--- title: USA Beats Canada in Hockey, Curling at Olympics in One Day description: The Internet lost their collective minds after the USA beat Canada in both hockey and curling in the same day at the 2018 Olympics. canonical: https://time.com/5170528/usa-beats-canada-hockey-curling-olympics-2018-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-22T16:12:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:50.885Z og:title: Internet Loses It Over US Canada in Hockey and Curling og:description: Absolutely no chill og:url: https://time.com/5170528/usa-beats-canada-hockey-curling-olympics-2018-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt943a007e5d875ecd/69892890fb4eacb20c895cab/usa-beats-canada-internet-reactions-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-IHOCKEY-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-PODIUM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Loses It Over US Canada in Hockey and Curling twitter:description: Absolutely no chill twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt943a007e5d875ecd/69892890fb4eacb20c895cab/usa-beats-canada-internet-reactions-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # America Beat Canada in Hockey and Curling at the Olympics in One Day. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 22, 2018 4:12 PM UTC  TOPSHOT - USA's Kendall Coyne (L) and Hilary Knight hold their gold medals and the US flag after the medal ceremony after the women's ice hockey event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung on February 22, 2018\. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) TOPSHOT - USA's Kendall Coyne (L) and Hilary Knight hold their gold medals and the US flag after the medal ceremony after the women's ice hockey event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung on February 22, 2018\. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) JUNG YEON-JE—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 22, 2018 4:12 PM UTC While the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5129060/closing-ceremony-2018-winter-olympics-watch/) in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5164622/2018-winter-olympics-korean-history/) have been filled with no small amount of memorable moments, one of the highlights of the Olympic games for American viewers was seeing Team USA beat their [longtime Olympic rivals](http://time.com/5170036/us-canada-womens-hockey-olympics-2018-2/) from Canada in women’s hockey and men’s curling, two Olympic events that Canadians have historically dominated. As might be expected, the Internet had plenty of feelings about the U.S. women taking gold in the Olympic hockey game and the men from Team USA advancing to the men’s gold medal game and took to the web to sound off on their many emotions about this eventful day. American viewers couldn’t contain their excitement about the victories. > [](https://twitter.com/ScooterMcGooch/status/966675447751892992) > [](https://twitter.com/JenniferPollack/status/966672453131997189) > [](https://twitter.com/amymoritz/status/966671229200584704) > [](https://twitter.com/tjcordes/status/966669673776533504) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5170528/usa-beats-canada-hockey-curling-olympics-2018-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5170528/usa-beats-canada-hockey-curling-olympics-2018-reactions/"},"headline":"America Beat Canada in Hockey and Curling at the Olympics in One Day. 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