{"id":473988,"date":"2026-02-27T00:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473988\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T00:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:08:12","slug":"hockey-fans-mad-tage-thompson-doubles-down-defends-maga-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473988\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Fans Mad Tage Thompson Doubles Down, Defends MAGA Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tage Thompson has been the talk of the Buffalo Sabres for a lot of reasons lately. Thomoson has been under a lot of criticism for what he was wearing when he went to go visit the White House after his gold medal win with team USA.<\/p>\n<p>Tage Thompson was wearing the classic red Make America Great Again hat and tons of social media comments were directed his way calling him a<a href=\"https:\/\/wyrk.com\/tage-thompson-maga-hat-response\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;pig&#8221;, &#8220;disgusting&#8221;, a &#8220;disgrace&#8221;<\/a> and more. He wore it while touring the White House, but not while the team was introduced during President Trump&#8217;s State of the Union. If you missed it, hockey fans were <a href=\"https:\/\/wyrk.com\/tage-thompson-maga-hat-response\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pretty mad about it yesterday afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he is defending his hat that he wore and there is not much too it:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m proud to be an American, and I have my own faith, my own beliefs, and everyone\u2019s entitled to their own opinions and beliefs, as well,\u201d Thompson, 28, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/tage-thompson-maga-hat-criticism-sabres-usa-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Outkick<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, February 25. \u201cI think we should be able to live in peace knowing that not everyone\u2019s going to agree with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is not wrong. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Another outlet was trying to take down Jack Hughes and put him in a bad situation yesterday as well&#8211;asking him about President Trump&#8217;s comments about the women&#8217;s hockey team&#8211;who also won gold at this year&#8217;s Olympics, forcing Hughes to defend himself and the team, who laughed a Trump&#8217;s joke about women&#8217;s hockey<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re in the moment, the president calls,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cWe\u2019re blaring the music and then they pause the music and then the president calls. I don\u2019t think \u2026 obviously, it is what it is now&#8221;, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/tage-thompson-reacts-to-criticism-for-wearing-maga-hat-at-white-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USMagazine.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tage Thompson and the Buffalo Sabres beat Jack Hughes and the New Jersey Devils the first game back since the duo has won the gold medal in Milan, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Every Event Being Held At KeyBank Center In March<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/wyrk.com\/show\/brett-alan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brett Alan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tage Thompson has been the talk of the Buffalo Sabres for a lot of reasons lately. 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