FBI chief in the booth, Trump on the phone: This is how the USA celebrated ice hockey gold

Canada is still not the 51st state in the USA, but at least in ice hockey the mother country of the sport suffered a serious defeat.

Posted this on Sunday White House a picture in which a Bald eagle one Canadian goose killed. The USA ice hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 after overtime in a high-class final of the Olympic Games and won the first Olympic victory in ice hockey since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980, when a group of college players prevailed against the almost invincible stars from the Soviet Union.

After the final in Milan there was satisfaction. Minister of War Pete Hegseth wrote about a picture of the outstanding US goalkeeper Connor Hellebuyck on X: “Now we have a Secretary of War…and a Secretary of Defense!” So translated: “Now we have a Secretary of War and a Secretary of Defense.”

After the exuberant celebrations and the awarding of medals on the ice, the party continued in the locker room. The FBI director was there too Kash Patel to see. He sang and drank exuberantly with the NHL stars. Patel also received a gold medal from one player. He then sang the US song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” with the athletes.

He wrote on the short message service In another post, he thanked the US team for representing “the greatest country in the world and the greatest game ever invented.” Patel is a big ice hockey fan.

The US President congratulated via video link Donald Trump the players still in the dressing room.

The pride in the country was also emphasized by the players: strikers Jack Hugheswho lost part of his teeth in a foul and scored in overtime for a 2-1 win, said: “Canada has a great team, but we are all proud Americans and today it was about the whole country. I love the USA. I love my teammates. There is an incredible community on this team. This is pure American hockey.”

When asked about his toothless winning smile, Hughes said: “At some point I looked at the ice and saw my teeth.” Canada Sam Bennett Hughes had hit Hughes in the face with the bat. Hughes probably took it with humor in view of the prestigious victory. “Every ice hockey player loses his teeth at some point,” said the US striker.

In May 2025, Team USA won the World Championships in Stockholm. Now she is also an Olympic champion. “A lot has happened in US ice hockey in the last ten or 15 years. Many American players have come to the NHL. They are all world-class players,” said the US captain Auston Matthews from the Toronto Maple Leafs. “For the first time ever I had the opportunity to take part in the Olympic Games. We were given the opportunity to advance US ice hockey. We succeeded,” said the striker.

The fact that the Americans were often not at the forefront was also due to the philosophy of US Hockey. Talents were often sent to major tournaments to see how they performed at the highest level and whether they were ready for the NHL.

Winning wasn’t the main focus. Until this Sunday. Currently they are The USA, both men and women, are world champions and Olympic champions.