{"id":82648,"date":"2026-02-25T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=82648"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:19:53","slug":"the-u-s-mens-hockey-team-reminds-us-how-complicit-and-lame-men-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/the-u-s-mens-hockey-team-reminds-us-how-complicit-and-lame-men-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Men\u2019s Hockey Team Reminds Us How Complicit \u2013 and Lame \u2013 Men Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump brings the U.S. men&#039;s hockey team into the chamber during his State of the Union speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E7qu8iO01Pw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>During the 2026 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump shared his spotlight with TEAM USA\u2019s men\u2019s hockey players. And they basked in it, this op-ed notes. (Credit: YouTube)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last night\u2019s State of the Union address, the first of <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/its-2026-and-the-president-is-telling-women-to-smile-to-shut-them-up\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s second term, contained a number of lengthy tangents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longest of these deviations involved welcoming the men\u2019s hockey players of Team USA, who recently took the gold in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/the-2026-olympics-take-the-gold-in-womens-representation\/\">2026 Winter Olympics<\/a>. The crowd offered the players several lengthy, raucous rounds of applause, as well as numerous chants of \u201cU-S-A! U-S-A!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After showering the team in adulation, Trump singled out goalie Connor Hellebuyck, joking with him for several moments \u2013 as time away from his speech continued ticking by \u2013 before announcing that he would be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. \u201cI want to thank you all,\u201d Trump said to the players. \u201cWhat a special job you did. What special champions you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Team USA loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They smiled, and waved, and laughed when they were supposed to, and posed for photographs with their Olympic medals, and with one another. When chants of \u201cU-S-A!\u201d rang out, they joined in, fists pumped high and fast with each repeat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the camaraderie makes sense \u2013 they and Trump do have a rapport now, after all. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/olympics\/article\/jack-hughes-quinn-hughes-and-their-mom-talk-president-donald-trumps-call-with-team-usa-hockey-invite-to-state-of-the-union-164852117.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMB2wvh60D0i6CzqZalU59kwVLgOjX4tKKSKQdLztfN_V-YK8lRq8aR62LcZ73YOub6OH-HtsC2s1sMvAOmpVWxijNYd1xh3OWMqljeRXMWwqKMk2lAIRf1RgSyN6egRd99O4KqksRHNjwTH9WMl_XrCEzUp-7PSawbD77THuFep\">leaked video<\/a> taken in the locker room following the team\u2019s win in overtime against the Canadians, the president could be heard inviting the group to the White House. He then added that \u201cwe&#8217;re going to have to bring the women&#8217;s team, you do know that,\u201d while jokingly implying that he\u2019d be impeached if he failed to do so. The team had a good laugh in response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_5f551fc3b7b5661cccbd5bdadd21318f\" class=\"wp-block related-post alignwide\">\n      <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"section-title\">\n      <h4>Related<\/h4>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"post-wrap\">\n              <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/zohran-mamdani-did-something-men-dont-do-but-they-should\/\" class=\"post-image-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zohran-Mamdani-Sexual-Harassment-Andrew-Cuomo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani Sexual Harassment Andrew Cuomo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zohran-Mamdani-Sexual-Harassment-Andrew-Cuomo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zohran-Mamdani-Sexual-Harassment-Andrew-Cuomo-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"entry-text\">\n          <h3 class=\"post-title\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/zohran-mamdani-did-something-men-dont-do-but-they-should\/\">\n              Zohran Mamdani Did Something Men Don&#8217;t Do &#8211; But They Should\n            <\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since the leak, other men have taken to social media to defend the interaction. \u201cThere&#8217;s nothing better than celebrating with the fellas. Inviting the ladies just changes the dynamic,\u201d Barstool Sports correspondent Jordan Demcher <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jordiebarstool\/status\/2025966199847186648\">posted on X<\/a> about the notion of excluding the women Olympians from celebrations. \u201cEvery player on the U.S. roster respects the hell out of the women&#8217;s team\u2026but you don&#8217;t get to just let it rip when the ladies are around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s noteworthy, what men write off as a joke, including our exclusion. <em>In service<\/em> of our exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if these men ever pause to think about such matters from our perspective. I wonder if any of the men\u2019s hockey players, of the 20 who went to the State of the Union, were hesitant to attend. I wonder if they considered declining, as five of their teammates did \u2013 as well as the entirety of the women\u2019s team, all of them citing travel-related reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder if those young men considered refusing the accolades outright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some may think it\u2019s unfair for me to ask them to deny what is, on its face, a significant opportunity \u2013 but truthfully, I would expect any person to interrogate who is giving out the distinctions on offer to them. Are they someone you respect, and admire? Is it a body that is known for its integrity and honor? And if it\u2019s not, are those prizes really something you want?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does an invite to the State of the Union, or the Presidential Medal of Freedom, mean anything when it comes from a man who hurts women, and all of the most vulnerable among us, through policy and rhetoric alike? And not just once but <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/its-2026-and-the-president-is-telling-women-to-smile-to-shut-them-up\/\">over<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/are-you-pregnant-and-in-pain-trump-says-tough-it-out\/\">over<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-cause-big-health-woes-women-are-here-to-help\/\">over<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/trumps-ban-on-trans-women-in-womens-sports\/\">over<\/a> again? Is it worth compromising on all of that, just for the chance to wave to another crowd, and get another medal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No. What we have here are grown men, at the height of professional triumph \u2013 behaving like absolute losers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This willingness among men, to go along with the harm their fellow men perpetrate, all in pursuit of social reward\u2026 it isn\u2019t just evident in anecdotes such as these. It\u2019s also research-backed social science. Indeed, numerous studies have shown men to be <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/08\/stop-protecting-good-guys\">complicit<\/a> in the harming of women at best, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/experts-talk-mass-shootings-guns-ties-domestic-violence-toxic-masculinity\/\">actively part<\/a> of the problem at worst. And they are this way more often than not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One cannot simply roll their eyes at this phenomenon, either \u2013 or the lameness behind it \u2013 because it\u2019s central to why women struggle to navigate this world with any form of ease. How can we be anything but cautious and stressed when we see men being so willing, time and time again, to stand back as we\u2019re mocked, disrespected, harmed and silenced? Men who will laugh along when we\u2019re made fun of \u2013 or worse, join in hurting us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were, thankfully, several people in attendance who <em>were<\/em> willing to take a stand against Trump. Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were especially loud \u2013 and at one point, impossible to ignore \u2013 while branding the president as a \u201cmurderer\u201d and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For their trouble, Trump dismissed them and their ilk as \u201ccrazy.\u201d I wonder if the men\u2019s hockey players of Team USA laughed at that line, too. &#x25fc;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_dc30d5979feb211806f9e4371d95c923\" class=\"wp-block related-post alignwide\">\n      <div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"section-title\">\n      <h4>Related<\/h4>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"post-wrap\">\n              <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/15-women-in-politics-to-watch-as-midterms-loom-and-chaos-swirls\/\" class=\"post-image-link\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jasmine-Crockett-Women-to-Watch-in-Politics-2026-Midterms-150x150.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jasmine Crockett Women to Watch in Politics 2026 Midterms\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jasmine-Crockett-Women-to-Watch-in-Politics-2026-Midterms-150x150.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2 150w, https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jasmine-Crockett-Women-to-Watch-in-Politics-2026-Midterms-45x45.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"entry-text\">\n          <h3 class=\"post-title\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/15-women-in-politics-to-watch-as-midterms-loom-and-chaos-swirls\/\">\n              15 Women in Politics to Watch, as Midterms Loom and Chaos Swirls\n            <\/a>\n          <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump invited the team to appear as honored guests at this year\u2019s State of the Union address. 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