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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Andy Nesbitt

U.S. Men's Hockey Player Explains Why He Opted to Skip Team’s Trip to White House

The U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team wrapped up their gold medal celebrations on Tuesday by going to the White House to meet President Trump and then many of them later took in the president’s State of the Union address where they were celebrated during the speech.

One player who didn’t make the trip was Jake Guentzel. The 31-year-old center, who scored one goal in six games at the Milan Cortina Olympics, decided to hang back in Florida and rejoin his NHL team, the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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