Olympic Gold, Buffalo's Craziest Playoff Stories & The Blade Gang | Wingmen
7/1/20261 hr 10 min
This episode of Wingmen features Tage Thompson, who shares stories about winning Olympic gold with Team USA and his experiences playing in Buffalo. The discussion also covers Thompson's unique stick preferences and behind-the-scenes moments from the team's gold medal celebration in Miami. In addition to the guest interview, the hosts cover recent league news like the retirement of Jonathan Toews and answer fan questions about building hockey skills and inspiration outside the game Chapters: 00:00 Welcoming Olympic gold medalist Tage Thompson
01:21 Thompson discusses Buffalo's playoff environment
06:56 Reminiscing about Olympic confidence and village stories
10:40 On-ice NHL moments and respect for teammates
15:52 Behind-the-scenes stories from the Miami gold celebration
25:52 The science behind Thompson’s short stick preference
32:03 Reflecting on the retirement of Jonathan Toews
50:17 Comparing hosts' ratings for college hockey video game
53:29 Advice for young players and non-hockey inspirations
01:01:08 Wingmen of the week
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] Wave.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:01
[upbeat music] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Wingmen. I'm Brady Tkachuk, and that's my brother, Matthew. Our guest today spent two years at UConn, become the highest draft pick in program history. In 2025, he scored the golden goal for Team USA at World Championships, and in 2026, he added the Olympic gold medal to his resume. [whistles] From AZ, Tage Rage Thompson.
Tage Thompson· Guest0:39
Tage Rage.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:40
Tage, welcome.
Tage Thompson· Guest0:41
Thanks, Parm. Appreciate it. That was a... You killed the intro, man. That was awesome.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:46
Yeah, there's, there's, there's always a nerve to start out. [laughs] 'Cause like the last thing you wanna do is fuck up the intro. Be like, "Ah, take two." It's just not the same.
Tage Thompson· Guest0:53
And then you just look so jungle of you.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host0:55
Yeah.
Tage Thompson· Guest0:56
Rage, I was just- No, it's good ... I was just thinking during the intro, you have golden goal at Worlds, U18s, U20s, right? Yeah.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:08
And then fucking nice little goal at Olympics. Like, fuck.
Tage Thompson· Guest1:11
Yeah. [laughs] Thanks, Ally.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:13
You're, you're Mr. International Hockey.
Tage Thompson· Guest1:15
Yeah. Thanks, Ally. Thanks, Ally.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:17
Thanks, Ally.
Tage Thompson· Guest1:17
We always have to, we always have to thank Ally and the PK.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:20
Of course. Of course.
Tage Thompson· Guest1:21
Yeah. Yeah.
Matthew Tkachuk· Host1:21
Of course. Well, we'll, we'll start off, Rage, little, uh, little recent in the National League, my biggest question is what was it like with the