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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,691 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:01 AM 10 hrs ago

People are calling and emailing USA Hockey to express their disgust with the mockery of the women's team

https://www.reddit.com/r/womenshockey/comments/1rcn1nx/call_usa_hockey_and_tell_them_how_you_feel_about/

Call USA hockey and tell them how you feel about the men's team disrespect.
I just called. You can call the main number ( 719-576-8724) or dial Dave directly.

https://www.usahockey.com/davefischer

He's currently traveling back so you will not speak to him today, you will get a voice mail.

I didn't have a script written out I just spoke from the heart and said that the men's team was incredibly disrespectful to the women's team who had way more success on a global stage and did it for less money. That not a single one of them was brave enough to say "that's not funny" and how every woman deserved an apology from them.

If you still don't want to call him on the phone his website has an email contact form that you can use and say whatever you want.

Join me in letting the org know how this made you feel, it takes less than 5 minutes out of your day.

_____

electric_oven

16h ago
Here's my call script that I wrote:

Hello, my name is electric_oven. I’m calling as a fan and as a new mother — I gave birth three weeks ago.

I’m deeply disturbed and disgusted by the men’s hockey team’s recent locker room actions and the decision to celebrate alongside a public figure who has a record of defending or minimizing sexual misconduct and abuse. It is morally repugnant.

The women’s hockey players in this country have worked tirelessly to build credibility, integrity, and respect for the sport. They’ve fought for fair treatment and have represented this game with character and discipline. Watching the men undermine that is heartbreaking.

You may have won a gold medal, but integrity matters more than medals. Character matters more than championships.

As a mother holding a newborn daughter, I am asking you to show leadership and accountability. The culture you tolerate is the culture you create.

Please do better.



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bigbrainlobster

16h ago
Love yours. This was my email:

"I’m a longtime supporter of USA Hockey, and I was disappointed by how the women’s team was referenced during the recent celebration of the men’s team. The women earned gold as well, and their achievement deserves to stand on its own. As someone who grew up being told sports weren’t for girls, I care a lot about how women athletes are treated, and I hope USA Hockey will make sure both teams are honored equally moving forward."



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electric_oven

16h ago
Beautifully put! The more voices and experiences we can get naming our lamentation of once again being failed by the men’s teams, the better.


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SeaLeopard5555

15h ago
I didn't post mine but similarly ended with USA Hockey needs to do much better...


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Hour_Traffic7802

13h ago
Thank you. I used the main portion of your script adding this to for my intro:

I am writing as a long time female hockey player, USA Hockey member and organizer of one of Minnesota's largest adult women's hockey tournaments.

I along with many of my female peers have spent years supporting and advancing the growth of women's hockey.
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People are calling and emailing USA Hockey to express their disgust with the mockery of the women's team (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 10 hrs ago OP
Done! benfranklin1776 9 hrs ago #1
Trump always appeals to the basest, B.See 9 hrs ago #2
Perfect! tavernier 7 hrs ago #9
100% the truth right there. Scott Alan Swaggerty 3 hrs ago #23
He ruins EVERYTHING BlueWaveNeverEnd 2 hrs ago #30
I don't know what was said about the women's hockey team. mysteryowl 8 hrs ago #3
For the USA women this is fairly routine Shrek 8 hrs ago #4
No excuse. The women won their game 4 days before the men. mysteryowl 8 hrs ago #5
So is this what they said? mysteryowl 8 hrs ago #8
video here: Trump invites Hockey men to WH, " i'll have to invite the women too or I'll get impeached" to laughter BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #15
And he's going to send a military plane to bring them to DC??? VTderry 1 hr ago #33
video here of the moment that so sickening. about 1:20 on the video BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #17
Yup, and there was plenty of interest in that game. GoCubsGo 7 hrs ago #14
It really doesn't take much effort to exhibit more class than El Cloaca. Buns_of_Fire 8 hrs ago #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Buns_of_Fire 8 hrs ago #7
The men's team wins once in a while. tavernier 7 hrs ago #10
It wasn't the win..it was allowing agingdem 7 hrs ago #13
people are protesting this moment. video here. about 1:20 on the video BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #16
Here's a news story describing the phone call between Trump and the men's team TheRickles 7 hrs ago #11
Trump never had much of a filter.. agingdem 6 hrs ago #19
Marginalizing women The Wizard 7 hrs ago #12
Indeed Scott Alan Swaggerty 3 hrs ago #24
Women's hockey team said they have schedule conflicts... kerouac2 6 hrs ago #18
Ha! Scott Alan Swaggerty 3 hrs ago #25
Kick and Rec. Wednesdays 5 hrs ago #20
The men's hockey team didn't even have to dispute Trump Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #21
Good. As they should. It was disgusting. Scott Alan Swaggerty 3 hrs ago #22
I felt the men's team gave them support. Trump was just as asshole as usual underpants 2 hrs ago #26
Has anyone on the men's team actually said anything? LisaM 2 hrs ago #27
"my name is electric_oven" Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #28
I couldn't hear what TSF said. poli-junkie 2 hrs ago #29
I read it to be PCB66 1 hr ago #31
The men's team is MAGA newdeal2 1 hr ago #32
I left a comment on their instagram asking if the missing Epstein files were stashed in the locker room AStern 1 hr ago #34

B.See

(8,161 posts)
2. Trump always appeals to the basest,
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:24 AM
9 hrs ago

most below the belt, most despicable of emotions, and often passes it off as jokes to better draw in unsuspecting participants who, one would hope, should know better. He uses words to divide and sow chaos, because this is what the Beast does best.

Kudos to the US women's hockey team for having the integrity to rise above his underhanded TRIPE.

mysteryowl

(9,054 posts)
3. I don't know what was said about the women's hockey team.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:16 AM
8 hrs ago

I do know there was very little hoopla in the media about the women's hockey winning gold...in overtime...against Canada.

It is all the same as the men, but the women's team was not honored and celebrated nearly enough.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,691 posts)
15. video here: Trump invites Hockey men to WH, " i'll have to invite the women too or I'll get impeached" to laughter
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:57 AM
7 hrs ago

VTderry

(108 posts)
33. And he's going to send a military plane to bring them to DC???
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:24 PM
1 hr ago

Seems there's always money to invest in TSF getting his ass kissed. 🤨

GoCubsGo

(34,821 posts)
14. Yup, and there was plenty of interest in that game.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:51 AM
7 hrs ago

That gold medal game had the highest viewership for a women's hockey game ever. 7.7 million people tuned in, and I think that was just the US ratings. And, it wasn't in Prime Time. That they haven't gotten the same honor as the men pisses me off to no end. I can't imagine the Paralympics sled hockey team will get ANY attention, either,and they're the heavy favorites for a gold medal, as usual. You know damn well Fat Bastard thinks they're all icky, because most of them are missing body parts. (For those who have never seen it, sled hockey is a blast to watch!)

Buns_of_Fire

(19,091 posts)
6. It really doesn't take much effort to exhibit more class than El Cloaca.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:33 AM
8 hrs ago

I'm sure the men's team can do much better without breaking a sweat (or a tooth).

Response to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

tavernier

(14,415 posts)
10. The men's team wins once in a while.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:18 AM
7 hrs ago

Maybe we just hadn’t given them enough participation trophies, and so had to make a big deal out of this one.

agingdem

(8,816 posts)
13. It wasn't the win..it was allowing
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:46 AM
7 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:19 PM - Edit history (1)

a pedo-protecting stooge share their victory as though he earned it in the most obnoxious frat boy way..and then joining in laughter as Degenerate Donnie debased the women, turning their win and invite into another one of his dirty misogynist jokes..

agingdem

(8,816 posts)
19. Trump never had much of a filter..
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 08:29 AM
6 hrs ago

you know that barely-there synapsis in a normal brain that shouts “Don’t fucking say that!”.. we know he’s a misogynist pig, that’s a given..but now that dementia has pretty much eaten away any semblance of that filter and his handlers applaud his crassness, he’s free to spew women-hating shit to a group of like-minded man-baby jocks with very little blowback..

The Wizard

(13,655 posts)
12. Marginalizing women
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 07:44 AM
7 hrs ago

is in the Trump crime family DNA. Release the Epstein files. Impeach, indict, incarcerate. This madness must end sooner rather than later.

kerouac2

(1,470 posts)
18. Women's hockey team said they have schedule conflicts...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 08:09 AM
6 hrs ago

Would love to see them post team pics from the same time with them sitting around just playing cards or better yet, playing cards with michelle Obama lol. Even an ai version would be funny as hell.

Prairie Gates

(7,679 posts)
21. The men's hockey team didn't even have to dispute Trump
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 09:53 AM
5 hrs ago

One of them just had to yell out "Yes, invite them! They're great! We love them!"

That's all. But they couldn't even bring themselves to do even that because they were bro-ing out, MAGA style like a bunch of shitheels.

We have Alysa Liu, the true hero of these Olympics, consoling and lifting up the Japanese skaters, and then we have the US Men's Hockey Team, who are putting gold medals around the neck of MAGA Uber-Chud Kash Patel and yucking it up as Trump dogs the US Women's Hockey Team!

Immediately showed their asses, in other words. Fuck them.

On the Bulwark podcast this morning, Tim Miller was trying to set up Jonathan Last to goof on Kash Patel for a while. Last instead went in on the US Men's Hockey team, as well he should. The only correct take thus far: they were worse than Patel for allowing it.

underpants

(195,844 posts)
26. I felt the men's team gave them support. Trump was just as asshole as usual
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:10 PM
2 hrs ago

As far as Kash being there, he basically invited himself in. I wouldn’t be surprised if he knows some of the guys on the team.

LisaM

(29,581 posts)
27. Has anyone on the men's team actually said anything?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:14 PM
2 hrs ago

Or were they too busy getting ready to board the Junket Jet to DC?

I would like to think that by this point, someone would have said something. I get that they were caught up in the moment and put on the spot, but you'd think there would be some hindsight.

Also, Kash Patel is weird.

Renew Deal

(84,845 posts)
28. "my name is electric_oven"
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:24 PM
2 hrs ago

Wait till they hear from water_cooler and heated_spa. Then they'll know it's serious

poli-junkie

(1,535 posts)
29. I couldn't hear what TSF said.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:25 PM
2 hrs ago

Is there a transcript? He said something about being impeached if he didn’t invite the women’s team? Then everyone laughed about that? I couldn’t understand what he was saying.

PCB66

(99 posts)
31. I read it to be
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:08 PM
1 hr ago

that if the men's team was invited so should the women's team.

However, Trump never says anything directly so that is why the confusion.

"I will get impeached if I don't invite the women's team"

should have been

"The women's team should also be invited".

Simple as that.

newdeal2

(5,144 posts)
32. The men's team is MAGA
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:12 PM
1 hr ago

Sorry to disappoint anyone, but that is likely the truth for most of the players and coaches. They loved rubbing elbows with Kash and now they get to meet Trump.

Don’t expect they’ll apologize cause they see nothing wrong here.

AStern

(789 posts)
34. I left a comment on their instagram asking if the missing Epstein files were stashed in the locker room
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:33 PM
1 hr ago
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