NHL players are playing I would like to see it going back to more NHL rules since the fighting and physicality is one of the team USA biggest advantages instead of it being an automatic ejection

Of course not. But you don't have to win 10 times - just once.

I'm with you - I'd like to the Olympics use true international rules and officiating. And the larger ice surface but that might be too much to ask.

True and thankfully it did.

Im completely fine with the larger rink. I do believe that the host country is likely going to play a significant role in whether or not the rules get modified going forward. The IHF has made it an automatic ejection but the host country or countries have the ability to push back and ask for that to be changed

Tabe · March 5, 2026 4:00PM

@Basebal21 said:

Im completely fine with the larger rink. I do believe that the host country is likely going to play a significant role in whether or not the rules get modified going forward. The IHF has made it an automatic ejection but the host country or countries have the ability to push back and ask for that to be changed

I like the way the larger rink puts more emphasis on passing and skating. Yeah, it's a tough adjustment for NHL guys but tough. We saw the slightly-too-small rink impact Connor McDavid in the gold medal game as he ran out of room on his breakaway so there would definitely be some adjusting. But I would welcome it.

Basebal21 · March 5, 2026 4:14PM

@Tabe said:

@Basebal21 said:

Im completely fine with the larger rink. I do believe that the host country is likely going to play a significant role in whether or not the rules get modified going forward. The IHF has made it an automatic ejection but the host country or countries have the ability to push back and ask for that to be changed

I like the way the larger rink puts more emphasis on passing and skating. Yeah, it's a tough adjustment for NHL guys but tough. We saw the slightly-too-small rink impact Connor McDavid in the gold medal game as he ran out of room on his breakaway so there would definitely be some adjusting. But I would welcome it.

Id be perfectly fine if the NHL went to the Olympic sized rink, they wont because that means removing seats but theyre more fun to play on. You can do more, get bigger hits. scoring doesnt really go up but the amount of exciting plays generally does

MikeyP · March 26, 2026 1:13PM

I cried.

pdoidoi · March 26, 2026 3:20PM

@MikeyP said:
I cried.

96 Tears

MikeyP · March 27, 2026 12:18PM

@pdoidoi said:

@MikeyP said:
I cried.

96 Tears

To be clear. Tears of joy. 🙂

BLUEJAYWAY · March 27, 2026 8:49PM

@pdoidoi said:

@MikeyP said:
I cried.

96 Tears

?.

Basebal21 · March 28, 2026 1:07PM

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@pdoidoi said:

@MikeyP said:
I cried.

96 Tears

?.

I think it was a reference to the 1996 World Cup of Hockey where team USA was considered a pretty loaded roster and had a late game comeback to win it in the last game

pdoidoi · March 28, 2026 2:17PM

SONG - 96 Tears Group -QuestionMark & The Mysterians.

I'm sure if your 60 years old or older you have heard of it.

JoeBanzai · April 10, 2026 9:26AM

@pdoidoi said:
SONG - 96 Tears Group -QuestionMark & The Mysterians.

I'm sure if your 60 years old or older you have heard of it.

Great song!

Congratulations To USA Hockey Team And The Gold Medal

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