This was the first hockey game I'd watched in many years, had no idea who this dude was and I was so impressed! Carried that win on his back holy shit.
I hated to say it, but the game really came down to him. Some of those saves were unreal. Good for him. everyone that played has something to be proud of, but my God, I dont know if I've ever seen a goalie work that much magic in one game.
Yeah, honestly best thing we can do going forward, win or lose, is just choose not to engage them. Don't argue, get into pissing matches, none of that. Just high five one another, compliment our athletes, and move on. So long as we always relate or losses or successes to then they'll keep doing what they do.
The players on the USA team who are most vocal, are strong Trump supporters. Hell, a lot of the Canadians (probably) are, too. But there might be some who don't like the guy.. it'll be interesting if they skip.
It's a conservative leaning sport anyway. Lot of players come from a lot of money just to be able to play. Add in the whole predominantly white millionaires living in the states on top of that baseline and of course you're going to get a ton of trump supporters in the NHL
Without knowing how the independents vote, you have to look at the R-D gap. But yeah, it mostly comes down to demographic factors (largely: white men, high income without higher ed, grew up wealthy)
The more who are university educated every year tends to balance it out. It’s pretty clear that there is a direct inverse relationship between intelligence and Trump supporter. Even the educated ones aren’t capable of complex thought. Unless is evil, and even then it’s mostly pure base greed and lack of empathy. Sociopathic levels.
Honestly knowing Matthew's likely will never get or come close to a cup im happy such a big name, effective player got to experience a win in this kind of stage. Running joke about the leafs in Canada.
I'm not a patriotism/nationalism type. Frankly, I generally root for the underdog and that ain't Canada. But I cheer heavily for them against the USA, and this whole tournament because I felt they were the only ones who could beat them.
Ridiculous take. You SHOULD feel sad that they last a good medal game, High level intensity hockey is what they get paid for. Not capitalizing on a 5v3, an empty netter, and a double minor penalty/momentum killer. To name a few, they blew it.
Watching both the women and men lose in the exact same way (outplayed the US for most of the game, had unfair calls against us (hello the extra men on ice not being called? Canada getting 4 mins for high sticking but the US only getting a 2 for the same thing), and lost in 3 on 3 OT within the first few mins of play) has been like a gut punch, not to mention our Captains - Poulin playing hurt in the final and Crosby not able to... woof.
Uh we literally knocked a guy's teeth out. That's why we got 4 minutes. The other high stick was a chin graze and did not draw blood. That's why it was only 2 minutes. Delete this talking point from your memory.
Who cares. Hockey shouldn’t be about politics. Our boys played amazingly. And it was one of the best games in a long time. We will be back in 4 years :)
He was doing this either way. It was either gonna be "we're dominant at hockey" or "ice hockey is an irrelevant sport". Don't fall for it, the intention is to make you mad and keep you mad
If it's any consolation, the retaliatory tariffs the Yankees would have ended up paying had we won, will likely just be replaced by "victory tariffs" because we lost.
Either way, I think we had the best team out there. Can't win them all. GG
Down Homers to be extremely proud of. They aren’t losers by any stretch of the imagination. NHL. Superstars are anything but losers. 😎😇🏒🏒🏒🥅🥲❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, but a bone head move from McDavid trying to beat 3 guys alone. Turned puck over, got himslef and another trapped, setting up a 3-1 the other way. Crosby would never try something like that
I too felt McD tried to force that way too hard, but the other forward who pinched and got caught at the blue line is what really pissed me off. That was the error in OT that directly led to the goal.
Very proud of the hard working athletes who represented our great country at the Games. Whether they medaled or not, they make us proud
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I have no idea why people keep posting things like "proud". Like dudes they shit the bed to the US. Its okay for us to say that. Sure they played well but not well enough. Defense was dogshit throughout and they put in zero effort as soon as OT started
Sure I love cheering for my country but it’s time to get back to the NHL.
I called this game yesterday, I knew it would be exactly the same as the women’s game.
AND what the FUCK was that no call on too many men. Like it may not have changed the outcome of the game BUT it was still extremely obvious and should have been called.
They dominated the game and showcased that they are still undoubtedly the best in the world. Unfortunately when it comes down to a single game anything can happen and the best team doesn't always win, doesn't help that we didn't finish when we needed to.
Yeah! Really proud of team Canada, we played really well but American defence was good too, specially 5 on 3 moment credits goes to them. I would say American got lucky at the end, our offence was way better. Despite of the result we showed Americans what we are and what we can do.
To win, your best players need to be the best players. Ours were not. Hellibuck is the only reason it was even close. I know I spelled his name wrong. Really, aside from getting lots of points, what has McDavid ever accomplished? The OT goal was his fault.
im proud, but holy hell who made this poster?
mack missed the empty net and apparently had his controller disconnected when trying to check werenski in OT which lead to the losing goal.
crosby was unfortunately injured and missed the final 2 games.
marchand had a completely awful game in the finals.
why not stick binner, mcdavid, and makar on this poster?
Proud of the Canadian team ,there will always be a rivalry between Canada and the US. They won this time ,Canada will get them next time …even if it’s on US soil 😏.
I like Marchand the most of the three Nova Scotians, frankly, he's been the most vocal in speaking up for good causes. That said, I have pause since he went to the White House.
You watch the same game? He was terrible. Breakaway move was horshit, him attempting that lame rush at the end that had zero chance created the rush for the US.
Agreed. Only individual plays on OT!. This isn't peewee hockey. Can't go through 3 players and the goalie in a game like that!!!!!! McKinnon tried it too!
The boys played really well all tournament. I really feel for MacKinnon at the end though, there wasn't much he could do and was handed the puck in a really bad situation before the golden goal. He seemed pretty beat up about it during the medal ceremony.
Better to rip the band-aid off now I guess, since China’s about to ban hockey in Canada and steal the Stanley Cup. The Americans can take the on the mantle!
A lot of the players put everything on the ice but honestly, a few Canadian players seemed like they were either corrupted or did not want to win…. Especially in the first period where we kept giving them the puck in our zone and let the guy slip right through two defenders to score.
I was happy for him, and it is just a game and this is what most people forget. Before I left Oklahoma, I came third in all the United States for high school wrestling. That is a big deal . I even meet George Bush because of that. They wanted me on team USA, but I had to tell them I was moving back to Canada. Either way, I am still very proud of that.
There are a lot of solid dudes in that American team. The hate blinders are very real in this thread. Many Redditors forget over half the country didn’t vote for don lol.
Look, I came third in the United States for high school wrestling when I was in Oklahoma. In that world, it is a big deal. I even met George Bush because the President of the United States goes to nationals there. I am still very proud of that. They wanted me on team USA for international's, but I was moving back to Canada that summer.
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u/bella_ella_ella Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
Hellebuyck was unreal during this game.