The U.S. men's hockey team made history with its 2-1 overtime win over Team Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics in the gold medal game on Sunday. 

Jack Hughes hit the golden goal to deliver the U.S. its first men's hockey gold medal since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" team.

"We deserve it," Matthew Tkachuk during an exclusive sitdown on Fox News Channel's "Special Report" said about the whirlwind celebration he and his teammates have experienced in recent days.

"We really pride ourselves on being true Americans that would doing anything it takes for this country and to win. And I'm so proud of the guys and I'm so proud to be able to compete with them."

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Team USA spoke with Fox News shortly after visiting President Donald Trump at the White House.

"You never really dream of being in this position, but to share this (Matthew), but also my 23 other brothers … wouldn't change it for the world," Brady Tkachuk said about the experience of playing alongside his brother Matthew in the gold medal game.

"To be able to represent this country and all (the) amazing people and millions of Americans that were back home, we felt their love. We felt their support."

Team USA goaltender and Winnipeg Jets star Connor Hellebuyck discussed his transition back to Canada for NHL competition.

"Mentally, this is going to be hard to get back in it. I need at least 24 hours to wrap my brain around this because this has been not only the most fun experience of my life, but you just see the pride in this country," Hellebuyck said. 

"It's bigger than the game of hockey …. I know my city loves me in Winnepeg, and I'm really looking forward to trying to bring some joy back to that city as well and hopefully chasing a (Stanley) Cup."

TRUMP CONGRATULATES TEAM USA AFTER PICKING UP MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD IN OLYMPIC THRILLER

Canada has historically been the most dominant Olympic hockey team in history, with a world-best nine gold medals. Sunday's win also avenged a loss to Canada in the NHL's 4 Nations Face Off exhibition last year.

"The second the boots hit the ground back here in the U.S., we could feel how many millions of people were tuning in, supporting us and just loving how we represent," Matthew added about the outpouring of. "We were kind of America's Team' there for a bit, and we could feel it across the Atlantic (Ocean). We just appreciate everybody's support. It was truly amazing just to represent the greatest country in the world at that stage."

Dylan Larkin and Zach Werenski appeared on Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday morning, hours after celebrating their gold medal victory against Canada in Miami. The two opened up on what it meant to them to represent the Stars and Stripes.

"I think a lot of us played at the U.S. National Team Development Program … When we were there, you get to put the jersey on every day for two years, before you’re drafted. We go through training. We’re not military by any means but they put us through some training, and they really instill in you some pride," Larkin said. "Once you go through that, you take the jersey off … and every time you take it off, for me at least, I don’t know the next time I’m going to put it on."

"So, every time I get the chance to represent the United States of America, I put that jersey on, I’m all in. I love doing it, and it’s just something special. I could go on all day about how great our country is. Just being home and seeing our friends and family, it’s just special."

Trump invited the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team to Tuesday night's State of the Union address.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Team Canada men’s hockey coach Jon Cooper may not like the Olympics’ three-on-three overtime format, but it doesn’t matter at all. 

It’s staying in place. 

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Luc Tardif told The Athletic that, despite Cooper’s complaints following his team’s gold-medal loss to Team USA on Sunday, they will continue using the format in future tournaments. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

"It’s the best rules to fit in a tight schedule," Tardif told the outlet. "We have to figure out 30 games in 11 days for men and for the women 28 games in 13 days – 58 all together in 16 days. 

"Huge challenge."

The IIHF wanted to introduce the three-on-three format the NHL uses during its regular season to prevent the use of the shootout. However, the NHL does make the change to five-on-five hockey during the playoffs with no shootouts – only the game-winning goal. 

TEAM USA MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYERS SING NATIONAL ANTHEM WHILE PARTYING AT FAMOUS MIAMI NIGHTCLUB

Cooper, though, couldn’t help himself when he ripped into the overtime format after watching Jack Hughes snipe the gold-medal goal past his goalie, Jordan Binnington. 

"You take four players off the ice, now hockey’s not hockey anymore," Cooper said, per the New York Post. "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."

Overtime in the preliminary rounds of the Olympics lasted five minutes, with a five-round shootout transpiring if a game-winning goal wasn’t scored in that time. For the quarterfinals and semifinals, the overtime was boosted to 10 minutes, followed by 20 minutes in the gold-medal games. 

Canada didn’t get as clean a look at the net as Hughes did on his game-winning shot, but they did have tons of chances during the three periods. In the end, the U.S. was able to keep the game notched at one apiece through 60 minutes, with tremendous saves by goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, who was dubbed the "Secretary of Defense" by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for his performance. 

After the game, Cooper wasn’t the only Canadian showing some bitterness about the result. Assistant captain Nathan MacKinnon, who missed a wide-open net in the third period that could’ve been the game-winner for Team Canada, made an interesting comment to the press. 

"You be the judge of who was the better team today," he said. 

While Cooper, MacKinnon, and the rest of Team Canada think about the what-ifs, Team USA took Air Force One to visit President Donald Trump on Tuesday prior to his State of the Union Address. The team was spotted in the Oval Office, where Trump congratulated every player in person on their tremendous accomplishment.

The United States won its most golds in a single Winter Olympics (12), which included the women’s ice hockey team also beating Team Canada in overtime thanks to the heroics of Megan Keller.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.