American Men's Hockey Team Delivers Inspirational Gold Medal Win Over Canada and Displays Patriotism

What this episode is about

The piece highlights the USA men's hockey team's gold-medal victory over Canada, emphasizing national pride, patriotism, and the cultural impact of the win, including public celebrations and the legacy of Herb Brooks. It portrays a spirited, patriotic response across audiences and media.

Key takeaways

• Patriotic spectacle meets personal sacrifice: a reminder sports can unite strangers with shared longing for national pride.
• The Miracle on Ice nostalgia isn’t just nostalgia; it reframes athletes as cultural icons shaping identity.
• Hockey’s rise shows patriotism can be earned, not demanded—through discipline, camaraderie, and quiet humility.
• Alyssa Liu’s camaraderie over competition flips sports’ star mentality, prioritizing collective uplift over personal hype.
• The weekend’s celebration exposed a media paradox: spectacle amplifies unity, yet scrutiny reveals fragility of unity.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megyn Kelly (Guest) · 14 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Hockey, Jesse Lou, patriotism, USA Hockey
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Miracle, Hockey, Herb Brooks, 1980 Miracle on Ice
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Hockey, Connor Halabuk, Birch Gold Group, patriotism
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Hockey, Jack Hughes, 1980 Miracle on Ice, Miracle
5. 20:00 – 24:07: Hockey, Sports Culture, Donald Trump

Notable quotes from "American Men's Hockey Team Delivers Inspirational Gold Medal Win Over Canada and Displays Patriotism"

• And his exuberance and we all felt it from the guys at the bar with the ales to the guy in the White House with the red phone calling them up and making sure they knew how…

  about Donald Trump · at 0:34

• Hockey, hockey parents, you were right.

  about Hockey · at 1:19

• It was like being around for the Miracle on Ice but a second time. No, the game odds were not as heavily stacked against us, but the love those guys had for one another felt reminiscent of what.

  about 1980 Miracle on Ice · at 2:57

• Guys 26 years old, they've been ska skating since they were two. And much like Alyssa Lou, their female counterpart over in the figure skating competition counterpart…

  about Jesse Lou · at 3:42

• Our pros in the Olympics. And no one thought we could do it. Even we didn't think we could do it. Seems like only Herb Brooks thought we could do it. And as documented…

  about Herb Brooks · at 7:53

• Quite as against us in this match as they were back in 1980, but it's still at bottom American pride, power, and patriotism on full display, right? it's just…

  about American pride · at 11:23

• ROCK ACROSS IT COMES. JEFF HUGHES WINS IT. THE GOLDEN GOAL for the United States for the first time since the 1980 miracle. The United States takes the.

  about Jack Hughes · at 15:04

• Like these songs, these the hockey culture just seems, I'll tell you, even where we are, there's a big hockey culture. And, I have nothing but respect for these hockey parents who go.

  about Sports Culture · at 20:12

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Referenced public figure · 3 mentions · first at 0:27
  He is described calling the USA men's hockey team to congratulate them, used as a symbol of national pride and unity in the episode's framing of patriotism around the win.
• Jack Hughes — Person · Referenced athlete · 3 mentions · first at 14:44
  He is credited with scoring the 'golden goal' and becomes the focal player-symbol of the victory and its emotional impact.
• Herb Brooks — Person · Referenced historical figure · 3 mentions · first at 1:37
  Presented as the iconic coach whose legacy defines American hockey patriotism and the team-bonding ethos associated with the 1980 Miracle on Ice.
• Jesse Lou — Person · Referenced athlete · 3 mentions · first at 3:46
  Used as a parallel example of sacrifice and joy in ice sports, with emphasis on her camaraderie and sportsmanship at a figure skating competition.
• Connor Halabuk — Person · Referenced athlete · 2 mentions · first at 12:45
  Highlighted as the standout goalie whose saves kept the game tied, compared to 1980 goalie Jim Craig to reinforce the Miracle-on-Ice parallel.
  Look at the goalie here. This goalie Connor Halabuk. He was so good. This guy collected 41 saves to help keep the game tied at one to one.
• Danny Rouion — Person · Referenced interviewee (prior episode) · 1 mention · first at 9:06
  Quoted from a 2022 interview on the show to explain why the 1980 win resonated amid inflation, hostages, and geopolitical stress.
  Really get you. Michael Rouion was the team captain. He scored the gamewinning goal in 1980. We interviewed him on this show in 2022 about why all these years later that incredible win still resonates.
• Al Michaels — Person · Referenced broadcaster · 1 mention · first at 7:14
  Credited with the iconic 'Do you believe in miracles?' call, framed as part of American cultural history.
  MARORROW UP TO SALT. 5 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME. YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? YES.
• Kurt Russell — Person · Referenced actor · 2 mentions · first at 3:21
  Mentioned as the star of the film 'Miracle,' which the host cites as a key way audiences relive the 1980 story.
  Either too young for or maybe not even born for and didn't get to experience except through movies like the one starred in by Kurt Russell. So it was just so uplifting…
• Zach Warky — Person · Referenced athlete (name uncertain in transcript) · 1 mention · first at 13:58
  Mentioned as assisting on the game-winning goal and as involved in honoring 'Johnny Hockey' family; the transcript contains inconsistent spelling.
  And then one minute and 41 seconds into the su sudden death OT. Zack Warky.
• Johnny Gudro — Person · Referenced athlete · 1 mention · first at 14:06
  Referenced as 'Johnny Hockey' and discussed in the context of his death and subsequent team gestures honoring his family.
  Zack Warinsky, who I'm going to get to in a minute. Remember that name because he played on the team with the guy they called Johnny Hockey, Johnny Gudro.
• Coleman Hughes — Person · Referenced athlete · 1 mention · first at 17:49
  Mentioned as the younger brother in the Hughes family, reinforcing the theme of American hockey talent and family legacy.
  Pain. He felt only the weight of gold around his neck. Hughes and other members of the team, including his brother Quinn. He has a big brother, Quinn, who plays NHL hockey. And…
• Will Kaine — Person · Referenced commentator · 1 mention · first at 0:48
  Cited for a tweet illustrating how quickly casual viewers became emotionally invested and patriotic while watching hockey.
  Sure they knew how proud we were of them. I couldn't get enough of it. It was very funny. Will Kaine of Fox News tweeted out something "my wife at 9:30 this…

Companies & orgs

• USA Hockey — Organization · Referenced organization · 2 mentions · first at 1:45
  Represents the national program and jersey symbolism used to discuss expectations of public patriotism from players.
  Pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how it felt to me. You want to wear the USA hockey jersey, you better love the USA and you…

Concepts & topics

• Hockey — Concept · Core topic · 17 mentions · first at 0:05
  The episode centers on the USA men's hockey gold-medal win and uses hockey culture to discuss sacrifice, toughness, brotherhood, and patriotism.
• patriotism — Concept · Core topic · 4 mentions · first at 1:33
  The host frames hockey and Olympic victory as a conduit for national unity, anthem rituals, and pride in the United States.
  Situation, just watching it, admiring it as an outsider, is obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong.…
• Sports Culture — Concept · Core topic · 2 mentions · first at 20:12
  The host contrasts hockey culture (toughness, commitment, rituals) with other sports and uses it to explain the team's unity and public patriotism.
• American pride — Concept · Core topic · 1 mention · first at 11:30
  Explicitly invoked as the emotional outcome of the win and as a counterpoint to political division and media criticism.
• inflation — Concept · Referenced economic condition · 2 mentions · first at 9:35
  Appears both in the 1980 historical context (gas lines, inflation) and in the sponsor ad as a reason to buy gold.
  As a country, right? The hostages have been taken. Soviets had invaded Afghanistan, the gas lines, inflation, and along we come. a bunch of, as Herb called us, lunch pale…
• Cognitive dissonance — Concept · Referenced concept · 1 mention · first at 6:11
  Used to mock media criticism (HuffPost) suggesting viewers may feel conflicted between pride in the team and political dislike of America/Trump.
  One another through that TV box and the insane ones that made us laugh out loud like the Huffington Post feeling quote discomfort at all the patriotism. They're very…
• Digital Currency — Concept · Referenced economic risk · 1 mention · first at 11:43
  Mentioned in the Birch Gold ad as part of a list of macro uncertainties motivating gold investment.
  Mean, it's just like it's stunning how it makes you feel. International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency. There's a never-…
• national debt — Concept · Referenced economic risk · 1 mention · first at 11:43
  Included in the sponsor ad's list of uncertainties used to justify diversifying into gold.
  Mean, it's just like it's stunning how it makes you feel. International disputes, inflation, rising national debt, digital currency. There's a never-…

Places & events

• 1980 Miracle on Ice — Event · Referenced historical event · 3 mentions · first at 2:57
  Serves as the primary historical analogy for the current win, anchoring themes of underdog triumph, unity, and American pride.
• Lake Placid Olympics — Event · Referenced historical event · 1 mention · first at 6:45
  Provides the setting for the 1980 Miracle on Ice, grounding the episode's historical comparison.
  Weekend, yesterday, it happened exactly 46 years after the 1980 Miracle on Ice when US men's hockey beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

Media & podcasts

• Miracle — Media · Referenced film · 6 mentions · first at 2:57
  Used to explain and popularize Herb Brooks' methods and the 1980 team's story; recommended as a family sports movie.
  Me, many documentaries about that team, the Kurt Russell movie, which is not to be missed. like I think that might be the number one movie I've enjoyed watching with my kids. They love it, too. All those sports movies, you.
• Secretariat — Media · Referenced film · 1 mention · first at 8:46
  Cited as another uplifting sports movie in the same emotional category as 'Miracle.'
  It, too. All those sports movies, like Seab Biscuit, Secretariat, Rudy, it's all in the same vein. If that doesn't like bring up a tear, I don't know how to help you. Like that should bring up a tear. Like a the best.
• Rudy — Media · Referenced film · 1 mention
  Used as an example of a tear-jerking underdog sports narrative tied to love of country and triumph.
• Seabiscuit — Media · Referenced film · 1 mention
  Listed among inspirational sports movies used to evoke emotional, patriotic uplift similar to 'Miracle.'

Sponsors

• Birch Gold Group — Company · Advertiser / sponsor · 2 mentions · first at 11:57
  Appears in a mid-episode ad promoting gold/precious metals as a hedge against inflation, debt, and uncertainty.
  Birch Gold can help you convert an existing IRA or 401k into an IRA in gold. Just text MK to the number 989898 to receive your free info kit on gold.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 What a weekend for America on the world stage. It was on full display by the gold medalinning USA men's hockey team on ice. What a game. Did you watch it? We did something we never do, which is watch television 8 a.m. on Sunday in order to make sure we saw it. And boy, were we glad we did. in bars and other loces across the nation. You could clearly and passionately in the voice of President Trump hear when he called them up to congratulate them. You know, you could hear his joy and his exuberance and we all felt it from the guys at the bar with the ales to the guy uh in the White House with the red phone calling them up and making sure they knew how proud we were of them. I couldn't get enough of it. It was very funny. Will Kaine of Fox News tweeted out something like, "Um, my wife at 9:30 this morning, didn't know what how many periods there were in hockey

1:00 and really had absolutely no idea what was going on by 10:00 a.m. in tears and, you know, chanting USA. Same. I'm ready to sign all three of my kids up for hockey, even though they're 16, 14, and 12, and no one can skate, but it's happening. It's forget the tennis, the soccer, the basketball. Hockey, hockey parents, you were right. You were right about all of it. It was so good. Like all of it was good. I What I'm loving about the whole hockey situation, just watching it, admiring it as an outsider, is uh obviously the sport has got patriotism pumping through its veins. The legacy of Herb Brooks runs strong. That's how it felt to me. You want to wear the USA hockey jersey, you better love the USA and you better make that clear whenever someone sticks a mic in your face. These boys know because it seems like they have been socialized. They've been

2:02 culturized to understand that you are expected to re to bleed red, white, and blue. And they do. They do it. It's not an affectation. And I'm sure they do it because say the things and all that because they've been they've been programmed like you understand this is what is expected of you if you're going to put on the jersey which is what you should do. It's what you do with your kids. You know what I mean? You stand when the national anthem comes on. I don't care whether you're feeling it or not. Stand up. Put your hand on your heart and take off your hat now. You do it with your kids until it becomes second nature to them. And then as they get older it becomes actual nature for them to feel the love. Same with these hockey players. You could you could just tell. And uh I love their brotherhood.

2:43 You know, it's like we'll get into some of the stories about the actual brotherhood examples on the team and you know amongst the guys and just how close they are, how much they clearly loved one another in addition to the country. It was like being around for the Miracle on Ice but a second time. No, the game odds were not as heavily stacked against us, but the love those guys had for one another felt reminiscent of what happened in 1980. Just something truly special that most of us today were either too young for or maybe not even born for and didn't get to experience except through movies like the one starred in by Kurt Russell. So it was just so uplifting to watch and then to watch their celebrations after the fact and like these gorgeous like promising young American athletes with the whole world at their fingertips their entire lives in front of them with such sacrifice to date. You know, these

3:42 guys 26 years old, they've been ska skating since they were two. And much like Alyssa Lou, their female counterpart over in the figure skating competition counterpart only in that she also is performing miracles on ice. Um there there was just like a joy that came with that enormous amount of sacrifice and then seeing it paid off pay off. you know, bo both Alyssa Lou and the men and the women of USA hockey have spent their entire lives on skates, but without losing the joy of it. You know, Alyssa Lou, we talked on Friday, almost did. And she quit for two years and then had that moment when she tried on skis and had so much fun even though her legs were burning and said, "You know what? If I could what if I could get here on my skates, which I'm actually kind of good at, and figured out, you know what? I can I can do it and I want to do it." And for the listening audience, here's the picture

4:33 of her up on the winning podium, jumping into the air, defying gravity yet again with her skates on, both arms over the air, over the head in the air, triumphant as the second and the and the third place winners looked up admiringly at her. You know, normally it'd be like side eye, as the kids say, bombastic side eye, but it wasn't. Those girls are looking up at her like, "Wow." And there were stories about Alyssa Lou on how she was sort of re-inventing relations behind the stage uh at the figure skating competition. Not just Alyssa, but she was part of it. Being full of camaraderie for the other skaters, loving America, of course, but like rooting on the other girls, not like refusing to look at people, but walking over, hugging people, competitors from other countries, and just sort of creating a different atmosphere of like we're in this together. Yes, we represent our

5:25 representative our respective countries, but we're ice skaters. We're we're all having a similar life and that we've sacrificed it all. We didn't go to the late night parties. We didn't go to all the fun events that we could have. We didn't sleep in. We probably were homeschooled. Um because we have this extraordinary commitment to this sport. And anyway, same for all those guys we watched yesterday. You know, the number of manh hours it took to make these gods on ice is kind of unfathomable. Now, we're going to walk you through all the insane moments, the great ones that made us cry and cheer and feel connected to one another through that TV box and the insane ones that made us laugh out loud like the Huffington Post feeling quote discomfort at all the patriotism. They're very upset that you may be experiencing cognitive dissonance between your

6:22 dissonance between uh between like what you're feeling when you feel pride and looking at these guys and your hatred for America and and President Trump. Um okay, so let's go back. The big win this weekend, yesterday, it happened exactly 46 years after the 1980 Miracle on Ice when US men's hockey beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. Remember, >> US team is depending a little bit too much now on Jim Craig. He's making too many good saves. Rosi

7:06 lose 11 seconds. YOU'VE GOT 10 SECONDS. THE COUNTDOWN GOING ON RIGHT NOW. MARORROW UP TO SALT. 5 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME. YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? YES. >> UNBELIEVABLE. H such a great story. Al Michaels who called the game kind of like part of America, not kind of part of American history in the way he came up with that line and used it at just the right time. That of course wasn't even the gold medal round. Uh that was the semifinals, I think. Uh and we beat Finland for the gold, but the big contest was always going to be the Soviets. They had crushed everybody. They were inhuman. We were a bunch of knuckle-headed college kids at the times before we were using our pros in the Olympics. And no one thought we could do it. Even we didn't think we could do it. Seems like only Herb Brooks thought we could do it. And as documented in the movie Miracle, he

8:03 made himself the common enemy of those guys to get them to get along because they were all fighting against each other in their respective college programs and had come to like demonize one another based on the region they were from, you know, the schools that they attended. And Herb was such a prick and so hard on the team that they all turned on him, which was by design. Now, of course, they all, you know, came to adore and love Herb Brooks. And it's all it's all legend what he did with them. Me, many documentaries about that team, the Kurt Russell movie, which is not to be missed. I mean, like I think that might be the number one movie I've enjoyed watching with my kids. They love it, too. All those sports movies, you know, like Seab Biscuit, uh, Secretariat, Rudy, it's all in the same vein. If that doesn't like bring up a tear, I don't

8:52 know how to help you. Like that that should bring up a tear. Like a the best tear, you know, like the one that that comes from true emotion, not sadness, that comes from true like love of country and seeing the little guys triumph. Those are the things that really get you. Michael Rouion was the team captain. He scored the gamewinning goal in 1980. We interviewed him on this show in 2022 about why all these years later that incredible win still resonates. >> The hockey fan, it was a hockey game, but for people in this country and we found out later, it was, you know, we needed something to feel good about uh as a country, right? The hostages have been taken. Um, Soviets had invaded Afghanistan, the gas lines, inflation, and along we come. Um, a bunch of, as Herb called us, lunch pale hardhead group of guys. But I think people related to our team. They saw where we came from. They saw our backgrounds.

9:49 The, like I said to you earlier, Megan, that we we came from working-class families. What makes this country so great is the people like our parents and and what they taught us and the values and the work ethic that our team had. I think people saw that in us. They saw that work ethic. They saw that, you know, we love America type of a hockey team. Uh, and we did. We took great pride in putting that jersey on that says USA across the front. I think people saw that and related to that. And then by winning it just just skyrocketed. You know, I can't tell you how many times people come up to me today and they'll say exactly this. I remember where I was when we won. And I go, we I I didn't know you were on the team.

10:28 >> But that's what people felt like. They they felt like they were a part of us. And the people were proud to wave the flag after, you know, after we won. >> Yes, that is the beauty of these amazing Olympic victories is they can make you feel incredibly patriotic no matter what's happening in your country. We were in the midst of a very dark period back in 1980 and this gift to us from this group of boys would be forever remembered. And you know it's not to compare where we are today. I mean it was a very different situation back in 1980. Far worse. You idiots at Huffpo. Uh but we are divided. There's no question we're politically divided divided here in the United States. Um, and the but the so the win still feels as good. You know, the odds weren't quite as against us in this match as they were back in 1980, but it's still

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12:44 Look at the goalie here. This this goalie goalie Connor Halabuk. He was so good. This guy collected 41 saves to help keep the game tied at one to one. They shot on him 42 times. He only let one go in, including this moment where he used the paddle of his stick, the paddle like the the the part up high to stop the puck from going in and giving Canada the win. That guy, he was like the new Jim Craig who was the the miracle on ice goalie. Just unstoppable. Just I mean there like the legs, the knees down like complete. It was he was moving like he was not a human being and just so fast. It was amazing because the US went up right away in the beginning of that match. We It was 1-0 almost the entire time and then at the end of the second period, the Canadians popped one in, got one past uh Halibuck and it was tied up and uh then we get to overtime and who knew what was going to happen in overtime. You only go three against

13:48 three, which is unusual, I guess, for the Olympics. And uh it was sudden death. It could have gone either way. And then one minute and 41 seconds into the su sudden death OT. Zack Warky. Zack Warinsky, who I'm going to get to in a minute. Remember that name because he played on the team um with the guy they called Johnny Hockey, Johnny Gudro. And he would come back later to play a role in honoring um Johnny's family members, Johnny who died. uh by killed by a drunk driver. But Zach Worinsky skis, sorry, skates with him or did. And uh this guy, he would wind up bringing out, you know, be one of the ones to bring out Johnny's kids to join the team for their photo. But Zach got the assist on the game-winning goal, which is great. Firing a cross ice pass back to Jack Hughes, who's a household name today, but you know, relatively unknown to those of us who don't follow hockey.

14:52 yesterday. Uh, and Jack was the one who scored the so-called golden goal. The winner watch United States with numbers. ROCK ACROSS IT COMES. JEFF HUGHES WINS IT. THE GOLDEN GOAL for the United States for the first time since the 1980 miracle. The United States takes the gold. Amazing.

15:32 Look at their pure joy at winning. Helmets went flying. The hugging. I mean, it it was less than one second for those boys to run out on the ice. They knew immediately when that puck went in. You know, for some of us not used to watching hockey, it goes so fast. You're like, "Is the puck in? What do we got to go? Oh my god, we won." Those boys know in a less than a split second they were on the ice with the helmets off and rushing Jack and the entire team rushing onto the ice to have that moment together. It was magic for them. It was magic for all of us, all of us sane people uh in the country. Here are some of the celebrations that rang out here at home.

16:23 This is near Indiana University at the I think it's called the pub bar >> here. This is in Oxford, Ohio. Look at these boys. Hands on hearts singing. >> This is at Miami University, Ohio. and

16:57 amazing. >> And this great picture of Jack Hughes. This is not the most iconic. The one that's going to be the most iconic is the one of him wrapped in the flag with his teeth just front and center. But this is a great one, too. He chipped his tooth during the game. No, not his tooth. Teeth teeth during the game after he took a high stick in the face from a Canadian player. I mean, it's amazing because they wear mouthguards, but they don't they don't always protect the mouth. He was bleeding all over his mouth. You could see like his three top teeth kind of gone, sliced diagonally.

17:39 and uh later showing it off with pride. He felt no pain. He felt absolutely no pain. He felt only the weight of gold around his neck. Hughes and other members of the team, including his brother Quinn. He has a big brother, Quinn, who plays NHL hockey. And he's got a younger brother um who also plays NHL hockey. He's named Luke. So there's Luke, Jack, and Quinn Hughes. And what a dynasty. the Hughes parents have produced for us Americans. Uh they're they're celebrating the team uh draping the American flag over their shoulders as we've seen all of our athletes do after they've won medals in these games.

18:24 And when the moment came to sing the national anthem on the world stage, no one phoned it in. No one grimaced. No one sat looking pained without their hand on their heart. No one took a knee. Watch. Wow. The guys then went into the locker room to celebrate and also blast Toby Keith's courtesy of the red, white, and blue.

19:22 >> LET'S GO. >> WE OWN THE SPORT OF HOCKEY, BABY. >> LET'S GO. But your name is your lifeline. That was so great. They all had these like light blue goggles on. I guess they've been wearing them in the Olympic village, but that kind of made it even cooler. They're all feeling zero pain at this point. Um, chugging beers and dancing around. And, uh, you heard the Toby Keith and also a little Aerrol Smith at the top there. Um, so good. Like these songs, these the hockey culture just seems, I'll tell you, even where we are, there's a big hockey culture. And, um, I have nothing but respect for these hockey parents who go like and freeze their asses off as they get their boys and their girls in training, you know, day and night, the crack of dawn. these freezing cold ice rinks where you have to layer it up, you

20:33 know, four layers at least to be inside watching your kid train. And then I'll tell you what, the like um tailgate culture notwithstanding the fact that it's 20 below with the windchill, man, they're out there the it's like there's something about hockey. These parents are so committed. These boys and girls are so committed. It's hardcore in in a great way. And it's almost like they work you so hard and are so unapologetic about the amount of work that's going to go into it that it toughens you up as a human. I think both the parents and the kids, there'll be no whining in hockey.

21:09 That's that's what seemed clear to me from watching everyone yesterday. Just getting like a bird's eyee peak into the culture and having seen a bit of it at our school. Like great guys, great families who love America. They don't f around when it comes to their partying, their celebration around the sport, or the hard work that it takes to produce a champion. And those guys yesterday are champions. When they got a call from President Donald Trump, I mean, it was honestly hard to tell who was more excited, the the guys or the sitting US president.

21:45 Watch. >> By the way, you go play not bad. >> HOW ARE YOU? SAY HI. HOW ARE YOU? SAY HI TO HIM. HOW YOU DOING, DON? >> I have seen hockey goalies have slightly worse games than unbelievable. And you were all unbelievable. You know, I tell you what, I just told my people two minutes ago, I didn't know they'd be calling. I said, "We're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I could send the military plan or something, but if you would like to, it's the mo It's the coolest night. is the biggest.

22:21 >> We're in. >> Can you pick us up in Miami on Tuesday morning? >> Tuesday morning. >> Go to the northern border. >> We'll get the cash and we'll get the military to get you guys over. >> I'll do the White House the next day. We'll just have some fun. We have medals for you guys. You're going to be proud of that game for 50 years as you grow older. I mean, it was amazing. So, we love you guys. Congratulations.

22:52 Wow. So amazing. And wasn't it so great how he barely got the question out before they said, "We're in." You know, not like these pussyfooted NFL players who are like, "We're not going to celebrate our victory at the White House." Oh, grow up. Give the nations a moment of unity and something to feel good about. These guys get it. They totally They These aren't all Republicans. I'm sure there are a lot of Democrats on this team. We're in. will be there. They know that the nation needs this, that we want to feel exactly what, you know, we're going to feel when we see the camera cut to those guys at tomorrow's State of the Union. That it's not about left, it's not about right, it's not about blue, it's not about red, it's about the United States of America

23:39 and what it means to be an American, to be a fighter, to have freedom in your blood. Like those guys, we're in. Yes, we're in. Thank you. Thank you for that. Thanks so much for watching. If you like what you just saw, hit the subscribe button for more clips and full episodes.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "American Men's Hockey Team Delivers Inspirational Gold Medal Win Over Canada and Displays Patriotism"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest).

What is "American Men's Hockey Team Delivers Inspirational Gold Medal Win Over Canada and Displays Patriotism" about?

The piece highlights the USA men's hockey team's gold-medal victory over Canada, emphasizing national pride, patriotism, and the cultural impact of the win, including public celebrations and the legacy of Herb Brooks. It portrays a spirited, patriotic response across audiences and media.

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28 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Hockey, patriotism, 1980 Miracle on Ice, Donald Trump, Jack Hughes, Herb Brooks. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

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The episode runs 24 min; the transcript is about 3,859 words in 30 timestamped sections.

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