Miracle On Ice 2.0
Until Sunday, the 2026 Winter Olympics were a mixed bag.
There was Lindsey Vonn’s gruesome fall, Trump derangement drivel from the pansexual skater, the snotty male skiers, the American girl skiing for China (hope she stays there ) and the nitwit curler - from Minnesota.
Memo to the curler: Your sport is dumb. No one wants to hear from you.
Then came Sunday.
I suspect many church pews were empty - but there was lots of praying going on - as Americans tuned in to the gold medal men’s hockey game between Team USA and the smug Canadians. American women had already vanquished Canada for a gold.
Even New York Gov. Kathy Hochul got into the spirit of the games, suspending Sunday morning alcohol sale restrictions so bars could open early.
It was serendipitous. It was the 46th anniversary of the storied “Miracle on Ice” game, when a bunch of American kids took down Russia’s Red Army team in the Olympic semi-finals. That magical team then finished off Finland in the finals to win the gold. A feat that wasn’t repeated.
Until yesterday.
Sunday’s overtime, sudden death win over the Canadians was every bit as sweet. Not only did the scrappy Americans fend off the “best-scoring offense” in the world during a 5-3 penalty, but they beat Canada in the only sport our northern neighbor is half-way decent at, during a time of tensions between the old allies.
Oh, and American hockey fans enjoyed a little schadenfreude watching the medal ceremony after a season of Canadian NHL fans booing our national anthem.
Best of all was this interview with Jack Hughes after the game. A Canadian player had hit him in the mouth with a stick and broken two of his teeth during the game, but the center was immediately back on the ice and scored the winning goal.
There he was after the game with a bloody grin telling the world how much he loves his country.
Bless him. And goalie Connor Hellebuyck who had 41 saves and should never have to buy another drink in America.
Hockey is a blue collar sport, it’s rough and fast. The guys who play it didn’t grow up in fancy ski resorts like our disgruntled skiers. Some of them learned to skate as soon as they could walk.
The biggest difference between the hockey team and the handful of spoiled athletes using their trip to Milan to whine about their Trump derangement syndrome? The hockey players actually understand that national pride is the point of the Olympics. They weren’t just playing for themselves or their friends. They were playing for US.
All of us.
Red America, blue America, all of America.
After the win, the players wrapped themselves in flags and honored their teammate Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed by a drunken driver in 2024. They brought his children ages 2 and 4 onto the ice to pose with their dad’s jersey during the team victory picture.
The locker room was predictably raucous, with the team blaring Toby Keith’s patriotic anthem, “Courtesy of The Red, White and Blue.”
They were joined by FBI director Kash Patel, who reportedly combined a business trip to Europe with the Olympics. Naturally, the lemon-sucking left went into a frenzy when they saw footage of him celebrating with the team.
Anyone remember the media griping when Jill Biden jumped on a government jet - during Covid - to go to the Tokyo Olympics?
After a lousy Super Bowl with a controversial halftime show, after snide remarks from ungrateful American athletes in Milan, Sunday’s victory was a palate cleanser.
The president reportedly FaceTimed the team and invited them to the State of the Union Address this week. If they take him up on that offer I bet that - unlike the miserable Democrats last year - this crew will stand and honor cancer survivors and show respect to the parents of offspring murdered by illegals.
Congrats Team USA. You made America proud.
