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USA Men’s Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

USA Men’s Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

“Interview with Jack Hughes, Team USA gold medal-winning hero: 1. Missing teeth ✅ 2. Gives all credit to the goalie ✅ 3. Unapologetically proud to be American ✅ Hell yeah.”
Posted by Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 03:00pm
https://x.com/NBCOlympics/status/2025601456204575000

February 22, 1980, was the day of the famed Olympic “Miracle on Ice” game in Lake Placid, NY. The United States men’s hockey team defeated the heavily favored, four-time defending champion USSR men’s team by a score of 4-3 in an upset, and went on to beat Finland two days later, 4-2, for the gold medal.

Fast forward to February 22, 2026. The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won in spectacular fashion against the Canadian men’s team in Milan – bringing home the gold for the first time since 1980, with an overtime goal from Jack Hughes (NJ Devils) sealing the deal along with some beast-mode goaltending from Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets):

MILAN — Jack Hughes may have lost some teeth along the way, but his hockey smile is even bigger with a gold medal around his neck.

For the first time since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice,” the United States won an Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey as Hughes scored the golden goal in 3-on-3 overtime for a 2-1 win against rival Canada on Sunday.

U.S. goalie Connor Hellebuyck was sensational, stopping 41 shots.

Hughes’ goal, less than two minutes into overtime, was assisted by Zach Werenski, who wrestled the puck away from Canada’s Nathan MacKinnon and sent a cross-ice feed to an open Hughes.

Words really don’t do it justice.

In a post-game interview, Hughes went full ‘Merica:

“Interview with Jack Hughes, Team USA gold medal-winning hero: 1. Missing teeth 2. Gives all credit to the goalie 3. Unapologetically proud to be American – Hell yeah,” one X user observed of the Hughes’ patriotic comments.

The medals ceremony was special:

And what happened after that was even more special:

The Trump White House even made sure to get a ding in on disgraced former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (relatedly, per Legal Insurrection hockey expert Mary Chastain, not only does a U.S. NHL hockey team still possess Lord Stanley’s Cup, but a Canadian team hasn’t won it since 1993):

The men’s and the ladies’ team did us proud this year, y’all:

Gotta love it!!

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schmuul | February 22, 2026 at 3:11 pm

Also Jack Hughes is a proud Jew, the first with the golden goal. It was an amazing game, the goalie was incredible.


 
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TrickyRicky | February 22, 2026 at 3:22 pm

Hellebuyck was unconscious. We were outshot 2-1 and he kept us in the game. Amazing performance.


 
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moonmoth | February 22, 2026 at 3:28 pm

Hate to distract you guys from important issues like Olympic hockey, but would you have happened to have heard anything about Ambassador Huckabee’s statement that he would have no objection to Israel controlling all the Middle East from the Nile to the Euphrates? Seems that every country in the Middle East except Israel has condemned that statement.

Also, do you know anything about the document (putatively the diary of a 16-year-old girl) that is among the Epstein files, and describes multiple forced pregnancies, plus horrific coerced abortions under the “supervision” of Ghislaine Maxwell? You may have heard of Maxwell — she’s the person who got a transfer to a cushy Federal pen a few days after being “questioned” by Todd Blanche.

Again, my apologies for bothering you all about things that appear to be of no interest to LI, except to cover them up.


 
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Paddy M | February 22, 2026 at 3:33 pm

Are Da Joos in the room with you now, moonhammed? GF, loser.


     
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    moonmoth in reply to Paddy M. | February 22, 2026 at 4:06 pm

    Paddy, how do you figure that I’m the bad guy here, when you’re the one who’s fine with covering up a document that describes horrors that were (allegedly) inflicted upon a 16-year-old girl, by a convicted criminal who was a close friend of the First Ho, and who is getting kid-gloves treatment from Trump?


 
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fscarn | February 22, 2026 at 3:37 pm

Even better than gold = Canadian tears.


 
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mailman | February 22, 2026 at 3:46 pm

HuffPost is getting absolutely buried for their incredibly bad take today 🤣🤣

I’m so pleased America won the hockey gold because now WE conservatives get to be happily insufferable in the amount of basking in the glory of this win that we get to do while our leftist friends get to relive something akin to the feelings they had last Presidential election 🤣🤣


 
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Conservative Beaner | February 22, 2026 at 3:59 pm

The Canadians have not won since 1993.

No wonder Canada is going to hell.

By the way, good job Team USA.


 
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NavyMustang | February 22, 2026 at 4:25 pm

I’ve heard that one is not a real hockey player until you lose a couple of teeth. NHL player, Olympic champion, couple missing incisors. Hughes has finally arrived.

I see a Nuvia ad in his future!

Congrats Team USA.


 
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healthguyfsu | February 22, 2026 at 4:33 pm

Dude should get a gold tooth to commemorate his gold medal winning goal whilst down some enamel.

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