MILAN (AP) 鈥� ‘s three older brothers are her biggest, loudest and most colorful fans. To say the Winn brothers have shown pride for their baby sister at the would be a vast understatement.
They churned out goofy viral videos in several outfits to cheer her and throughout Team USA’s Olympic run, culminating Thursday in a win over Canada. In some videos, they decked themselves out in American flag-patterned jackets and matching bucket hats and narrated the game’s results, including sister Haley’s first goal of the Olympics.
In others, they sported red, white and blue jumpsuits and covered their entire heads with masks while simulating tabletop curling with and a napkin.
Many of their videos were set in the arena鈥檚 stands or in an alley outside their rented Milan apartment. But even as they have been loud and proud throughout the Games, they have a message for the hundreds of thousands of social media users tuning in to their Olympic antics: Watch the games.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about them,鈥� Ryan Winn, 27, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not about us.鈥�
Haley Winn, 22, is part of a who are elevating professional women’s hockey, soccer, basketball, among others, and her brothers want everyone to remember who the real stars are.
鈥淵ou get a little emotional obviously seeing them here, just seeing all the videos of them,” she told the AP on Thursday after the winning game. “Obviously they’re the most supportive people on this planet.鈥�
Draped in an American flag, she took a selfie holding her gold medal with Casey, Ryan and Tommy leaning over the rink’s railing to crowd into the picture. The brothers promptly posted it to their social media with the caption, 鈥淪he’s the best in the world.鈥�
faced off in an Olympic final for a seventh time Thursday since women鈥檚 hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Games. The rivalry between the sport鈥檚 two global powers never gets old 鈥� but this year it was especially acute as between the two countries are on edge. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said
鈥楾he absolute beast out of all of us鈥�
The four Winn siblings grew up skating on their family’s backyard ice rink in Rochester, New York. While the exuberant brothers all went on to play college hockey, it was already abundantly clear that their quieter, humbler sister was the true talent.
鈥淗aley just turned out to be the absolute beast out of all of us,鈥� Ryan Winn said.
Casey Winn, 29, said she started on the ice before she could even walk, 鈥減ushing a bucket around.鈥�
Ryan added: 鈥淪he always wanted to be the hardest worker. She always want to be competing against us, and she wants to be the best.鈥�
After playing at Clarkson University in New York, Haley Winn was the second overall pick in last year’s Professional Women鈥檚 Hockey League draft and currently plays for the Boston Fleet. Milan Cortina marks her Olympic debut, and she scored one goal and had three assists over the six games leading up to Thursday.
鈥淪he loves this game and she had a dream to play this game at the highest level for a long time,鈥� Ryan Winn said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 now our dream, getting to watch her live out her dream.鈥�
鈥楢dd an eagle head to it鈥�
The brothers began their outlandish shows of support during the 2024 World Championship in Utica, New York. Ryan Winn, a video producer, said they wanted to up their game for the Olympics, both in the stands and for their social media content.
鈥淪o we were like, 鈥榃hat can we do that鈥檚 next level?’鈥� he said. 鈥漌e鈥檙e going to add an eagle head to it.”
The inspiration stemmed from Team USA’s goal celebration song, 鈥淔ree Bird鈥� by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The brothers, for added effect, flap their arms as wings in the stands. Boom 鈥� another viral video.
鈥淪he laughs about it, she comments on our posts,” said Ryan Winn. “She didn鈥檛 know any of the outfits that were coming, too, so she鈥檚 just as surprised as anybody else when she sees the fits.鈥�
The Winn brothers are first to own up to the absurdity of their bald eagle jumpsuits, but they are adamant that elite women鈥檚 hockey deserves the same respect given to the men鈥檚 game.
鈥淚f someone says they don鈥檛 like women鈥檚 sports or 鈥業 just want to watch the NHL and not the PWHL,鈥� it鈥檚 because you haven’t watched enough games,鈥� Ryan Winn said. 鈥淭hese are highly skilled, high-level players that have devoted their lives to this craft, who are playing explosively.鈥�
Haley Winn on Thursday said it’s 鈥渁wesome鈥� to see her brothers reach new audiences online, even if the videos embarrass her a little bit.
The brothers’ original plan was to just showcase their support for her and women’s hockey but “it obviously turned into something bigger than that,鈥� she said.
___
Associated Press reporters John Wawrow and Linda Petre in Milan contributed to this report.
___
AP Winter Olympics coverage:
Copyright © 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
