Star athletes watch Team USA defeat Canada in overtime thriller
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A few sports legends were in the house for the women’s gold medal game of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Mark Messier, Tom Brady and Billie Jean King watched Team USA defeat Team Canada 2-1 in overtime at Santagiulia Arena in Milan on Thursday.
The Hockey Hall of Famer, seven-time Super Bowl Champion and Tennis Hall of Famer posed for a picture together.
Just three GOATs watching women's hockey 🙂↕️
Billie Jean King, Mark Messier and Tom Brady are in the house for the gold medal game! pic.twitter.com/lZr9915Yp0
With just over two minutes left in the third period, U.S. captain Hilary Knight tied the game 1-1 to send it to overtime. Defender Megan Keller scored the overtime winner on a backhanded shot at 4:07 to clinch the USA’s third Olympic gold medal.
Brady posted a picture of his sons holding up the “W” in front of the scoreboard and a video of the women’s team celebrating their victory on the ice to his Instagram story.
King shared photos with the gold medal winners on the ice after the game.
These athletes gave us everything to cheer for today. Congratulations once again to Team USA on an unforgettable Gold Medal win, and to Team Canada on a hard-fought game.
Let's keep supporting these terrific athletes as the Professional Women's Hockey League resumes play in… pic.twitter.com/jq9C4rDQsa
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer shared a video of herself celebrating in the stands and gave a special shoutout to Michigan natives Keller and Kristen Simms.
Congratulations to the US women's hockey team!
Michigan is so proud of Kirsten Simms & Megan Keller, who scored the game winning goal in overtime to secure GOLD for @TeamUSA 🇺🇸 https://t.co/YFhQfqxFdv pic.twitter.com/eWBm5urh8t
The Empire State Building lit up in red, white and blue to celebrate the team’s achievement.
Tonight, I'm shining in red, white, and blue to celebrate the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team’s Olympic gold medal win. @TeamUSA defeated Canada 2–1 in overtime at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games — bringing home its first gold since 2018.
Text CONNECT to 274-16 for real-time lighting… pic.twitter.com/3VCXYqBeas
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. made a special video congratulating the women’s team and Cleveland native, Laila Edwards, on their gold medal.
🥇From one Clevelander to another, congratulations to Laila Edwards and @usahockey on bringing home the GOLD! #LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/xOuRIONPer
The United States women’s team last won a gold medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Games where they defeated Canada 3-2 in a shootout.