More From Hockey Gold, Plus Tales Of FAN Awkwardness
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What insights were shared about the US Hockey win?
A couple of things before we get to the sound. Someone brought up the Hughes mom at Boomer, you are right, player development consultant, Ellen Hughes, but also one of the assistant coaches, Brent Hill from Quinnipiac. You guys always reference that great hockey program up there, so that was interesting. And then Al and I were talking on the warm-up show about the popularity of hockey, and I just don't understand why it's not more popular, but... How about this? So on X, when you look at the followers for the specific teams, the Yankees are far and away have the most followers in our area with 3.7 million. But then after that, the Knicks are 2.3. The Rangers come in at 1.3 million followers on X. They have more followers than the Mets and the Jets.
I thought that's interesting.
Yeah. I mean, big fan base, Boomer? Yeah. Huge fan base. Passionate fan base. Original six fan base. And there's been a little bit more winning with the Rangers over the last 10 years.
Why is hockey not more popular in certain areas?
Yeah. That probably has something to do with it as well.
But we also look at baseball and football like the end-all, be-all, and they've got more followers than the Mets and Jets. I just thought that was interesting. So, anyhow. All right, so we get to the gold medal game, and this will be played every hour, and rightly so. We just heard it in the promo with the Lynyrd Skynyrd music, which is pretty damn cool. Here is Kenny Albert yesterday morning in Milan.
Watch up behind the net. And it's Wierenski. Now Jack Hughes puts it around the car. United States with numbers. Back across it comes. Jack Hughes wins it. The golden goal for the United States.
Another fabulous call from Kenny Albert on NBC. They win in overtime, capture the gold. All was good. 41 saves for Connor Hellebuck. Jack Hughes from the Devils, the game winner. First gold medal for Team USA men's hockey since 1980. Here was Austin Matthews with a question and answer with a reporter at the podium.
When you reflect back on these two weeks, is there a moment on the ice or off that's going to stick with you forever? Yeah, I think when Jack scored, that moment's going to stick with me for a very, very long time.
I would certainly think so. Here was Hughes himself on NBC after the game. What does a win and a gold medal like this do for USA Hockey?
It's everything. Like I said, the USA Hockey Brotherhood means so much. Look at these guys. We're such a team. We've been together for two weeks. We're such a team. The USA Hockey Brotherhood is so strong, and we're so proud to win for our country.
Yes, they were. Here he was also asking about, you know, what did he think when he got hit in the face? As we all know what happened, obviously, and he was bloodied.
Actually, my first thought was I looked down the ice and saw my teeth. I was like... Like, here we go again.
Yes, exactly. And that's what we love about it. These guys, they lose teeth, they get hurt, and they're right back out on the ice. Stitch them up, and here we go. This was the clip I was referencing last hour. So he took the penalty, felt bad about it, and was really hoping that things didn't go south for him when he was in the penalty box. Here was another one from Hughes.
Obviously, I take the penalty, and I just, like, I pictured myself on barstool being, like, the guy that America hates because Canada scores on the power play.
But that did not happen. They did not score on the power play. It is amazing, too, the photos.
What was Kenny Albert's call during the gold medal game?
It looks like part of his teeth are still there.
Yeah, well, I mean, they are. Yeah, I mean, they cracked them. So the bottom and the top are cracked, and then that one looks like it's hanging on by a thread next to the top cracked tooth. But yeah, it just knocked out pieces of the teeth, not the full tooth.
Do they give him a painkiller shot in his gums, or is it just like, no, we just keep going? Does he sneak back for two minutes?
It all depends on whether or not there's any exposed nerves or anything like that. They may give him something. They may give him some Novocaine. I don't know. I don't know if he'd want it.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What insights were shared about the US Hockey win?
0:00–0:57
2
Why is hockey not more popular in certain areas?
0:57–3:22
3
What was Kenny Albert's call during the gold medal game?
3:22–5:28
4
How did Jack Hughes describe his memorable moment in the game?
5:28–6:22
5
What impact does winning a gold medal have on USA Hockey?
6:22–10:06
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