Kathryn Tappen talks U.S. men hockey team's historic gold medal victory
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What was the significance of the USA men's hockey team's gold medal win?
Let's go to our hotline now. Is she in Milan? Is she on a plane? We talked to Eddie Olchek on a plane earlier today on The Score. Catherine Tappan, thank you so much for joining us.
Well, thank you guys. Yeah, Edzo ended up with dinner, you know, last night with him, and he found a way to get out of Milan and somehow reroute through Atlanta to Chicago to L.A., but I got, quote-unquote, stuck in Milan for the day, and I'm very happy about it, so...
So that's where I'm at right now and happy to talk to you guys. How are you guys doing? We're great. Thank you for spending your quote stuck day and your time with us. We played your interview with Jack Hughes and it was a wonderful conversation.
How did Kathryn Tappen feel about covering the gold medal game?
What was it like to be a part of that moment and observing this on the ice?
Yeah, well, I think just, you know, the biggest picture perspective I have is just, you know, the magnitude of that interview and the importance of what Jack said. I think, you know, the Olympics every four years for winter games, every, you know, every two years we get an Olympics, but every four years we get the winter, the summer. it finds a way to kind of galvanize a country, right? It finds a way to bring pride back to our nation. And, you know, all politics aside and everything else that the world is going through, it's just you cheer for your country. You cheer for these athletes. And Jack said that. I mean, at the end of the day, like this was a massive win for America, for American hockey.
And, you know, And then go back a couple days to the women's team, bringing home gold as well. And I just think that when he was saying the things he was saying, the most important thing for me in that moment in processing his answers was lead him to the next most important thing he's going to say. So what is that? And I think everything he said was so poignant and so strong. And it's exactly what all of them felt in that locker room. And The importance of this event, the importance of winning a gold medal again, I mean, it had only been done twice in the history of American hockey. These are guys that grew up in the ranks of American hockey, playing at the youth level, playing at the collegiate level.
And you're always the little brother to Canada. And it's like they just can't shake that. And now they did. And it was... Just, I mean, the fact that it was Jack and he had just gotten his teeth knocked out and they get the five-on-three penalty and then he commits a penalty because he goes to the box and they got to kill it off. It's like, I mean, the emotions of just that five-on-three alone and to see him come off the ice and score the game winner, it was just, and you couldn't have scripted it better. You really couldn't have. And so listening to him and what he had to say and his reaction with his teeth, you know, his whole mouth bleeding right in front of me, I just was like, oh my gosh, this is incredible.
This is just incredible.
What emotions did Jack Hughes express during his interview?
Yeah. Catherine, just such a wonderful interview, as Layla said. And I was struck by what he talked about with the way he had to single out Connor Hellebuck as to let people know, like, this is the dude. Like, I know I scored a goal, but this is the dude. What did you make of his performance on that stage in that moment? Because that man survived to an extent.
Yeah. That's a great word for it, survive. I mean, 41 saves. And by the way, like, insane saves. The one paddle save that I hope you asked Edzo about because he caught it better than anybody. But, I mean, the thing with Connor Hellebuck is that he has had so much criticism in big games, right? He's got all the Vezina's he needs. He's got the NHL MVP. He's insane. arguably the best goalie in the national hockey league right now. And he, but yet the Winnipeg jets, when they get to the playoffs, for whatever reason, cumulatively, they cannot win big games. And so for Connor to win that way and to put on the performance and not just yesterday, guys, he, I mean, the way he performed against Sweden, the way he won earlier rounds, I mean, Latvia was no easy cakewalk for the Americans in their first game.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What was the significance of the USA men's hockey team's gold medal win?
0:00–0:39
2
How did Kathryn Tappen feel about covering the gold medal game?
0:39–2:33
3
What emotions did Jack Hughes express during his interview?
2:33–4:51
4
How did the victory impact American hockey's identity?
4:51–10:29
5
What were the standout performances during the gold medal game?
10:29–11:57
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