New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- US President Donald Trump said at his 2026 State of the Union address on Tuesday (local time) that US Men's Olympic Hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck, who stopped 41 shots in the gold medal game, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

This comes just days after Hellebuyck backstopped Team USA to a historic gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, ending a nearly half-century wait for American hockey fans. This is America's first gold medal in men's hockey since the "Miracle on Ice" in Lake Placid, New York, in 1980.

Standing before a joint session of Congress, with Hellebuyck and several of his teammates in the gallery, Trump praised Hellebuyck's "unrivalled grit".

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