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After Team USA’s thrilling victory over Canada in the Olympic gold medal game on Sunday, all Brady Tkachuk wanted to do was celebrate. However, he first had to take a drug test.
Tkachuk, 26, finished his media duties and was heading to the locker room when he received a tap on the shoulder.
“I get a tap on the shoulder, ‘Hey Brady, you’ve been selected for a drug test,'” Tkachuk said on a recent episode of his podcast “Wingmen with Matthew and Brady Tkachuk.”
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Brady Tkachuk (7) of the United States celebrates winning the gold medal during the men’s gold medal game between Canada and the United States on Day 16 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at the Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, Italy, on February 22, 2026. (Vitalii Kliuiev/Getty Images)
Matthew Tkachuk said players are not required to take the drug test when notified, but you are under supervision until you do. Brady said two other players opted to do their tests right away but missed a few of the songs. He didn’t want to miss any of the festivities, so he chose to wait until the bus left to take his test, which didn’t last for another hour and a half to two hours.
Matthew said the man who administered the test, a man he called “little Johnny,” had a front-row seat to the locker room celebrations.
Brady said that in about 40 minutes he drank about five beers, three Powerades and two waters, but didn’t feel like using the bathroom yet. He explained that the drug tests require 90 milliliters of urine, and if you don’t fill the cup to the required amount, you have to wait until you fill it up.
Brady Tkachuk of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s gold medal match between Canada and the United States during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at the Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, Italy, on February 22, 2026. (Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)
Brady said he usually has no problem going to the bathroom after a game, but with the pressure of having to test to continue celebrating, he wasn’t sure if he could produce enough urine to complete the test. The Ottawa Senators captain said he was patient and eventually decided to take the test 10 minutes before the bus left.
“Finally, 10 minutes before the bus (left), I say: ‘Eff that, I’m going to play, I’m going to play with this’. And did it and (it was) 100 milliliters. I thought: Thank God, because if I had to stay there and all the boys left and I had to meet them, I would have been mad.”
The festivities in the locker room kicked off a wild few days of partying for Team USA.
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Brady Tkachuk, Jack Hughes, Matthew Tkachuk and Quinn Hughes attend a celebration of the US men’s hockey team’s Olympic gold medal at E11EVEN Miami in Miami, Florida on February 23, 2026. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for E11EVEN Miami)
After Team USA’s victory in Milan, the team flew to Miami to celebrate their victory at E11even, a famous nightclub. After their raucous celebration ended, they flew up to Washington, DC, to meet with President Donald Trump and attend the State of the Union address on Tuesday.
The Senators returned to action Thursday, losing 2-1 to the Detroit Red Wings in overtime. Tkachuk scored the team’s lone goal, but was left bloodied after a big hit.
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