Yesterday marked one of the most significant Olympic victories for the United States: Team USA defeated Canada to win the gold medal in hockey. This was specifically the men’s team, ending a 46-year gold medal drought. The last time the men’s hockey team secured gold was in 1980, following their victory over the Soviets in the Miracle on Ice game.
Jack Hughes with an all-time quote after his all-time moment in the Olympics 🙌🥇 pic.twitter.com/b0ipeM8MmN
— ESPN (@espn) February 22, 2026
America achieved a double gold at the Winter Olympics in Milan. Both the men’s and women’s teams defeated Canada 2-1, securing gold, with each match ending in overtime.
And Canada wasn’t taking it well. Yet, besides them, it was American liberals who weren’t taking it well:
🚨#BREAKING: At this time, Canadian hockey fans are experiencing a nuclear meltdown after Team USA took the gold medal in Olympic hockey, with widespread frustration and boiling anger being expressed by fans, including extreme comments directed at the United States and its fans.
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 22, 2026
Well at least our leader is not a pedophile. https://t.co/Zhxv3WrcG6
— Canada Hates Trump (@AntiTrumpCanada) February 23, 2026
🚨 Canada goalie Jordan Binnington blames Olympic final loss to USA on food poisoning: “we were homesick so we got Indian food before the game, that was a mistake.” pic.twitter.com/V0rOybTw3D
— Will Stancil’s Zippy 2011 Honda Fit (@centristpeater) February 22, 2026
Canadian hockey twitter ran into the behemoth that is college football twitter and it’s been exactly the massacre you would expect.
— Him (@OutOfKenTroll) February 23, 2026
Canada just watched hockey’s version of the Blue Jays’ World Series loss.
— Dave Hodge (@davehodge20) February 22, 2026
Imagine your county is 90% frozen for three quarters of the year and losing in hockey to a country that has alligators in it
— Austin Jacobsen (@Austin2Jacobsen) February 22, 2026
canada past few days:
— mert (@mert) February 22, 2026
- poorer than alabama
- lost to usa at their only sport
- cheating at curling
- ATHs in euthanasia!
Anybody who has videos of Canada’s hopes and dreams being shattered feel free to send along pic.twitter.com/ZzYmGYBFF8
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) February 22, 2026
The Canadian euthanasia website has crashed.
— Comrade Stump (@GranTorinoDSA) February 22, 2026
I don't know who is more upset that Team USA won. Canadians, or Democrats in America. https://t.co/rO2AdWHu3I pic.twitter.com/jGln9ROedy
— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) February 22, 2026
The libs wanted Canada to win so bad https://t.co/aZvOejOA0l
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) February 22, 2026
Canada Canadians in need
— Robert Behrens (@rcb05) February 22, 2026
Hockey of healthcare
🤝
Gonna have to
wait 4 years
I’m never deleting this app. 😂☠️
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) February 23, 2026
Whatever you do, make sure to support @JimmysSeafood! 🇺🇸” pic.twitter.com/FQp2dTu2CC
*America has biggest win since the Miracle on Ice.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 23, 2026
Jemele Hill: “Tell me why your country sucks.” pic.twitter.com/04dGXMyJuS
Meet HuffPost’s Monica Torres, who wrote an article stating, “If waving the American flag or chanting ‘USA!’ turns you off right now, you’re not alone.” pic.twitter.com/N0nKt86B4N
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) February 22, 2026
Yet, the one from Team Canada’s Jon Cooper, also the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, was the most absurd, claiming that three-on-three in overtime put them at a disadvantage.
Jon Cooper on the 3-on-3 OT:
— Michael Traikos (@Michael_Traikos) February 22, 2026
"You take four players off the ice, now hockey’s not hockey anymore. There’s a reason overtime and shootouts are in play — it’s all TV-driven to end games, so it’s not a long time. There’s a reason why it's not in the Stanley Cup final or playoffs"
You take four players off the ice, now hockey’s not hockey anymore. There’s a reason overtime and shootouts are in play — it’s all TV-driven to end games, so it’s not a long time. There’s a reason why it's not in the Stanley Cup final or playoffs.
Sir, I would agree that three-on-three in the Olympics for 20 minutes is absurd, and I would prefer the five-on-five format like in the NHL during the playoffs, but a) if you don’t like it, win in regulation, b) your team in that Olympic overtime format had the advantage. It was about closing; we did it. You did not.
Also, there was a crucial moment when Team USA had to fend off a five-on-three power play. Canada didn't score either.
The 5-on-3 format in the 2nd period didn’t work for them either 😭😭 https://t.co/TPPuBFtXo4
— The Garden Faithful (@GardenFaithful) February 22, 2026
Sidney Crosby’s Golden Goal was 4-on-4, don’t remember people complaining for 5-on-5 then. https://t.co/GChqUNa9XF
— Jonny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) February 22, 2026
Man leave it to team Canada to put McDavid-MacKinnon-Makar on the ice and then cry about how 3 on 3 isn’t fair LMAO
— The Bratt Pack (@TheBrattPack63) February 22, 2026
I mean……
Whining about having three potential Hall of Famers on the ice and losing is a choice. And it’s a sore one.
Yet, not all Canadians had a meltdown over this loss:
Here is the lone Canadian in touch with reality pic.twitter.com/7WVQGGPpjs
— Just Mindy 🐊 (@just_mindy) February 22, 2026