Chapter 1: What recent events sparked discussions about US Hockey and patriotism?
This Team USA gold medal train keeps running, and I made sure that I got to MSG at 6.30 last night because I was curious. With Danico and Rupp and Rachel Herzog doing the pregame, and then I knew Don and Danico late, I wanted to see how they were going to respond and what they were going to do, and I thought they did it right, and it was really fun.
And Jack Hughes with another moment in front of his own fans.
You know, I could be a real jerk and just say, oh, I didn't realize the Devils were playing last night.
They're not the Nets.
Relax. But you do know that I knew that they were playing last night because I was asking you, because we didn't know, but then we checked on it, and we saw that both Jack Hughes and Tage Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres were going to play in this game. I think that I have gold medal fever.
I don't know what it is. You like Jack Hughes.
It's the only way that I can explain why I would have turned on MSG to watch this and the beginning of the game as well. Because I've never done that before unless, of course, they're playing the Rangers. And, yes, I had to listen to Donnie and Kenny. And I thought it was amazing last night. I thought... Jack bringing Tate Thompson on the ice with him was a tremendous job by him and unselfish.
But that's the hockey nature. That's the hockey culture. We know that. And we've been around hockey for all these years. And I have to say, man, it gave me chills. Just gave me chills listening to him, you know, saying thank you to the fans for all the support. Listening to the national anthem, of course, because we're all so patriotic around this team.
And I have to say that, yeah, I did watch it. And, of course, Tate Thompson scores a goal. Of course. Because, you know, that's just the way it works, and he probably would have done the same thing at Madison Square Garden. So tonight it is Madison Square Garden's turn to salute the gold medal players in Vinny Trocek and JT Miller, who did get back at 2 a.m.
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Chapter 2: How do the men's and women's US hockey teams support each other?
The Professional Women's Hockey League, PWHL. Now they're going to get asked questions from the reporters that are going to be able to now also add into the politics of it all.
For sure.
And the thing that's really a little bit saddening to me is that – Nobody's really covering how close these two teams really were and how they were supporting each other.
It's almost like the divide because of the president's FaceTime and the joke and then how it was received.
Exactly. And these teams got along so well, and they supported each other, and of course they're going to support each other. You think that those players on that American men's hockey team, And the women, the way that they were raised by their families, by the family of USA Hockey, are not going to be supporting each other?
And by the way, some of the players on the men's side did text privately to some of the women's members that they were sorry that they laughed at the president's joke. You know, so that's how sensitive everybody is.
Jack Hughes' mom is part of the staff. You don't think he respects the hell out of that team and those women?
And his mom, to her credit, tried to, you know, douse the flames of political fire around all of this. And, you know, and it's funny because the players say they don't want it to be political. But when they wrap themselves in the flag and they show up to the State of the Union in the eyes of the people that hate the president, that's political. But, you know, to—
fair but I also but I'm just saying that that's their thought that it's that I would say if it were me and I don't care if it were Obama in an office I don't care if it were Biden in office I don't care if it's Donald Trump in office if I get invited you go president of the United States to go to the White House
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Chapter 3: What role does patriotism play in the US Hockey team's success?
They would. I mean, some athletes would. I know the hockey players would.
It became apparent. I mean, just listening to them talk, it sounds like that.
They're all going to get $100,000 or something like that. I would imagine that most of them are all probably going to donate it right back to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Then I don't want the money. What they're going to want is the experience and the gold medal and going through – you know, exactly what they all accomplished together in such a short period of time.
So, look, the National Anthem's always great at Madison Square Garden. Remember when John Amirante was there? And he would always, and during the playoff games, it was insane. Tonight will be just like it was at the Rock last night. It's going to be raucous. It's going to be energized, and they're going to bring home their gold medals, and they're going to be saluted for that.