Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel, 19, was hospitalized after suffering what the team described as a "medical episode" aboard its plane.

"This really hurt more than most. How can one person's hateful voice carry this far?" one upset, woke Canadian wrote on social media.

"No words to express the level of devastation we feel. I love you forever daddy. Forever your only girl," his daughter posted.

"I can’t believe this is real," one respondent said. Oh, it was. It was real, and the backlash was absolutely spectacular.

The WWII vet is originally from Italy and noted that, "If I hadn’t come home to this country, I’d be stuck with Mussolini.”

The Stanley Cup is the worse for wear after the Florida Panthers celebrated winning the National Hockey League championship.

ESPN has spent years infusing leftist politics into its supposedly sports-centric format. The images Thursday had to be galling.

Several members of Team USA expressed gratitude and awe that the president had called to wish them luck before the game.

"My voice probably sounded not as stable, and it was because it made me so emotional," she said afterwards.

It's generally not a good idea to pick a fight with a pro athlete. That goes doubly true for a professional hockey player.