{"id":485144,"date":"2026-03-04T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485144\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:01:28","slug":"u-s-womens-hockey-star-spills-on-the-1-thing-she-regrets-about-olympic-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/485144\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Women’s Hockey Star Spills On The 1 Thing She Regrets About Olympic Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team USA<\/a> women\u2019s hockey star Hilary Knight<\/a> said on Monday that she went \u201cfull send\u201d mode while proposing<\/a> to U.S. speedskater Brittany Bowe<\/a>, causing her to totally overlook the grate below her when she got down on one knee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t recommend it,\u201d said the gold medalist of where she decided to pop the question during an interview on \u201cThe Tonight Show<\/a>\u201d alongside Team USA men\u2019s hockey stars, brothers Jack and Quinn Hughes.<\/p>\n

Knight, when asked by host Jimmy Fallon<\/a> why she\u2019d add \u201cstress to her life\u201d by choosing such a location to ask, responded, \u201cI like high-pressure situations, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just one day before she tipped a game-tying shot<\/a> that helped send the American women to an overtime win over rival Canada, Knight proposed to her girlfriend and fellow Olympian<\/a> in Milan.<\/p>\n

The two initially met at the 2022 Beijing Games, where their masked, evening walks under strict COVID-19 policies blossomed into what Bowe called an \u201cinseparable\u201d bond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Knight, America\u2019s all-time leading goal scorer in Olympic hockey, smiled from ear to ear as she remarked on her fianc\u00e9e, who was in the \u201cTonight Show\u201d audience on Monday.<\/p>\n

\"LastLast month, Team USA women’s hockey captain Hilary Knight announced her engagement to U.S. women’s speedskater Brittany Bowe as the two competed at the Winter Olympics in Milan last month.<\/p>\n

Knight told Fallon that she was \u201creally nervous\u201d at last month\u2019s Games and her plans to propose that day worked with Bowe\u2019s speedskating competition schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just went full send and I didn\u2019t think about the grate until I was hovering over it, half-kneeled,\u201d said the hockey star, adding that she was questioning how the jewelry box opened up at one point.<\/p>\n

The gold medalist revealed that she kept the engagement ring on her throughout the Games and she checked on the shiny hardware nightly ahead of the proposal.<\/p>\n

She told USA Today<\/a> last month that proposing to Bowe before the gold medal final \u201cseemed fitting\u201d for the Olympic couple. <\/p>\n

Both Olympians announced that last month\u2019s Games would be their last.<\/p>\n

\u2033[I\u2019m] just elated that we could top off our Olympics journeys together where we met,\u201d said Knight in an interview with NBC<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s been a constant in our lives and to do this together is really special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch more of Knight and the Hughes brothers\u2019 appearance on \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n