US Team Back In The States, Around The NBA
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What highlights emerged from the US men's hockey team's gold medal victory?
I got to tell you, if it wasn't for YouTube, I don't know what I'd be giving you this morning. But thankfully, we do have YouTube, and we do find a lot of fun stuff, or at least good stuff, I should say. So looking for some reaction from the U.S. men's hockey team winning the gold, I did find, I think this was CBS in Miami, caught up with them as they got off the plane yesterday morning when they came back from Italy. And here was Jack Hughes reflecting hours and hours and hours after the game winner and winning the gold.
I was saying this the day of the gold medal. It's for all the guys that have come before us. And, you know, all the young kids are going to come after us. So just like, you know, when I was a kid, I was growing up dreaming of being where I'm at now. And in 10 years, there's going to be another Austin Matthews. There's going to be another Matthew Kachuk and another Quinn Hughes.
And speaking of Matthew.
That was amazing.
How did Jack Hughes reflect on the gold medal win?
I saw where Craig yesterday was poo-pooing this whole thing that it's growing the game. It's growing the game. Well, let me just tell you something. These guys. grew the game because they were inspired by the group before them. You know, Chuck's dad and that whole group. And, you know, when you watch a lot of those reactionary videos to when the Americans won the gold, do you know how many teams were on the ice that were like 10, 12 years old that actually stopped their games in the middle of the game as they were playing to hug each other because the Americans won?
Maurice was saying that. that he was, in 1980, he was 13 years old, and he didn't understand what was going on because I guess all of the parents were in the other room away from the ice watching it. Yes. So they stopped and then went to watch the end of it as well when they beat the Soviets.
Yeah, so it will definitely inspire a generation of players. Now, how popular hockey becomes because of it, that's a different story. But I know one thing. Around here in New Jersey, Long Island, and in Connecticut, the tri-state area here, Do you know how many more kids are playing ice hockey now? The Charlie McAvoy's of the world would have never been spawned had they not been inspired by a generation before them.
I mean, it's also it's a it's a tricky sport in the fact that you've got to find ice time and it's also very expensive.
But it's growing. It's growing exponentially. The high school programs are growing. The buildings are tough to come by. That's for sure. But, you know, they've added a few buildings here on Long Island over the last couple of years. But it's it's definitely growing.
Here was, you mentioned Matthew Kachuk at the end there. Here was Kachuk coming off the plane.
Being back on home soil, we can feel the second wheels hit the ground. So excited back in the greatest country in the world and so excited to celebrate.
And so they were in Miami and they went to celebrate. Was it called Miami 11? Was that the name of the club? So you had that chant going as you had Jack Hughes on the shoulders of somebody pumping his fist, which was kind of fun. And then in terms of the reaction, which continues, PK Subban was on ESPN. He's from Toronto, so he's a Canadian, and he just tipped his cap to the USA.
Team USA was ready for this moment. They earned this moment. It wasn't handed to them, and they took advantage of it in overtime. You can't give teams like that with that much depth, that much talent, that much skill, that much drive, and playing with that much passion and opportunity in overtime, and no more deserving than No. 86 Jack Hughes there.
Especially when Canadians had their three best players on the ice at that time, and the three best players in hockey, let's face it. McDavid, McKinnon, and McCarr.
Yeah, which is something that you said the other day. The three Ms. And then one more. How about Mike Arruzzione? I haven't heard from him yet. Only from the standpoint of how good was this group?
I said this earlier. This is the best United States team we've ever put on the ice.
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