Local fans celebrate US hockey teams' progress at Holyoke rink
Feb 17, 2026
Local hockey fans gathered at the Henry J. Fitzpatrick Rink in Holyoke on Monday to celebrate the national teams' progress in the Winter Olympics.
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The U.S. women's hockey team defeated Sweden and will play for gold. The men's team is on the
to the quarterfinals. In 22 News, a reporter, Victoria Buddy, joins us live in studio with
how local fans are feeling inspired. Christina, a day off of school and work for many brought
them out to the rink after rooting for Team USA hockey. They're feeling confident to lace up.
Local hockey fans inspired and eager to cheer on Team USA to go for the gold.
Monday, Team USA women's hockey team dominating Sweden in the semifinals.
Now they'll play for gold later this week. I grew up in in this area but now I live in
Seattle. Me and my partner have been watching the the Torrent play in their first season. We've been
to a lot of the home games. Many of the players are like Alex Carpenter are playing for the U.S.
women's team. I think women's hockey is getting a lot more exposure than it ever had so yeah
it's been it's been great to see. The Fitzpatrick rink in Holyo getting into the Team USA spirit.
We are running an Olympic special where um if you have a family of four it's called our bronze
package and then the five we have our silver and more than five we have you know our our golden
medal special where you get a discount. Meantime, Team USA men's hockey securing a buy to the
quarterfinals. This after taking down Germany Sunday. They're now the second overall seed
in the tournament with a 3-0 record. We actually watched them yesterday Germany versus USA
and we're coming back from Vermont and we saw a little skate rink and we were like why not go
skating? Connor McDavid he's just fast and he's just a good hard-working player. He's just been
good with scoring. The U.S. women's team goes on to play for gold which they last won in 2018.
The men's hockey team does have the night off tonight. They'll take the ice for the
quarterfinals Wednesday and the women's team will play for gold on Thursday.
You can watch those games right here on 22 News. Working for you Victoria Buddy, 22 News.