Olympic hockey fans raise Greenland's flag during USA's dominant win over Denmark, sparking viral reaction

During Team USA's comeback men's hockey triumph implicit Denmark astatine the Winter Olympics, 2 fans raised the emblem of Greenland successful the stands to protestation President Donald Trump's intent to get Greenland for the U.S. 

The emblem was raised enthusiastically aft Denmark took an aboriginal lead. However, the U.S. came backmost to triumph the crippled 6-3. 

Vita Kalniņa and her hubby Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the Latvian hockey squad who unrecorded successful Germany, held up a ample Greenland emblem during warmups and again erstwhile the Danish squad scored the opening extremity of the preliminary circular crippled against the U.S., which yet bushed Denmark 6-3.

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The United States' Brady Tkachuk, right, challenges Denmark's Oliver Bjorkstrand during a preliminary circular lucifer of men's crystal hockey astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

"We are Europeans, and I deliberation arsenic Europeans we indispensable clasp together," Kalniņš told The Associated Press.

"The Greenlandic radical determine what volition hap with Greenland, but, arsenic it is now, Greenland is simply a portion of the Danish kingdom and, arsenic Greenland is simply a portion of Denmark, arsenic successful this case, we enactment some countries against the U.S."

A Danish instrumentality astatine the game, Dennis Petersen, said, "It doesn’t substance immoderate athletics it is — it could beryllium tennis, it could beryllium bobsledding, it tin beryllium crystal hockey, it could beryllium shot — it has thing to bash with politics. … They are athletes, not politicians."

An American instrumentality astatine the game, Rem de Rohan, said, "I deliberation this is the clip for radical to benignant of enactment that down and vie state versus state and enjoy," helium said. "We emotion rooting connected each state that’s been here."

Fans connected societal media had their ain reactions to the emblem show and the effect of the game. 

"Now that the USA is up 4-2 could we spot a wager that if the USA wins the game, Denmark gives up Greenland?" 1 instrumentality wrote successful effect to the flag.

One instrumentality wrote, "Team USA won, bash we get Greenland now?"

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The United States' Jack Eichel, 2nd right, celebrates aft scoring his team’s 3rd extremity during a preliminary circular lucifer of men's crystal hockey against Denmark astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Another instrumentality likewise said, "How did that crook out? we won, we get greenland now."

Some American blimpish influencers utilized the U.S. triumph arsenic a springboard to marque viral jokes astir annexing Greenland. 

The comeback triumph by the U.S. appeared uncertain aboriginal successful the game. 

After trailing 2-1 done the archetypal period, the Americans dominated connected discourtesy to instrumentality a 6-3 triumph implicit Denmark Saturday successful the Milan Cortina Olympic Games.

The Americans scored 3 unanswered goals to unfastened the 2nd period, with 4 Nations leader Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators), Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights) and Noah Hanifin (Vegas Golden Knights) uncovering the backmost of the net. 

Both sets of brothers connected the squad — Brady and Matthew Tkachuk and Jack and Quinn Hughes — each had a constituent successful the contest. Fourteen players had points for the Americans with a antithetic extremity scorer each clip the lamp was lit.

The Americans had 47 shots connected extremity compared to Denmark's 21.

The U.S. ends preliminary play Sunday with a crippled against Germany astatine 3:10 p.m. ET. The Americans volition erstwhile again beryllium dense favorites, and a triumph volition enactment them into the knockout stage.

The Americans tin besides spell close to the knockout signifier with an overtime loss. With a regularisation loss, their destiny would beryllium determined by Canada's crippled against France and constituent differentials with Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.

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But arsenic a dense favourite against a German squad with conscionable 8 NHL players, the U.S. whitethorn not request to worry.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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