Someone grab the Zamboni. There is a meltdown happening right now on social media over the United States Olympic men’s hockey team.
“It’s a fu*king scary time on hockey twitter right now,” a user posted to X after penning an entire article about their disgust with the men’s team.
The team that should be universally celebrated for winning the United States a gold medal in men’s hockey. Instead, they’re being torn apart by people on the Left who expected a group of jocks 10 bottles of booze deep in the locker room after making history to stand up to President Donald Trump for cracking a joke about the women’s hockey team.
“I will actually never look at those men the same ever again,” another person on X wrote. “The USA women’s hockey team deserves an apology for so much more.”
The men’s team immediately celebrated the women’s accomplishment after their own overtime gold-medal match. Jack Hughes, the golden goal scorer, said the first thing he thought about moments after scoring the winning goal was Megan Keller, who had scored the winning goal for the women’s team.
During the locker room celebration, the men’s team can be heard yelling “two for two,” meaning the golden hockey sweep, which marked the first time ever the men’s and women’s teams brought home the top Olympic prize.
Still, the hate is piling on because the men accepted the president’s invitation to the State of the Union on Tuesday in Washington, something most would call a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
However, Greg Cote, host of “The Dan Le Batard Show,” who couldn’t find the back of a mile-long net, called the men’s hockey team a “willing pawn” for attending Tuesday’s State of the Union.
“As long as the players realize that, this is an immensely unpopular president with half of the nation. Going to this, to serve as a willing pawn, is controversial,” Cote said Tuesday.
The women’s team declined, stating prior commitments.
“We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” a USA Hockey spokesperson said to NBC News.
There are people online comparing the men’s hockey team to January 6 rioters for not denouncing what most considered a joke in real time during a celebratory beer pong game.
“It’s so crazy to be so disrespectful of women’s sports when your mom is literally a pioneer for women’s hockey,” another person said.
Ellen Hughes, who worked with the Olympic women’s team and is a medal winner herself, was asked about the phone call with the men’s team on Tuesday morning and simply called for unity.
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“At the end of the day, it’s just about the country,” Hughes said. “I think the moment that these players, both the men and women, can bring so much unity to a group and to a country—people that cheered on that don’t watch hockey, people that have politics on one side or on the other side—that’s all both teams care about.”
Hockey on X for sure won’t like that completely sane response.