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The Valenti Show

FULL SHOW: Monday, February 23rd

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

On today's edition of the Valenti Show, Mike and Rico tackled 3 main topics: the legitimacy of the United States' gold medal win in men's hockey following the controversial 3v3 OT rule, whether they think Michigan-Duke mattered, and if their belief in the Pistons can be extended into the playoffs.

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0:00.0

Oh, you'll see.

0:02.4

Kenny, wonderful work on the drop.

0:04.6

Rico, hello.

0:05.8

We are ready to roll.

0:08.0

We will get to the Pistons later on.

0:13.4

We're going to talk about it because we have some very distinct thoughts about the Pistons.

0:18.2

But we have got to do something different, Rico, because I feel like people have been sold

0:23.3

a lie.

0:24.6

Okay.

0:25.6

We're going to just briefly bring up USA Olympics, the men's hockey team, and winning gold.

0:31.8

Greatest moment of all time?

0:33.5

You know, we're not doing that.

0:35.5

No, because I'd like to tell you, what I mean by that is when you decide the Olympics on a three-on-three overtime in a way that you would never decide an NHL playoff game, nothing means nothing.

0:48.0

That felt so cheap.

0:50.4

And again, I can laugh because I know how much Canadians care, and I don't.

0:55.7

But Rico, deciding that in a three-on-three, I actually walked away agreeing with John Cooper.

1:01.9

Like, they were the better team.

1:03.8

But you didn't settle it playing real hockey.

1:07.0

You settled it in three-on-three, and I am here.

1:10.7

I am standing for hockey elite. If you're

1:13.3

a hockey elite member, you agree with me. So take away the fact that USA won and just look at it

1:20.4

objectionally. It would have been cheap if the U.S. lost in a three on three. It's cheap if you

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