OT: Whoo Hoo!

[StickierBuns]

I was really happy for Helle. I have watched him in Winnipeg since he came out of the minors. Won the MVP last year and the Jets had the best record in the league. He had a tough 1st round of the playoffs and they lost in the 2nd round so the talk was he couldn't win when it mattered. Probably on his way to the hall at some point. Great career for a 5th round pick out of commerce township, Michigan.

I'm a Michigan native myself so I was pulling extra hard for the Michigan boys. 

I had to chuckle as Jack Hughes was more drunk on every interview he did after the win, lol. Quite the hockey family there with the Hughes'. So many good stories on the whole men's team, really. This is going to sit like bitter bile for the Canadians until the next Winter Olympics. You know they aren't handling it well when they bring out the ol' 'Would rather be Canadian with the silver than American with the gold' stuff. 

[Vikergirl]

Interesting to see many Canadian fans so sour and full of excuses for this loss online. I'm sure this hurts for them, its their sport. My stoic friend from Toronto is beside himself, lol. Hellebuyck was masterful....they needed him to stand on his head and the best goalie in the NHL did just that. The Canadian coach looked physically ill after Hughes's overtime goal. 

Listen, Canada's offensive playmakers are amazing, they really are. Better than the USA, but the difference were the goalies yesterday and USA has the best. Binnington is no slouch, but Buck is a level up. Also: give a shoutout to Jimmy's Famous Seafood....research it and you'll know what I mean! F the Huffington Post.

I mean their coach Jon Cooper was complaining about the 3 on 3 overtime. Which makes no sense because they beat Czechia in OT. Also they have McDavid, Makar and MacKinnon. MacKinnon made a comment about who was the better team. The key is the final score. Yes they were dominant a lot of the game but they still lost. A Lot of whining going on. Also Crosby being out, I was like the US had key injuries during the 4 Nations face off but they didn't want to hear that

[StickierBuns]

I mean their coach Jon Cooper was complaining about the 3 on 3 overtime. Which makes no sense because they beat Czechia in OT. Also they have McDavid, Makar and MacKinnon. MacKinnon made a comment about who was the better team. The key is the final score. Yes they were dominant a lot of the game but they still lost. A Lot of whining going on. Also Crosby being out, I was like the US had key injuries during the 4 Nations face off but they didn't want to hear that

Really good point ^. And Canadian sports talk is crucifying Cooper for this comment, so props to them. Listen, the line that Canada had out there in the overtime period was arguably the 3 best hockey players in the world. Straight up. The advantage was all to Canada and I give that U.S. line a ton of credit.

[IceRatz16]

Really good point ^. And Canadian sports talk is crucifying Cooper for this comment, so props to them. Listen, the line that Canada had out there in the overtime period was arguably the 3 best hockey players in the world. Straight up. The advantage was all to Canada and I give that U.S. line a ton of credit.

Agreed 100%.

During the game, I was getting frustrated with the coaching staff and what felt like an unwillingness to adjust the lines the way it seemed they needed to.  A few guys looked sluggish and not at their best (Matthews especially).  I even told my family that the Hughes brothers were flying all night, particularly Jack, and that he should be centering the Tkachuk brothers.  When he stepped up in OT and sealed it, I couldn’t have been happier for him.

And to your point, Canada rolling out arguably the three best players in the world in overtime only makes it more impressive.  That’s elite talent across the board, straight up.

Jim and Ellen Hughes have done an incredible job.  Three sons in the NHL, now two gold medalists, and Ellen’s own high-level hockey background; that doesn’t happen by accident.  They’ve raised talented, grounded, blue-collar kids who carry themselves well on and off the ice, not to mention Ellen holding court perfectly on air.

And Jack’s postgame interview?  That was exactly what fans needed to hear, passion, patriotism, electricity, pride.  It felt authentic and captured what most USA fans were feeling in that moment.  I just hope the people who truly needed to hear it actually listened, let it sink in, marinated in it, and recognized the significance of that moment.  Because it was bigger than just a goal in overtime.