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Watching Florida Panther forward Matthew Tkachuk gush over U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House while donning the Commander-in-Chief’s signature red tie may have been a hint, but a new report gleaned from publicly available voter registration data finds that the NHL’s American players are among the most right-leaning in professional sports. Only one league, Major League Baseball, had a higher percentage of American players who were registered as Republican at 53.7 per cent compared to just 7.8 per cent Democratic and 36.4 Independent. The NHL came second at 43.9 per cent Republican, 5.6 per cent Democratic, and 48.6...

The U.S. men’s ice hockey team continued their Olympic gold medal celebrations back home with a whirlwind tour on Tuesday that began with an Air Force flight into Washington, D.C., and ended with a standing ovation at the State of the Union address. But amid the praise, the team has faced some backlash on social media. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was among those in the administration to welcome the American hockey players before visiting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Leavitt shared a photo on social media posing with deputy director of communications, Margo Martin, and...

'They allowed themselves to be co-opted by a clown. And now you're a clown. You look like a clown. Donald Trump-hating Megan Rapinoe has accused the USA men's hockey team of ruining their achievement of Olympic gold by laughing at the president's joke about the women's success. Trump addressed the men's team in the locker room on Sunday after their thrilling overtime win against Canada. He invited them to the State of the Union before warning them he'd invite the women's team, too, otherwise he'd be impeached. His gag was met with laughter by the US players, something they've been...

Team USA's men’s hockey team didn't have to pull out their wallets while celebrating their Olympic gold medal in Miami on Monday night. Instead, Pat McAfee stepped in to pick up the six-figure tab. Following a 2-1 overtime victory against Canada to secure gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, the American squad touched down in South Florida and headed straight to E11EVEN nightclub. The celebration featured players spraying the crowd with Armand de Brignac and Bel Aire Gold champagne, alongside a heavy rotation of E11EVEN Vodka, Don Julio 1942, Dame Mas Tequila, Happy Dad, and Michelob Ultras. Throughout the...

The U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team visit the White House, February 24, 2026.

....So, to see the United States men's hockey team finally win Olympic gold in my lifetime was a dream come true. What has happened since has been nothing short of a disappointment. As the celebrations from the 2-1 overtime win over Canada spilled off the ice and behind closed doors, FBI director Kash Patel joined Team USA in the locker room in a leaked video that has since gone viral. In the video, Patel is seen celebrating and drinking beer with the team, whose victory came on the same day an armed man breached the perimeter at President Donald Trump's...

A TON of American fans set their alarms to catch the Red, White and Blue's gold medal win ... with NBC announcing the 2026 Winter Olympics finale averaged 20.7 million viewers!! The folks over at the Peacock released the numbers for the contest on Tuesday ... saying the game was the most-watched pre-9 AM ET sporting event in U.S. history.

'That's the first time I've ever seen them get up,' Trump says of congressional Democrats after introducing gold medal US hockey team

The USA men's hockey team is anxious to attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night, according to gold medal game hero Jack Hughes and his brother, Quinn. The USA women's gold medal hockey team declined an invitation, citing scheduling conflicts. The men's team captured its first gold since 1980 thanks to Jack Hughes' overtime heroics during a 2-1 win over Canada. (snip) "We're so proud to represent the U.S. and when you get the chance to go to the White House and meet the President, we're proud to be Americans and that's so patriotic," Jack Hughes...

Team USA women's hockey stars are headed to Las Vegas to celebrate Winter Olympics gold with Flavor Flav - despite shunning Donald Trump over 'previously scheduled... commitments.' That is according to the rap icon, who claims Hilary Knight and Co accepted his offer to throw a party in Sin City after they appeared to be mocked by the president. In a leaked clip from inside the locker room in Milan, Trump phoned the men's hockey team after they defeated Canada to win a first gold medal in 46 years. As FBI director Kash Patel partied with Mike Sullivan's players, Trump...

Ellen Weinberg Hughes is the mother to two of the heroes of the American Men's Olympic team. She was also a consultant to the women's Hockey Olympic team as she is a skilled hockey player in her own right. Here is a video of her playing with the boy's league when she was 12 years old. What an awesome little time capsule. Little did she know she may never make the pros herself, but all three of her sons would and two would be gold medal winners

President Trump congratulates the men's and women's Olympic hockey teams, adding the women's team will "soon be coming to the White House." The U.S. women's team said it would decline President Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union address a day after the president jokingly told the men's team that he would be impeached if he didn't also invite the women's team.

The record-setting presence of out LGBTQ athletes at the Milan Winter Olympics extends into the 2026 Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game and the latest chapter in the longstanding rivalry between Team USA and Canada. Thursday’s gold medal game, the seventh in which the U.S. and Canada will determine the Olympic champion since women’s hockey debuted at the Winter Olympics in 1998, will feature nine out LGBTQ players, the most out athletes ever in an Olympic hockey final. Among those ranks are national and Olympic record holders, multi-Olympic medalists, two five-time Olympians, multiple captains and assistant captains, PWHL stars, national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America's national security received a significant boost this week, as President Donald Trump announced that he had hired the goalie of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team to guard the southern border. Trump made the announcement from the White House on Tuesday, telling the media that goaltender Connor Hellebuyck had been enlisted to stop all illegal aliens from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. "He's unbeatable. Nothing gets past him," Trump told reporters. "I watched him on Sunday against Canada, and he was unbelievable. Pucks flying everywhere. Those Canadians didn't know what to do. He's the best...

Plymouth — In the wake of Team USA’s gold medal win over Team Canada in the 2026 Olympic Hockey Tournament, it’s worth mentioning this stunning victory—our first since the 1980 Miracle team—wasn’t an accident. It came from decades in development right here in Metro Detroit. Twenty-two of the 25 players on the team are products of the USA Hockey National Development Team (NTDP), spending time in their teenage years on the big sheet at USA Arena in Plymouth. Originally birthed in 1996 in Ann Arbor, the program was housed at The Ice Cube, where American-born players began matriculating into the...

President Donald Trump phoned Team USA men's hockey stars after they beat rivals Canada to secure a first Winter Olympics gold medal in nearly half a century. Mike Sullivan's team came from behind to beat their bitter rivals 2-1 in overtime - just days after the US women's team won gold in exactly the same fashion. Sunday morning's clash with Canada in Milan captured the attention of fans on both sides of the border, including in the White House. And after landing a first gold in men's hockey since 1980, Team USA received a congratulatory call from the President, who...

MILAN — This wasn’t a miracle. It was a moment of magic.Forty-six years to the day after a bunch of unheralded amateurs stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union en route to winning Olympic gold, the U.S. men’s hockey team engineered another epic victory. The Americans won a battle of the sport’s superpowers on Sunday, toppling longtime nemesis Canada 2-1 in overtime to win their country’s first Olympic gold in men’s hockey since the famed 1980 “Miracle on Ice.”

Jack Hughes was overwhelmed with American pride after scoring the game-winning goal in sudden death overtime against Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, earning Team USA its first goal medal in men’s hockey in 46 years. “This is all about our country right now,” Hughes, 24, told NBC Sports’ Kathryn Tappen shortly after the game. “I love the USA. I love my teammates. It’s unbelievable. The USA hockey brotherhood is so strong. We had so much support from ex-players. I’m so proud to be an American today.” Hughes, who moved to Michigan during high school to play for the...

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The crazed transgender dad who shot up a high school hockey game in Rhode Island threatened to go “BERSERK” in a trans-rights rant just a day before he massacred two family members and injured three others. Robert Dorgan, who also identified as Roberta Esposito, killed himself after opening fire at the Pawtucket ice rink where his son was playing on Monday afternoon — less than a week after another transgender gunman shot up a school in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings. The night before the bloodshed, the 56-year-old dad — who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2020 — made...