I've waited 46 years for this moment to happen again.
To my Canada friends, your team played a heck of a game. Tough that one team had to lose.
But today, in honor of the USA Gold Medals winners today, my cards of the day pay tribute to:
The last Gold Medal winning team, the 1980 USA "Miracle on Ice" and my high school teammate (baseball), Eric Strobel:
Eric Strobel
And now the new Gold Medal winning team, the 2026 USA team and Wild defenseman, Brock Faber:
Brock Faber
What a great game! Canada outplayed the USA for the 2nd and 3rd period. Connor Hellebuyck made some key saves to keep the USA in it, and Jack Hughes traded his teeth for a Gold Medal with the OT winner!
Congrats to the US. Great game showing a lot of parity in the world of hockey now adays.
Here is my 17-18 SOTT from the Coyotes who had lots of talent over the years but could never put them all together.