Five Reasons Team USA’s Hockey Win Felt Like Providence
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An op-ed in The Western Journal argues that God’s providence was at work in Team USA’s men’s hockey gold-medal win over Canada at the Winter Olympics. It offers five reasons to support this view:
– It happened on the 46th anniversary of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” victory.
– The win fell on George Washington’s birthday, during America’s 250th birthday year.
– It came in overtime by a 2-1 margin, the same margin by which the women’s team had previously triumphed over Canada.
– It marked the first time in Olympic history that Team USA won gold in both men’s and women’s hockey in the same Games.
– The victory occurred alongside Johnny Gaudreau’s baby’s second birthday, and the team honored Gaudreau (a seven-time NHL All-Star who died in 2024) by wearing his No. 13 jersey.
The piece links these coincidences to a broader theme of divine guidance in American history, a perspective the author has explored in his book, We Hold These Truths.
For those who believe that God ultimately governs over the affairs of this world, faith was certainly strengthened by the several occurrences in Team USA’s men’s hockey victory over Canada on Sunday.
Here are five reasons many are likely to conclude God’s providence was in play.
First, as has been noted by many, it came on the 46th anniversary of Team USA’s win over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, the last time the men’s team took home the gold.
46 years after the Miracle on Ice… Team USA is chasing its first gold since 1980 🇺🇸🥇 pic.twitter.com/WEXKA8kDCp
— ESPN (@espn) February 21, 2026
Second and third, the victory came on George Washington’s birthday during the 250th celebration of the independence of the United States, no less.
🇺🇸 ABSOLUTE DESTINY! 🇺🇸
The USA Men’s Hockey Team won the Olympic Gold Medal on
– the 46th Anniversary of the 1980 Miracle on Ice
– George Washington’s 294th Birthday
– and during America’s 250th Birthday yearpic.twitter.com/z0mvFqDXlq
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) February 22, 2026
Fourth, it occurred in an overtime 2-1 win over the Canadians, which is the same margin and the same country our women’s team triumphed over.
USA needed a finisher. Jack Hughes delivered. #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/DBWsSAEXbe
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) February 22, 2026
As an aside, it also happened to be the first time Team USA won both the men’s and women’s gold in the same Olympics.
For the first time in Olympic history, Team USA won the gold medal in both men’s and women’s hockey in the same year 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9eVOGmTmZC
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) February 22, 2026
Fifth, the win came on Johnny Gaudreau’s baby’s second birthday.
Johnny Gaudreau’s sweater hangs in Team USA’s locker room, while his family is in the stands for the gold medal game.
Johnny’s son, Johnny Jr., is celebrating his second birthday today ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/MWLolNDFfW
— ESPN (@espn) February 22, 2026
The team honored Gaudreau, a seven-time NHL All-Star, who was on the path to be on the 2026 Olympic team before being tragically killed at 31 in a 2024 accident by a suspected drunk driver.
‘WE DID IT FOR HIM’: Team USA men’s hockey honored late star Johnny Gaudreau throughout the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, carrying his No. 13 jersey as they captured gold with a win over Canada.
Gaudreau, who was killed alongside his brother in an alleged drunk driving crash in… pic.twitter.com/4LyrTeXcn2
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 22, 2026
As I wrote about in my book “We Hold These Truths,” Americans have identified many instances throughout U.S. history of God’s hand seeming to help guide events on earth in their favor.
Sunday’s amazing Team USA hockey win looks like another one.
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