The Reactions to Team USA's Win Over Canada Were Amazing, But This One Was Beyond Absurd

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

Jon Cooper on the 3-on-3 OT:

"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"
— 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.

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

I mean……
— The Bratt Pack (@TheBrattPack63) February 22, 2026

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

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