Team USA Wins Olympic Gold in Mens Hockey
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USA Hockey has been on the rise. The USA Hockey program won Gold at IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship in 2025, its first Gold at the world championships since 1933.
Unlike their Little-Engine-that-Could hockey ancestors from 1980, Team USA was a freight train. There was no big bad Russia looming. In fact, if there was a geopolitical underdog based on current circumstances, it would have been the Canadians.
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USA Wins First Gold Medal In Men's Hockey Since Miracle 1980 Team, Beating Canada In OT
For the first time since the iconic “Miracle on Ice” in 1980, Team USA has won Olympic gold in men’s hockey, defeating arch-rival Canada 2-1 in overtime at the Milano Cortina Winter Games. New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal just 1:41 into 3-on-3 overtime,