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Chapter 1: What excitement surrounds Team USA's gold medal win?
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Ryan Whitney's got a pink Whitney out there now. This is a standbagger. Get that on camera. Keith Yandel, the Sonk Man. Keith is a full-time member. Marley just got an assist from Chris Bates. Whoa, we're buzzing right now. Sonk. Oh my God, we did it. As we sit here right now, welcome to episode 623 of the Spit and Chicklets podcast.
I am looking at Team Canada being put silver medals around their neck, which means Team USA wins. Climb the mountain. We own this game. We are the gold medal winners in the 2026 Winter Olympics. Holy shit. Welcome. Shout out Pink Whitney. Oh my God, did they carry us through those penalty kills throughout that game? And what a game we got to witness. Pink Whitney is always there for you.
It was there for us this weekend. It was there for Team USA all game. How do we even start? I want to just say I have never been more proud to be from the United States of America. What this team showed with resilience, grit, coming together as one, and growing into a true team after that devastating loss last year in the Four Nations is something that I will never forget.
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Chapter 2: How did Team USA demonstrate resilience in the tournament?
And Connor Hellebuck was just given his gold medal. It's a guy who... went to UMass Lowell, and has dealt with all of this kind of just dogging on him in the playoffs, right? You know, you're going to get that heat when you have the regular seasons you do and you don't perform.
But just looking at this roster and looking at Jake Gensel, who's from Nebraska, Omaha, and Austin Matthews, who's from Arizona, and all these parts of the country that never produced players that are starting to really give USA Hockey, like, superpowers in a sense. It just feels... I'm so proud. I'm so proud of this team and these guys and what they've done. And they started winning under-17s.
They started winning under-18s. All of a sudden, we started winning world juniors. And it's just... You have to win at a young age to know how to win when you get older. And they've been through some tough losses, dude. Last year, it was heartbreaking. And a guy like Tage Thompson doesn't make that team. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go world championships.
And they win the gold there. And it's like, all right, something's building here. And... Yeah, I'm just so proud to have played for USA Hockey.
Chapter 3: What were the standout performances from Team USA players?
And I'm sorry for ranting right now, but it's not just me and guys who played in the NHL, right? It's like any single kid who played hockey under the USA Hockey umbrella, you might have played until you were a peewee. You might have played until you were a midget. You were a part of this. You were a part of this program growing, the excellence that it has turned out.
And it's just an amazing feeling. And Canada is so good. Like I said, they're so good. Look at that game.
i got so many people writing me you got you guys get dominated it's like buddy yeah we got dominated look at your fucking team but we had the better goalie and we had the better team at the end and we won and it's just an amazing feeling to finally get there yeah it's absolutely incredible and shout out to the trainers everyone um you know the hard work that those guys put in i think they had to go over early get them all settled because these guys are used to the top of the top of the line standard so
unbelievable job by everybody involved that billy garan handpicked to be on this team i am so happy talk looks like he's gonna kill someone on the bench right now but yeah i've been there it's a horrible feeling i guess the entire stadium is chanting johnny hockey right now that's unreal god it's amazing to see his parents up there and obviously they're emotional and it's just he would have been on this team and the fact usa hockey flew them in and the jersey's been in the locker room it's
it's so probably heartbreaking for them to watch. And at the same time, like feeling like they're a part of it makes me happy. It makes me a little emotional. It's just been a, it's been a storybook ending. And, and the fact biz, and we talked about this, that we even got there, that what Canada had to do to get here and what the U S had to deal with against Sweden, like,
People thought, oh, US Canada for the gold medal.
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Chapter 4: How did Connor Hellebuck's performance impact the gold medal game?
And we were telling them, boys, girls, there's so much hockey to be played to make that happen. And we got it.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we discussed Hellebuck. I thought the defense for the United States was just remarkable. And it was key that it was a strength. I thought they did a great job of clogging up the middle and really tying guys up around that blue paint and I know that Canada had their opportunities and I think they're going to look back and think that we should have won this game.
I mean, you look at the McKinnon wide open net off the post. We talked about the paddle save and, you know, they peppered them, but ultimately the United States bend, but they didn't break. And I just, you know, you got to focus on them and tip the cap. And if you're Canada, you just got to look in the mirror and come back a better team.
And I think that it's very unfortunate that we didn't have Crosby in the lineup. We haven't brought that up. Brutal. Yeah, that's probably one of the top storylines for Canada and the fact that he gets the golden goal. He's the captain of that team and he's got to pass the sea over to McDavid because he can't dress. And I'm sure he did everything he could to try to get in that lineup. But
ultimately not healthy enough to go and he allows another guy to dress kind of like the point situation coming to the olympics given the next guy the opportunity so um as we look at the tv right now the american flag's in the middle and it's being raised and the boys are singing their boys are singing
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Chapter 5: What role did coaching play in Team USA's success?
A lot of question marks around Austin Matthews as well.
Amazing in that game.
Amazing performance. You know, he might not always find the back of the net, but what he does as far as a 200-foot game and winning his shifts and how he plays, it's pretty cool for him to get to experience a big win and essentially get the monkey off his back. Really for a lot of guys in this lineup, right? Yeah.
Yeah. Talked about it. Some guys aren't going to win a Stanley Cup, right? So this is their Super Bowl.
Chapter 6: How did the team's chemistry contribute to their victory?
But it goes back. If you want to take it back to the Olympics also, you talked about how proud you are to be American. I'll say I'm a very proud Canadian, and I'm going to be very proud.
um you know praise the guys in the way that they handle themselves and the way that they empty the tanks like i really thought today they were the better team i know the result wasn't there but uh i really thought that they they took control and and they left everything on the ice so um as a proud canadian i'm going to remain proud of the boys and just hope that they use this as fuel for the next one right and you talked about ironing sharpen iron that it's not just uh you know with your own country it's the sport in general like look at look at the strength of hockey right now and all these other nations uh
what's the saying? A high tide lifts all boats? Yeah, a rising tide lifts all ships. A rising tide lifts all ships. So, yeah, congratulations. I'm a little shell-shocked right now, boys. I thought that was going to be ours.
We can tell. I felt the same leaving the Boston Garden last year. And I just remember leaving. Like, if we can get back against them ā We have to win the next time. You just can't keep taking a beat down from Canada. And like I mentioned, you have been the standard, but at some point, if you're going to get to the top, you're going to have to slay the dragon, and they did it.
And seeing these guys get together for this team picture with the gold medals around their neck, looking at Charlie McAvoy, what a season he's had in Boston. He comes over, and the defense. And we haven't even really gone over the game yet.
But Matt Boldy, who Billy Guerin told us before last season, it wasn't even this year, it was before 24-25 season, he said, I think he can be a 50-50 guy, 100-point player, 50-goal score. And I was like, all right, yeah, you can tell the kid's got skill. He's a better skater than people think. That goal he scored, I mean, it's probably one of the most beautiful goals ever scored in the Olympics.
For Americans, that goal will be remembered the same way Peter Forsberg's goal will be remembered.
And also from, is it Keller, the female who scored the goal?
Yeah. Very similar.
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Chapter 7: What lessons can be learned from the USA vs. Canada rivalry?
He does have four nations, but as you said, that's, that's exhibition and he comes up pointless, right? I mean, I, I, I believe he was pointless in game seven and,
against the florida panthers i don't think he had one in game six in the closeout game um in the second of the back-to-back there and then now nothing and he comes up empty-handed in this gold medal medal performance and um you know i i think people might look at the the back check there and and how jack hughes ended up being all by himself but um you win as a team you lose as a team
And, um, I would say that right now, I mean, you can't blame Binnington. He said he had a 10 bell, 10 bell save and overtime, um, with the glove there. Um, just remarkable. I thought after that save, I'm like, all right, we're going to go down and get one. But, uh, that was tough.
McDavid just needs to play in a meaningful game that Matthew Kachuk is not a part of.
He's got to get away from himself. Yeah, the Kachuks have his number. I'd love to see, and we'll get it for you next episode because we're just coming off this game. We're kind of all over the place.
Well, keep in mind too, folks, we've been in Florida for just over a week, about eight days now. And we've done what? We've done three podcasts now. We've done four golf matches, three of which are sandbaggers. Just finished another one with the Bob Does Guys. We've done countless amazing interviews. So just as much as Canada and the U.S. emptied the tank, we've emptied the tank as well.
We deserve that. Shout out to us. Shout out to us. So as far as Witten Jans and G are concerned, probably the most successful week in Chicklets history. Yeah. For me, it was incredible. I had a blast. Jans, we appreciate your hospitality at your home here. We love you. Your first class is always. Other than that, that silver medal or both silver, silver matters. Oh, Jesus Christ.
I can't even fucking talk. USA. Long week. Long week. You know, other, other than the two silver medals, I'm forever grateful for you guys. And I love you boys.
Yeah, I love you too. Love the United States. And I think I want to look up and I want to find out of Team USA how many guys won under 18 golds and world junior golds. Oh, would that line up a ton of them? Yeah, and it's what U.S. was thinking about starting that program. you're growing and building winners.
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Chapter 8: What does the future hold for USA Hockey after this victory?
You're not even comfortable for any minute. You're just ready to throw up. You need a cigarette. You need a drink. Shout out Pink Whitney. But it was just... An experience I'll never forget. I will never forget being right here when that goal went in by Jack Hughes. And Jack Hughes, who took the heat after the Four Nations and has been injured so many different years.
And then this year, buddy, I think there were moments in that... Gold medal game, it was like, ah, he's kind of losing on the wall. And then he takes that penalty, right? He high sticks. Who got high stick there?
Horvat.
Horvat. He had a great game. Horvat won every single face off. He high sticked Horvat, and it was like, oh, my God. This guy's going to be in the box for a loss against Canada. And no, no. Johnny Goudreau, his spirit's up there. He gets out, and he buries the winner. And we are gold medal champions, so. DraftKings Sportsbook, that's what we're here to talk about.
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