Surprise? WNBA has highest share of Democrat voters, more than any other major US sports league



An analysis of voter registration says WNBA players have the biggest share of Democrats of any professional sports league in the country.

The data comes from reporters Peter Lutz and Zachary Donnini, who gathered voter registration numbers from professional athletes across five major American sports organizations: the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, and WNBA.

The MLB could be considered the most Republican of the leagues and is the only one that is majority Republican.

The data showed that not only is the WNBA the only league in which the majority of voter registration is Democrat, but it by far has the lowest percentage of registered Republicans.

More than two-thirds (67.5%) of registered voters in the WNBA are Democrats, according VoteHub, which showed that 30.2% were independents, while just 2.3% were Republican.

The NBA was the next-most Democratic-leaning, with 42.9% registered with the left-wing party and just 10% Republican.

The NFL also had more Democrats than Republicans, 34.3% to 20.2%.

Registered voters in the NHL had the lowest percentage of registered Democrats, 5.6% versus 43.9% registered as Republicans.

Meanwhile the MLB offered the highest share of registered Republicans at 53.7% against just 7.8% registered Democrats. This means that the MLB could be considered the most Republican of the leagues and is the only one that is majority Republican.

Independents represented the highest share of voters for the NBA, NFL, and NHL.

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More of the data was reported by America First Post, which showcased voter registration by position in the NFL. Defensive backs were most Democrat-leaning — defensive back was also the only position that was majority Democrat (51%).

Six of the 11 positions shown were more Republican than Democrat, with Republicans representing 50% or more of registered voters in three of those positions.

For long snappers (61%) and punters (57%), the majority of registered voters were Republican; kickers were 50% Republican. According to the data, none of the NFL's punters are registered as Democrats. Most teams carry just one punter, which means there are likely between 30 to 40 in the NFL.

For offensive linemen (26%), quarterbacks (33%), and tight ends (34%), more players were registered Republican than Democrat.

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The overall data tracks with exit polling from the 2024 presidential election, which shows that 53% of women voted for Democrats, although the women of the WNBA greatly exceed those numbers.

As of 2023, 70.4% of NBA players are black. In the 2024 presidential election, 77% of black men voted Democrat.

In the NFL, defensive backs are nearly entirely black, yet as mentioned, only 51% of those players are registered Democrat.

Outwardly conservative WNBA players are hard to find, given the league's 2.3% Republican voters. However most fans point to Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham as a possibility.

The 29-year-old notably shared posts from Charlie Kirk's memorial in 2025 and recently made a friendly post directed at Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe from her home state of Missouri.

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Alex Ovechkin and most of Washington Capitals players skip Pride Night ritual



Washington Capitals players from outside North America may not be as used to Pride Nights as other athletes.

On Saturday night, the Capitals celebrated alternative sexual lifestyles with their "All Caps All Love" night, posting rainbow and transgender flags ahead of their gay-memorabilia auction.

'We proudly stand with the LGBTQ+ community.'

After the NHL banned themed jerseys in 2023, some fought for the right to use rainbow-colored stick tape, and won. That is how select Capitals players decided to show their gay pride on Saturday night against the reigning champion Florida Panthers, but as the teams took the ice, viewers noticed only eight of the Capitals' 20 dressed players took part.

John Carlson, Nic Dowd, Brandon Duhaime, Hendrix Lapierre, Connor McMichael, Dylan Strome, Logan Thompson, and Trevor van Riemsdyk were the eight players spotted on video and cited in an article by outlet Russian Machine Never Breaks.

However, missing from the group was captain, and the NHL's all-time scoring leader, Alexander Ovechkin.

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Interestingly, all of the players that participated were from either the United States or Canada; none of the Capitals players born overseas participated in the stunt.

This included center Aliaksei Protas from Vitebsk, Belarus, left winger Ivan Miroshnichenko from Ussuriysk, Russia, defenseman Martin Fehérváry from Bratislava, Slovakia, and defenseman Rasmus Sandin from Uppsala, Sweden.

Despite their leader and biggest star not participating in their festivities, the Capitals went all out in their support for certain sexual preferences with promotional videos and statements.

"We proudly stand with the LGBTQ+ community, and celebrate the importance of inclusion every day," Strome, from Mississauga, Canada, said in a team video.

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"It was great," Dowd of Huntsville, Alabama, said in a post-game interview. "Every year we've put this on, guys lean into it and support it, and I thought it was another good night. I thought the Caps did a great job of showcasing it."

The team also hosted the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C., on the ice that night, but that was not enough to push them ahead of the Panthers, and the Capitals lost 5-2.

Fans in Seattle were recently outraged and piled plenty of backlash onto their Seattle Kraken team for supporting transgenderism with a themed logo, which inexplicably featured a unicorn drawn by a tattoo artist who said "queerness" inspires her work.

"Being able to be in Seattle surrounded by the queer community and being exposed to the queerness I never got to experience growing up, it inspires my work a lot," the artist said.

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Pro-transgender Seattle Kraken jersey enrages NHL fans: 'Feel some trans joy'



The NHL may have banned Pride-themed warm-up jerseys, but that did not stop the Seattle Kraken from releasing their own transgender jersey this week.

One of the newest NHL franchises, the Kraken jumped out of the gate with wokeness in 2021 by naming their home rink Climate Pledge Arena, as a "rallying call" for companies and organizations to "commit to net-zero carbon by 2040, a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement."

'I hope that people can, like, see the logo and, like, feel some trans joy and queer joy, too!'

The NHL struggled with backlash over Pride Night jerseys in 2023, with select Russian and Canadian players refusing to wear the sexuality-themed attire. The league eventually banned all themed warm-up jerseys, but launched a Player Inclusion Coalition just a week later.

With the league being no stranger to leftist ideology, the Kraken have found a work-around for 2026 despite gender- and sex-based events seeing significantly less support in the United States. The team released a transgender unicorn jersey this week, announcing they would auction off the bizarre design online for their Pride Night.

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The team included transgender and gay Pride flags on their post announcing the jersey, and the artist who designed the unicorn clarified the transgender inspiration.

Tattoo artist Vegas Vecchio was profiled by the hockey organization and, after immediately announcing her "they/them pronouns," rattled off strange rantings about being "exposed" to "queerness."

"Being able to be in Seattle surrounded by the queer community and being exposed to the queerness I never got to experience growing up, it inspires my work a lot," she explained.

"I ended up doing the unicorn; it seems like such a classic queer symbol," she continued. "And I was like, 'If anyone is going to do a unicorn, it's going to be me.' I hope that people can, like, see the logo and, like, feel some trans joy and queer joy, too!"

The artist also noted that people would describe her artwork as "very gay."

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Fans revolted in the comments on the Kraken's post on X, with several asking if the jersey was actually meant as a joke.

"Hardcore stupidity. Are you going to start doing straight jerseys also?" another X user wrote.

"That's not a Kraken. No matter how it identifies," another fan joked about the logo.

Alongside dozens of less-than-safe-for-work memes, one fan called the jerseys a "humiliation ritual" for the players. However, Kraken players did not seem bothered by the design.

Canadian players Ryan Winterton, Brandon Montour, and Tye Kartye all went along with the controversial photo shoot, while German goalie Philipp Grubauer made a public statement on the topic at the same time.

"It's so important to create a safe and inclusive space within the hockey community," he said in a team post. "As a proud ally of the LGBTQ+ community, I'll continue to stand by your side."

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'We're still on the air, Tim': Hockey announcer's hot mic sexual remarks result in suspension



Philadelphia Flyers radio play-by-play announcer Tim Saunders may have some explaining to do to his superiors.

Saunders has been suspended for two games by the Flyers, and now the organization is apologizing for comments he made on Thursday night.

'We take this matter very seriously.'

During a commercial break in the third period of the Flyers and Buffalo Sabres game, Saunders went to a commercial break before he was heard making some non-hockey-related remarks.

"Now, they're going to take the TV time-out. We'll take it as well. Seven [minutes] gone in the third [period]. It's 3-2 Buffalo on the Philadelphia Flyers Broadcast Network," Saunders said, thinking he would then be off the air.

After a few seconds, the announcer is heard humming a tune to himself before more dead air, as muffled audio of in-arena promotions are heard in the background.

It was nearly 20 seconds after the start of a would-be commercial break when Saunders said, "While you're down there, would you mind blowing me?"

Following a few more seconds of silence, broadcast partner and former NHL player Todd Fedoruk inserted, "I think we're still on the air, Tim."

Saunders then seemingly has a good chuckle before stopping to seriously ask, "No, we're not, are we?"

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As reported by Crossing Broad, Saunders took another long pause before laughing again and asking, "Are we? Do you have us? Mikey, talk to me."

On Friday morning, the Flyers issued an official statement on their social media saying they were "aware of the inappropriate comment" made during the TV time-out.

"These remarks do not reflect the standards of conduct or values we expect from anyone associated with our organization," the team wrote.

The Flyers then announced that, effective immediately, a two-game suspension had been issued while they "address this matter with all parties involved."

"We take this matter very seriously, and sincerely apologize to our listeners, fans and all those affected by these comments," the statement concluded.

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The majority of Flyers fans on X reacted negatively to the announcement, with one Philly sports fan calling it an "incredible overreaction."

"A suspension??? World gone soft," a fan named Ryan said.

Jeff added, "Give him a raise."

The Flyers would go on to lose the game 5-3.

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Video: Golfer attacks NHL fighter, learns valuable lesson: 'You're not a tough guy!'



It's not often civilians get an up-close and personal look at a professional athlete's skills, but one golfer made sure not to pass up his opportunity when he met one on the golf course.

The Alberta Springs Golf Course in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, was at the center of controversy over the Fourth of July weekend when it produced an unexpected viral video featuring two groups of male golfers.

A man and his friend — the friend allegedly too drunk to put his ball on the golf tee — were apparently holding up another group of golfers behind them for over 20 minutes before an altercation broke out, the video shows.

'You're gonna get booted the f**k out of here!'

The second group finally had enough and told the first group to either move out of the way or simply drop back behind them so there was no delay.

"Drive the f**k up there or you're gonna get booted the f**k out of here!" one man yelled.

After the man filming suggested calling the police to remedy the situation, one of the golfers holding up the second group pleaded with him and stated that his friend was indeed going to play on.

As the second group continued to complain about the delay, the seemingly intoxicated golfer — still struggling to place his ball — exploded in rage after he was told that if he did not speed up he would be thrown in the lake. He soon found out he should have heeded that warning.

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"F**king cry about it!" the man yelled back from the tee box.

Instead of simply hitting his ball, the man threw his hat to the ground and started slapping his legs while screaming, "You're a f**king pussy!"

"Let's f**king go, man!" he continued, before barreling at one of the men in the second group, who was wearing a light blue golf shirt.

As promised, the large man easily handled the golfer and tossed him into the nearby lake. Soaking wet, the man emerged from the lagoon to continue the brawl. The man in blue grabbed then him by the collar and punched him in the face several times.

"Bang! Bang!" the man in blue yelled as he punched the drenched golfer. Unfortunately, the possibly drunk man continued this cycle another two times before being thrown to the ground.

The fight was overwhelmingly one-sided, likely due in part to the fact that the man in blue turned out to be former NHL tough guy Nick Tarnasky, as noted by Barstool Sports and the Toronto Sun.

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Listed at 6'2", 230 pounds, Tarnasky played five years in the NHL, averaging almost 100 penalty minutes per season. He was known as a tough player during his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers, and his stats certainly back that up.

At just 40 years old, it is not hard to see why Tarnasky was easily able to handle the golfer. He played for the San Diego Gulls as recently as 2017 in the AHL, the NHL's minor league, so it has only been eight years since he laced up his skates professionally.

As it turns out, he is still in fighting shape.

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Legendary, based Canadian NHL coach Don Cherry scares fans with final sign-off: 'This is our last show'



Former NHL coach and legendary broadcaster Don Cherry had fans worried about his health and his career when he signed off of his podcast this week.

The broadcaster has been hosting "The Don Cherry's Grapevine Podcast" since he was fired from CBC Sports in 2019 after 37 years. Cherry was canceled after he criticized immigrants for their lack of patriotism and complained that the newcomers did not wear a poppy to honor Canada's fallen soldiers.

'Just like Mark Twain.'

"You people ... that come here, whatever it is — you love our way of life. You love our milk and honey. At least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that. These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada. These guys paid the biggest price for that."

He was promptly removed after his comments.

On Monday, Cherry shared a clip from his show, where he and his co-host and son, Tim, discussed their "last show."

"Well, Tim, this is our last show," Cherry said.

"Yep. How many podcasts have we done?" the younger Cherry replied, before informing his father that it was number 313.

"6.5 million downloads," Tim said.

"That's an awful lot. Thanks everybody for listening, and toodle-oo," Cherry signed off.

The short podcast, lasting just 13 minutes, immediately sent media and fans into a frenzy.

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Cherry linked to the clip on his X page, which drew immediate reactions from supporters.

"Thank you Don Cherry," one fan wrote on X.

"The best to ever do it," another hockey fan replied.

Outlets then took turns declaring Cherry had abruptly ended his broadcasting career.

"Don Cherry ends his podcast," the Hockey News wrote.

"Frail-sounding Don Cherry bids farewell," the Western Standard published.

However, long-time Cherry whisperer and investigative reporter Joe Warmington quickly got in touch with the coach to separate fact from fiction. When asked if he was retiring, Cherry joked, "Yeah, just like Mark Twain."

"I'm coming back next season," Cherry told Warmington and the Toronto Sun. "I can't wait."

"We just meant to say goodbye for this year," the iconic broadcaster added. "We always do that at the end the season. There's no more hockey this year, so there's no podcast for the summer. I guess we should have said for the season."

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BOSTON, MA. — 1970s: Don Cherry, coach of the Boston Bruins, addresses media from his desk at Boston Garden. Photo by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images

Despite being excommunicated from the corporate hockey world and left out to dry by former co-host Ron McLean, Cherry is still beloved by fans and former players.

Fan favorite Doug Gilmour, a former Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks player, wished Cherry a happy 90th birthday last year on X, while former player and current ESPN analyst P.K. Subban showered praise on the coach for his 91st.

"Man do I miss this guy on the tube! Canadian Royalty. Can't beat grapes!" Subban wrote on X. "No one has ... and no one will! EVER! I miss Don! & I know everyone who loves our game does too! Enjoy the day grapes! Coast to Coast like butter on toast!"

As for what Cherry is getting up to in the meantime, he told the Toronto Sun, "I was just saying farewell for the summer," he laughed. "Right now, I am watching my Blue Jays. It's baseball season."

Cherry hosted "Coach's Corner" from 1982 to 2019 and produced his own NHL compilation tapes and DVDs titled "Rock'em Sock'em Hockey" from 1989 to 2018.

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Ex-NHL goalie calls Trump a 'traitor' and says former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev threatened to kill him



Two-time Stanley Cup champion Dominik Hasek has consistently referred to President Donald Trump as siding with criminals in regard to trying to make a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Hasek, a 60-year-old born in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia), said he sent letters to the International Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation about how former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev threatened to kill him.

Per the New York Times, Medvedev, who is now deputy head of Russia's security council, reportedly said through his assistant that Hasek suffered from "Russophobia," should be careful when crossing the street, and additionally should "not drink beer in unverified places."

Hasek took to his X page to cite his letters to the governing bodies in an attempt to put continuous sanctions on Russian athletes.

"I inform them that former Russian President Medvedev threatened to kill me. Furthermore, among other things, I point out how important their decisions will be in the coming months and again offer assistance in creating rules so that sports competitions are not an advertisement for the Russian war and people do not die because of them."

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala reportedly replied that the alleged threats were "not surprising" and cannot be ignored.

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Hasek has voiced his opinion extensively on the Russia-Ukraine war and has consistently been critical of the NHL for allowing Russian players to participate in games. The former goalie said only players who disavow their home country's role in the war should be allowed to play in the league.

"Rules need to be set so that Russian players have an incentive to come out publicly," Hasek said. "Some players could make the best peace ambassadors. Unfortunately, the NHL does not help the Russian hockey players one bit."

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While simultaneously asking for help in ending the war, Hasek has been brutally critical of President Trump, throwing insults at the politician on a near-daily basis.

Recently, Hasek has said Trump is committing "evil," said he is a "loser," and even called him "human scum."

The Czech also suggested that the peace resolutions Trump has attempted to procure are "dictated to him by criminals in Moscow."

"This is a betrayal of the entire democratic world by the American president and further proof of his collusion with criminals," Hasek wrote.

Hasek has called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "the leader of the democratic world" and said the world admires him, while at the same time he called Trump a "traitor to the democratic world" who cannot condemn the deaths of the war. The latter seemingly depends on one's viewpoint, as Trump has repeatedly said that too many people are dying as a result of the conflict that he wants to see come to an end.

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Fake Masters jackets, Beatles signatures, and a Kardashian photo named in fraudster's memorabilia scheme worth up to $550K



An FBI investigation resulted in a man pleading guilty to selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fake memorabilia.

A former California resident, who now resides in Mexico, pleaded guilty to selling fake sports memorabilia for nearly a decade and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Anthony J. Tremayne, a 58-year-old, sold "memorabilia containing purportedly genuine signatures of famous athletes, musicians, actors, and other celebrities," a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California reportedly read.

In the nine or so years Tremayne was selling memorabilia, he moved items like fraudulent Masters jackets, Pro Football Hall of Fame jackets, signed replica Stanley Cups, signed boxing gloves, and a photo with an alleged Kobe Bryant signature on it.

Items from the Los Angeles Lakers, L.A. Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the Los Angeles Kings were all sold with signatures purported to be by members of those teams.

Tremayne's enterprise also consisted of typical celebrity memorabilia from musicians and actors; a fraudulently signed Beatles photo, guitars with fake signatures from Carrie Underwood and Prince, and even a Kardashian-signed picture.

It was the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" photo, that was alleged to have Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian's signatures, that ended up being the item that got Tremayne busted when he unknowingly sold it to an FBI agent for $200 in 2019.

A photo of the Kardashian sisters sold to an FBI agent is allegedly what brought down the memorabilia enterprise. Photo by: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images.

According to ESPN, Tremayne tended to include a "Certificate of Authenticity" with his allegedly genuine signatures, but the FBI determined those also to be fake.

In the end, the estimated price tag for Tremayne's earnings ranged between $250,000 and $550,000, and he now faces a maximum federal prison sentence of up to 20 years. Tremayne was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and three counts of aggravated identity theft.

Tremayne is also accused of fleeing to Mexico to avoid paying $1.4 million in U.S. taxes; Tremayne formerly resided in West Covina, California, but lived in Rosarito, Mexico, when he was apprehended. He later appeared in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California.

However, a plea deal has reportedly reduced Tremayne's charges to just one count of mail fraud.

Other memorabilia that was noted in the federal scoop included forged signatures from actors from "Hunger Games," "Twilight," "Star Wars," and "Captain America."

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'Them fools up in Canada': Charles Barkley defends Wayne Gretzky against criticisms over Trump support



NBA legend Charles Barkley defended Wayne Gretzky, arguably the best hockey player of all time, against criticisms that he hasn't been loyal to his home country of Canada.

Gretzky has faced criticisms for his support for President Donald Trump, with the Great One having appeared at Trump's inauguration and even in a photo wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.

As the trade war between President Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has raged on, Gretzky faced even more heat after the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament, which had the United States and Canada reignite a decades' old rivalry on the ice. When the two countries met in the tournament final, Gretzky was berated for not wearing a team Canada jersey during the opening ceremony,

"You got them fools up in Canada giving the Great One a hard time, I went off on them," Barkley explained on an "NBA on TNT" segment. "I was in that mood."

Barkley and the TNT crew, which includes NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal, were discussing incredible sports records that seem impossible to break. These included Jerry Rice's 22,895 total receiving yards in the NFL, Wilt Chamberlain's 50.4 points per-game average in the NBA, and Gretzky's career point total in the NHL of 2,857. The panel was astounded that Gretzky had over 1,000 points more than the second-highest point scorer in NHL history, Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins (1,662).

"Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player, and he's the nicest person," Barkley said about the 64-year-old. "The fools up in Canada give him a hard time because of the tariff with Trump and everything."

Barkley went on, "He has nothing to do with that. He played hockey. He's the greatest hockey player ever. He got no control of what these fools do down here in our government."

The other co-hosts laughed at Barkley's enthusiasm, with former basketball player Kenny Smith remarking, "Well, his nickname is the Great One."

Host Ernie Johnson also noted that Barkley was "in a venting kind of mood."

'It has broken his heart.'

According to Gretzky's wife, Janet, the former NHL player had been in emotional shambles over comments about him betraying his country.

"I have never met anyone who is more Proud to be a Canadian," Mrs. Gretzky wrote on Instagram, according to the Washington Post.

"It has broken his heart to read and see the mean comments," she added.

Her remarks, which were reportedly deleted, were in reaction to fellow NHL legend Bobby Orr penning an op-ed in a Canadian newspaper in support of Gretzky.

Trump also supported Gretzky in a post on Truth Social and said he is a "fantastic guy" who could run for any political office in Canada and win.

This wasn't the only time Trump had remarked Gretzky could be a politician; in December 2024, Trump said Gretzky could be "governor" of Canada after it becomes the "51st state."

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USA's Matthew Tkachuk responds to Canadian mocking Team USA group chat: 'Our team does not care about anything that they say'



Tensions continue to rise ahead of the Canada vs. USA 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday night with the two teams taking personal jabs at each other off the ice.

USA's 3-1 win last Saturday caught the eye of millions who saw three fights in the first nine seconds of the game. Two of the fights featured American stars, and brothers, Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, with Brady having revealed that the Americans texted each other before the game about their plans to have multiple fights.

On the Canadian side, fighter Brandon Hagel said he fought with Matthew Tkachuk out of national pride and then took a dig at the Americans.

"Listen, what happened the other night, I did it for the flag and not for the cameras," Hagel said. "We don't have any group chats going on," he added, per OutKick.

'Maybe their team doesn't like each other.'

On Wednesday, Matthew Tkachuk was asked for his reaction to Hagel's comments and suggested that maybe Team Canada doesn't get along as well if they aren't chatting.

"Well, I mean, maybe their team doesn't like each other then if they don't have group chats," Tkachuk told reporters. "I think that's just a player, enjoying this opportunity. So I think that our team does not care about anything that they say, and there's been a lot of chatter and talk from individuals."

The 27-year-old went on to say that Team USA only has one concern: the millions of fans watching and supporting them around the country. He added that the team is "very prideful," and he feels his squad has the "opportunity of a lifetime."

There was also a lot of speculation as to whether or not President Trump would attend Thursday night's final at TD Garden in Boston. However, in a post to Truth Social, the president revealed he would be watching, not attending.

"I will be speaking before the Governors tonight in D.C., and will sadly, therefore, be unable to attend," Trump explained.

The president said he would be calling Team USA, though, in an attempt to "spur them on towards victory tonight against Canada," adding, "which with FAR LOWER TAXES AND MUCH STRONGER SECURITY, will someday, maybe soon, become our cherished, and very important, Fifty First State."

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The 47th president even invited "Governor Trudeau" to attend his watch party.

"He would be most welcome. Good luck to everybody, and have a GREAT game tonight. So exciting!"

Canada vs. USA airs at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPN, ESPN+, and Disney+.

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