Video footage showed FBI Director Kash Patel celebrating in the locker room with the USA men’s hockey team after its thrilling 2-1 overtime victory against Canada in the Gold Medal game. USA men’s hockey won its first Olympic gold medal since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.” USA Wins First Men’s Hockey Olympic Gold Medal In Nearly 50 Years After Historic Victory Watch Patel celebrate with the team below: A source sent me this video of FBI Director Kash Patel partying with the US Men's Olympic Hockey team. pic.twitter.com/egjmdhOAF6 — William Turton (@WilliamTurton) February 22, 2026 CNN shared further: Patel, a longtime hockey fan, posted on social media multiple times from the event, but the video offers an extended look into his celebration in the team’s locker room. The FBI director appeared to chug a beer before raising the bottle in the air, spraying it across the locker room. Patel, wearing a white USA shirt, joined the players in singing along to Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” with one team member draping a gold medal around his neck. “For the very concerned media - yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys,” he later posted on X in response to media inquiries about the video. According to the FBI, Patel was in Italy for multiple official engagements, traveling to Milan on a Justice Department jet, as is required for the FBI director. On Saturday, he posted that he had a “Great visit with the Milan Joint Operations Center, a 24/7 interagency operation with international partners to support the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.” "Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth," Patel said. For the very concerned media - yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth.… — Kash Patel (@Kash_Patel) February 23, 2026 "Unity, Sacrifice, Attitude- what it takes to be the best in the world. These men live and breathe it. Now Team USA are gold medal champions, legends standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for representing the greatest country on earth, in the greatest game ever created," he added. Unity, Sacrifice, Attitude- what it takes to be the best in the world. These men live and breathe it. Now Team USA are gold medal champions, legends standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for representing the greatest country on earth, in the greatest game ever created.… pic.twitter.com/hBG987pxM2 — Kash Patel (@Kash_Patel) February 22, 2026 The Hill noted: He wrote on X that the operation is “focused on protecting the US athletes, 250,000 US citizens who traveled to Milan for the games, as well as the private sector companies we share information with every day.” “Nearly 100 US Government personnel have been surged to support the Olympics since the start of 2026 – with lessons we’ll take into the FIFA World Cup later this summer,” he added.