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IHO • Gold Medal Game02/22/2026
This game lived up to the hype. Going into the tournament, everyone knew we were on a crash course to Canada-USA and that crash course ended in an explosion of great hockey. All the talk has been about McDavid, Macklin and MacKinnon; we forgot that we have the best Dman of this generation. Cale Makar, in spite of his partner Toews really struggling, was phenomenal. Canada got so many good chances, if not for the man between the pipes, they win easily. Hellebuyck was LOCKED-IN. Determined to beat the choking allegations, he kept the USA in this one, even when Canada took over, including what has to be a legendary paddle save on Devon Toews to seal a wide open net. The last 10 minutes were absolutely insane back-and-forth hockey. After an intense, knee-buckling 60 minutes, we got overtime. After a few minutes of back and forth, Jack Hughes of all people ended it thanks to a bad giveaway at the worst time. Hellebuyck is the hero, without him, USA doesn’t make it to OT. GG, fuck.
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