Team USA men's hockey arrives in Florida after winning Olympic gold

The U.S. men’s hockey squad arrived successful Florida connected Monday hours aft winning the golden medal successful a thrilling overtime triumph implicit Canada astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The players flew to Miami International Airport and volition statesman the celebratory festivities. The squad is acceptable to revel astatine E11EVEN MIAMI nightclub aboriginal successful the night.

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Jack Hughes (86) of the United States celebrates with teammates aft scoring the game-winning extremity against Canada successful the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)

U.S. fans, immoderate with signs, waited for their accomplishment into the terminal with bated enactment – and erstwhile they did, jubilation.

Jack Hughes, Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk showed disconnected their golden medals to the cameras.

"We’re gonna observe for a fewer days," Hughes told reporters astatine the airport.

The squad volition spell to an upscale edifice for meal earlier continuing their solemnisation astatine 1 of Miami’s celebrated clubs.

Hughes gave the U.S. the golden connected Sunday erstwhile helium scored successful overtime, getting the puck past Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington. The U.S. won 2-1.

Connor Hellebuyck of United States celebrates aft defeating Canada successful the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026. (David W Cerny/Reuters via Imagn Images)

"This is each astir our state close now. I emotion the USA. I emotion my teammates. It’s unbelievable. The U.S. are a hockey brotherhood. It’s truthful beardown and we had truthful overmuch enactment from ex-players. I’m truthful arrogant to beryllium American today," Hughes told NBC aft the game.

The squad celebrated successful the locker country and FBI Director Kash Patel was the go-between for the squad and President Donald Trump.

Trump invited the squad to his State of the Union address, which is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Tuesday.

"I’ll archer you what. I conscionable told my radical 2 minutes ago, I didn’t cognize they’d beryllium calling, I said we’re giving the State of the Union code connected Tuesday night," Trump said. "I tin nonstop a subject level oregon something, but if you would similar to, it’s the coolest night, it’s the biggest code …"

One subordinate chopped disconnected Trump and said, "We’re in."

"We’ll get Kash, and we’ll get the subject to get you guys over," Trump continued. "You won’t person to interest astir the upwind oregon landing. We don’t attraction if it’s snowing oregon if it’s the worst blizzard – we’ll beryllium sailing done similar you did connected the ice."

Jack Eichel (9) of the United States greets fans aft the crippled against Slovakia successful a men's crystal hockey semifinal during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 20, 2026. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)

It’s unclear if the squad volition attend.

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House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News that they were inactive moving retired the logistics of them attending the event.

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