Team USA star Brady Tkachuk says he was drug tested right after men’s hockey team won Olympic gold

After Team USA’s thrilling triumph implicit Canada successful the Olympic golden medal crippled connected Sunday, each Brady Tkachuk wanted to bash was celebrate. However, helium had to instrumentality a cause trial first.

Tkachuk, 26, wrapped up his media obligations and was connected his mode to the locker country erstwhile helium got a pat connected the shoulder.

"I get a pat connected the shoulder, ‘Hello Brady, you've been selected for a cause test,’" Tkachuk said connected a caller occurrence of his podcast "Wingmen with Matthew and Brady Tkachuk."

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Brady Tkachuk (7) of the United States celebrates winning the golden medal during the men's golden medal crippled betwixt Canada and the United States connected time 16 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine the Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Vitalii Kliuiev/Getty Images)

Matthew Tkachuk said that players are not required to instrumentality the cause trial upon being notified, but you are nether supervision until you bash so. Brady said that 2 different players opted to bash their tests close distant but missed a mates of the songs. He did not privation to miss immoderate of the celebrations, truthful helium opted to hold until the autobus near to instrumentality his test, which wasn’t for different hr and a fractional to 2 hours.

Matthew said that the antheral administering the test, a antheral helium named "little Johnny," had a front-row spot to the locker country celebrations.

Brady said that, successful astir a 40-minute span, helium drank astir 5 beers, 3 Powerades and 2 waters, but didn’t person the impulse to usage the restroom yet. He explained that the cause tests necessitate 90 milliliters of urine, and if you don’t capable up the cupful to the requisite amount, you person to hold until you capable it up.

Brady Tkachuk of the United States celebrates aft winning the golden medal successful the men's golden medal crippled betwixt Canada and the United States during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine the Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)

Brady said that, usually aft a game, helium has nary contented going to the restroom, but with the unit of having to trial successful bid to proceed celebrating, helium wasn’t definite if helium could nutrient capable urine to implicit the test. The Ottawa Senators skipper said helium was being diligent and yet decided to instrumentality the trial 10 minutes earlier the autobus departed.

"Finally, 10 minutes earlier the autobus (left), I'm like, ‘Eff it, I got to gamble, I got to gamble with this one.' And did it, and (it was) 100 milliliters. I was like, ‘Thank God,' due to the fact that if I had to enactment determination and each the boys near and I had to conscionable them, I would person been sour."

The locker country celebrations kicked disconnected a chaotic fewer days of partying for Team USA.

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Brady Tkachuk, Jack Hughes, Matthew Tkachuk and Quinn Hughes be a solemnisation of the U.S. men's hockey team's Olympic golden astatine E11EVEN Miami successful Miami, Florida, connected Feb. 23, 2026. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for E11EVEN Miami)

After Team USA’s triumph successful Milan, the squad flew to Miami to observe their triumph astatine E11even, a celebrated nightclub. When their raucous solemnisation wrapped up, they flew up to Washington, D.C., to conscionable with President Donald Trump and be the State of the Union code connected Tuesday.

The Senators returned to enactment connected Thursday and mislaid 2-1 to the Detroit Red Wings successful overtime. Tkachuk scored the team’s lone extremity but was near bloodied aft a large hit.

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