USA Stuns Canada as Jack Hughes Becomes an American Hero | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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3.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On a snow-buried Monday in New York, Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber open the show fed up with the blizzard, only to get swept up reliving one of the most dramatic moments in USA hockey history. Team USA takes down Canada in a heart-stopping overtime thriller, Jack Hughes delivers the golden goal, and suddenly a Devils star is the face of American triumph.
But how much did it really move the needle for fans? Is an Olympic gold comparable to a championship run with your favorite team, or does the emotion fade fast when you only invest a few days into the journey? Evan, Tiki, and Shaun debate national pride vs team loyalty, casual fans vs diehards, and why hockey’s biggest stage hits differently than baseball, basketball, or football.
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| 0:00.0 | Attention. |
| 0:02.0 | Oh, hang on. |
| 0:04.0 | Attention. |
| 0:05.0 | Rail travellers, platform paces, window gazers and armrest negotiators. |
| 0:10.0 | Have you heard? |
| 0:12.0 | The big railfare freeze is here. |
| 0:14.0 | Railfares have been frozen across England until March 2027 on standard class tickets, |
| 0:20.0 | including off-peak, anytime, and season tickets. |
| 0:23.4 | For more information, visit NationalRail.com.ukuk slash fares for ease. |
| 0:28.3 | Tees and season exclusions apply. |
| 0:31.6 | Evan Roberts. |
| 0:34.9 | Tiki Barber. |
| 0:37.3 | It's Evan and Tiki on WFAN, The Fan, 1019 FM, and always live on the free Odyssey app. |
| 0:46.0 | Yo! |
| 0:47.4 | How we doing on this blizzardy Monday in New York City? |
| 0:51.3 | Evan and Teakie on the fan. |
| 0:52.6 | Tiki, let me just get this started by saying this. I'm done with the freaking snow. I've always been a snow guy. I love the winter. I never want to leave New York. I'm never going to leave New York. But holy crap. And I'll tell you why I'm done with this. Why? When did we realize we were getting two feet of snow? Usually they give us like a week's notice so we can all go to the stores, buy crap we don't need, mentally prepare. Dude, I went into something. Like when the USA won the gold, and we'll get to that in a few minutes. Does Sean have his jersey on? No. Sean doesn't have his USA jersey on. I got mine on. Do you? How about that, Sean? Yeah. Didn't I call it? Right? Kenny Albert calling him playing or calling Jack Hughes game winner in overtime. USA, Sean, you non-American. I'm an American. Let's go USA. What a win. You know what? Forget the snow. |
| 1:44.5 | We'll get to it later. You're fired up, Tiki. Of course. How could you not? I don't know if I realized. I don't think I realized that we hadn't won since 1980. Yeah. I don't, and it popped up and it was, oh, 19. How did we not win one in between? I know we had gotten clothes, maybe got silver or whatever it had been, but I don't think |
| 2:03.8 | I'd realized we hadn't won to once in 1980. |
| 2:05.8 | And then to win in that fashion was absolutely outstanding and awesome to happen, especially |
| 2:12.6 | because we were just talking about Jack U. |
| 2:15.2 | Yes. |
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