{"id":464234,"date":"2026-02-09T18:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464234\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:43:46","slug":"slavin-gets-warm-sendoff-from-neighbors-before-2026-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464234\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavin gets warm sendoff from neighbors before 2026 Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans cheered for Slavin and held up signs and American flags along the streets of Erie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNice little surprise send off this morning!\u201d Slavin captioned the video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jslavin74\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his social media<\/a>. \u201cThanks neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#71 defense so good it\u2019s international,\u201d read one sign from a fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s goooooo Team USA!\u201d read another sign. \u201cGood luck Jaccob!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slavin \u2013 an 11-year veteran in the NHL \u2013 raised some eyebrows in international competition during last February\u2019s 4 Nations Face-Off, where he helped lead a USA defense that allowed just seven goals in the four-game tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a year later, Slavin will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/jaccob-slavin-embraces-unsung-defensive-role-for-team-usa-at-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">anchor a Team USA<\/a> defense on the world\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic men\u2019s hockey tournament begins on Wed. Feb. 11, with the U.S. taking the ice for the first time against Team Lativa on Thurs. Feb. 12 at 3:10 p.m. ET (USA, SN, CBC) at Santagiulia Arena.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans cheered for Slavin and held up signs and American flags along the streets of Erie. \u201cNice little&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-464234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}