Chapter 1: What happened in the Olympic hockey final between the U.S. and Canada?
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So not as many people in the cars listening, but we know that you're on the free Odyssey app and watching us on CBS Sports Network this morning. We are here and we are. Absolutely thrilled to be putting on our hats today. My America hat. Boober's USA hat is USA sweatshirt because... And listen, I'm not trying to be some sort of fraud here. I understand that hockey is not my favorite sport.
But I am... 100% telling you that I was more into that game yesterday than just about any game in any sport in I don't know how long. I'm sitting there trying to get my daughters to watch every bit of it. I'm standing up. I'm nervous. And I really did not think that they were going to win once Canada turned it on in that second period when they really were controlling play.
And they get to three on three. And I'm like, listen, anything can happen here. Connor Hellebuck is just... I mean, this guy... forever is going to be known for what he did yesterday. And then Jack Hughes, after getting his teeth knocked out, ends up scoring a game-winning goal and talking about how much it meant to him and his country. I mean, this was amazing.
Videos all over the country of people in bars in the morning celebrating. This was great, man. This is a core Olympic memory for me and many others. And we're going to be talking about this forever. Good morning, Boomer.
How are you?
Yeah, good morning, G. 46 years. It took 46 years to get gold. And I think about the golden goal by Sidney Crosby in Vancouver. You think about the Four Nations, Connor McDavid, the goal to win the Four Nations tournament against Connor Hellebuck in overtime. And then you think about all these different things that happened in this game in which Connor Hellebuck came up huge.
You know, it's interesting. I'm not here to chirp Canadians. I actually admire Canadians. I love Canadians. I love the hockey world. We have two Canadian jerseys in here. Sure. My favorite hockey player of all time is Roger Bear. He's Canadian. We got Clark Gillies in here. He's Canadian. Yeah. You know, it's their home sport. It's their sport.
One of the reasons why climbing that mountain or climbing a ladder to get there and to do it in the fashion that they did, it makes it all that much more satisfying. And, you know, the amazing thing about all these players, you know, whether it be the Johnny Gaudreau Memorial where they took the pictures with his kids. And, you know, we're all crying for that.
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Chapter 2: How did Jack Hughes impact the game with his performance?
And, you know, the women, you know, to their credit, I think are ahead of the men's hockey program just simply because they've gotten a few more gold medals in these situations. But, you know, every player on both the men's and women's team give you hope for the future.
I mean, not just the future of hockey, just the future of, I think, our country because of the way that they responded internationally. About USA on the front of the jersey, fighting for their team, pulling for their teammates, loving our country, knowing what it means.
Could you imagine what those players, when they pick up their phone after the games, maybe when they're flying home last night, and they're looking at all the watch parties like you were just talking about. Yeah. And there are a ton of them around here, of course, because this is hockey heaven around here. Everybody loves it.
But there were tons of hockey parties all across North America, up in Canada as well. And maybe the Americans got a break that Sidney Crosby didn't play. Maybe the Americans got a break because Cal McCart didn't want to back check on that final goal on Jack Hughes. I mean, that wasn't a great pass by Rowenski to Jack Hughes in the defensive zone, but he chips it past Cal McCart.
If Cal McCart gets that puck... It's Kael McCarr and Conor McDavid against Conor Hellebuck, and that's it. But somehow Jack Hughes gets that chip. Wierenski sees the puck, goes and gets it. Knocks Nathan McKinnon off the puck. Think about this. You're talking about the three best players in the NHL. And you have Wierenski, who's one of the better defensemen in the NHL as well.
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Chapter 3: What were the reactions to the U.S. men's hockey team's gold medal win?
Jack Hughes, who really has had a tough go this season because he's been hurt. He got hurt at that dinner. He cut his hand and everything. With Frank the Tank. Yeah, with Frank the Tank and everything. And then all of a sudden, you know, it comes out of nowhere and
Just watching it, feeling it, the patriotism, the pride, the satisfaction, the respect, the dignity, everything that comes along with, you know, an Olympic victory like this, like the women had on Friday, is just nothing short of just total satisfaction. Yeah, I mean, a couple of those moments there when you talk about these young men and what they represent.
And we've talked so many times about how annoying it can be watching some of these guys that are in pro sports these days that don't seem to want to be there. You know, or people who are taking for granted these unbelievable opportunities that they have. And now you've got these guys who are...
Yeah, they're getting paid by the NHL, but they're out there and they're playing for their country and they're playing for their teammates. And for us to see this as fans and to be like, all right, we won a gold medal in hockey for the first time in 46 years, that's a huge deal. But think about what these guys, from the moment that they're born, start playing hockey.
And then they're all together, and they're doing all these things on this national level, all to build up to this moment. And there were so many groups that had dreamed of doing it but couldn't get it done. And these guys did it for all of those guys. And also they did it for Johnny Goudreau. And that is the moment of all moments.
I'm still now getting chills watching this and obviously having the kids out there and taking the picture with his children and showing the wife. I mean, this was better than any movie you could ever write. This was better. Well, I mean, listen, it was 1980 all over again, just a little bit different because the 1980 guys were amateurs.
You know, they were college kids that were brought together by the great Herb Brooks.
Yeah, you can't compare them.
You can't compare them, too. But what I'm saying is that not only did those Americans beat maybe the greatest hockey team at that time. Yeah. I could also say this American team just beat the greatest hockey team of this time. Yeah. I told you.
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Chapter 4: How did Connor Hellebuck perform during the Olympic tournament?
We had double posts. I mean, just back and forth and unbelievable. And Olchek said it too, and I think anybody who has seen these three-on-three things usually ends relatively quickly. And he said, I think it's probably going to end in the first five minutes. There's too many great players out there. Yeah, right. It's just going to happen. And it basically comes down to a decision by Cal McCarr.
And, you know, unfortunately for him... he also got caught loafing back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, at least Connor McDavid tried to get himself back into the play, and he was farther back than Cale McCarr was. And, you know, there'll be a lot of discussion about whether or not, you know, he laid it on the line, you know. And that's where Sidney Crosby comes in. Oh, sure.
Like, that's where Mark Messier comes in, you know. I was thinking about it the other day. I was thinking about it last night, actually. I think I had two hours of sleep. I was so excited about this game and the way that it ended and on top of what the women did. I mean, it's just so, like I said, satisfying and just such elation and pride. And there's... There's tears of pride.
You know what I mean? Like, it's ridiculous. Well, I mean, I also think, too, like, and not to go hyperbole or bring anything else. There are so many. It's so rare that all of us are on the same page for anything these days. And that's including sports. And I'm just not talking politically. I'm talking sports. Like, you know, we've got three different teams here in hockey. We're all big.
bitching at each other about our hockey teams we got two baseball fan bases that hate each other we got football teams that don't like what i mean we do this it's all the time college basketball we got seton hall fans and st john's fans whatever you got people who are democrats republicans independents there's people who love the mayor hate the mayor love the governor hate the governor we're all here together watching this thing and all wanting the same thing to happen except for maybe sean morash i think he was rooting for canada
But everybody else wanted the same thing to happen, and here we are watching it happen together, and that's what made it so incredibly special. You weren't thinking about anything but having the U.S. win and slay the giant that has been Canada hockey for so many years. And it took a lot. It took a lot.
Those guys, you could see after the game in the locker room, and they were with the FBI director, Kash Patel, who's from Garden City, who, by the way, is a huge Islander fan. Yeah, yeah, of course. As being the Islanders, I, for one, was very happy that Matthew Schaefer was home babysitting as opposed to being over there in Milan. He should have been over there.
Why he wasn't, I have no idea, and I'll never know, especially with Macklin Celebrini, the 19-year-old, who basically burst upon the scene. He plays for San Jose, and he's going to be the young face of Canada hockey now for the next 10 years, along with Matthew Schaefer. Um, they're going to be, they're going to be great.
And those guys, if, if the NHL does play again in France in four years, it will be those guys.
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Chapter 5: What were the memorable moments from the U.S. victory celebration?
Oh, hi.
Oh, hi, Al.
I guess, are you on a delay too, Al?
No, he's not on delay. That I'm not sure about. All right. All right, it's all right. We'll get that figured out. Oh, look at that. He's... He's got the background for people that are not seeing him on CBS Sports Network. He's created this AI freezer studio situation with icicles and snow behind him. That's kind of how it is anyway. Right. Even when there's not a storm. So, all right. Very good.
Jerry is also here.
um somewhere i mean here he is yeah what is going on gentlemen how are you doing how uh how bad is it out there i'm assuming that we got pounded uh out by me i haven't talked to genie yet this morning but it ain't great yeah i can tell you that i was out there for about 40 minutes last night just trying to uh get a sense of how bad it was not good not good not good but yeah here we are so now i'm like debating do i stay in and another day or not i think i think i am i don't know how you would get home today
But now Eddie's going home. So I'm like, what are you doing? The city streets here are not bad. Right, but the parkway's closed. And I think only the cars... I don't know. Good luck. I hope you get home. And Eddie's going to dig his car out and then he's going to go home and he's going to shovel your driveway? What are you, nuts? Yeah, well, we'll see. You have to.
What else do you want him to do? What do you mean, yeah, well, we'll see. You can't. There's no way. It's 24 inches of snow. It's heart attack snow. Right, exactly. It's going to be heavy snow, and you don't need to be doing that. Especially with retirement staring you in the face. But what do you want him to do? Just let it sit there?
Just hang with us and just have a couple more cocktails today with us.
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Chapter 6: How does the U.S. hockey team's win compare to past Olympic victories?
He, Eddie, Olchek, Catherine Tappan, and, of course, Brian Boucher, who did say in the beginning of the game it was the fastest game he's ever seen, and it's a privilege to be able to broadcast a game. Yeah, I mean, he said it was the quickest he's ever seen hockey at that level in his life, and that's a guy who's seen a lot of hockey. So it shows you what was going on inside both of these teams.
I mean, Kenny Albert, for my money, obviously had a great Olympics. Mike Tirico had a great Olympics. Yeah, I was going to bring him up because you didn't mention him as part of the broadcast, but he's not known as a hockey guy. I mean, this guy was just right there. He was perfect for the situation. So, yeah, NBC did a really, really good job with this.
So here's some reaction after the overtime win, the gold medal and all that. Here's the head coach, Mike Sullivan, talking about his guy, Jack Hughes.
So I think Jack had a terrific tournament from the first game on. The goals he scored were big-time goals. You know, it's an emotional roller coaster when you go through these experiences.
And he certainly cashed in, as we know, use himself. Jack, not Quinn, was on NBC afterwards, and he was asked what this means to him.
This is all about our country right now. I love the USA. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable. The USA Hockey Brotherhood is so strong. And we have so much support from ex-players. I'm so proud to be American.
How about that? So much so that I hear the Boomers got devil season tickets for next year. You know, I am happy for him, man. I'm happy for us. And everything that he said after that game just warmed the cockles of my heart, Jerry. And they should. And they should. Here was Connor Hellebuck. He had the 40 saves. He was phenomenal. What this means to him.
It's a dream come true. You know, I love this group. We've had so much fun over here. We've grinded. We've battled. You know. This is some of the best and most fun hockey I've ever played.
How about that? The most fun hockey he's ever played. I mean, that guy was just unbelievable. I mean, I keep referencing what Eddie Olchek said, but he's right. It felt like Canada could have won this game 5-1, 4-1 without what Hellebuck was doing out there. I think Nathan McKinnon also was kind of on that, that they felt like they outplayed the Americans but just couldn't get the win.
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Chapter 7: What insights were shared about the Knicks' recent performance?
It's like they're basically hanging a turd around their necks. The faces that they're making. Sidney Crosby, too, and he couldn't play in the game, obviously, and it's going to be his last one. Then he put that silver medal around his neck. He looked like he was going to puke. Take this. Very funny.
All right, basketball-wise, the Knicks had that wild win over the Rockets on Saturday at the Garden. Then they were in Chicago last night. Carl Anthony Towns played great. And that was late in the game after Chicago had taken the lead back. Towns, 28 points, 11 rebounds, 105-99 the final. Mike Breen on MSG with the call there. Jalen Brunson, 19 points and 9 assists.
You know what I think about this team? I'm not... It's all about the playoffs with this team. I mean, Mikael Bridges showed up last year in the playoffs. OG showed up last year in the playoffs. I mean, that's what this team needs. It needs playoff basketball. It's like they're bored in the regular season. Yeah, I'm not going to sit here and just continue to rip on them.
I mean, they won two games back-to-back now after that Detroit meltdown. Now they've got Cleveland Tuesday night. So they lose to Cleveland. What are we going to do? Come in Wednesday morning and go, oh, the season's over?
No, I mean, none of us.
Well, we never did that. We never said the season was over. It's just that there are some concerning things about a team that you're going to run into into the playoffs. It looks tougher than you. But, no, of course it's not over. And this is back-to-back really good games for Carl Anthony Towns. I mean, when he's hitting the three, it changes everything for them offensively.
It just doesn't happen a lot. But, yeah, I mean, there's still going to be issues. But... I mean, you still want to see them play great in a regular season as opposed to get their asses handed to them by the better teams. Jose Alvarado's a dog on defense. Yeah, he certainly is. He's the Grand Theft Alvarado, man. I'll give you one from Towns, and then we'll move on.
Grand Theft Alvarado. That's what they call him.
Oh, that's what they call him?
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Chapter 8: What unique stuffed animals were given to Olympic medalists?
So I was happy about that. My concern with this team, our goaltender...
is on boomer you could tell me he he's with the canadian team he's winnipeg yeah winnipeg yeah i don't know what the reaction is they'll cheer him same thing like you know listen hockey fans appreciate greatness you know that's i will tell you that and winnipeg wants to win a stanley cup and they're going to need him to play like that Yeah. Believe me, they'll treat him right.
You know, Paul, you know what I think the Winnipeg Jet fans are going to say to Hellebuck once he gets back there? Get out of here! That's what I think. I will say this, though. When Mike Sullivan and his coaching staff came back, you see John Tortorello was on that staff. By the way, he was behind the bench. JT Miller and, of course, Vincent Trocek were big parts of the penalty kill.
They're going to get a hand by the Ranger fans. Jack Hughes is going to be serenaded by the Jersey fans. I think they'll all be celebrated in their respective arenas, for sure. Yeah, certainly, though, Connor Hellebuck. Not...
A minor league.
It'd be interesting, though. I know in the American cities, you know, Madison Square Garden's going to, you know, congratulations to Mike Sullivan, his staff, J.T. Miller, and Vincent Trocek for winning USA Gold. That will definitely happen in MSG. Yeah. Now, it should happen in Winnipeg for Connor Hellebuck and his teammate who didn't play because he was hurt, but...
You would think that they would congratulate American players on Canadian teams. I would hope so. I mean, that'd be the classy thing to do. 100%. I mean, they love the game. And, I mean, those Americans respect hockey more than anything. I know that the, you know, Chuck brothers can get a little, like, you know, in the face of the Canadians and give them some crap.
I was saying to my friends yesterday, like, this is the deal. So their first line is McDavid, McKinnon, and Celebrini. Our first line is Eichel and the two, you know, Kachuk brothers. Yeah, yeah. I mean, the Meatheads.
Yeah.
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