U.S. wins ice hockey world championship, honors Johnny Gaudreau – NBC Los Angeles
The lengthy wait is over.
Tage Thompson scored the golden objective as america prevailed over Switzerland 1-0 in extra time to win its first ice hockey world championship in many years on Sunday.
Thompson wristed a shot previous goaltender Leonardo Genoni from the highest of the appropriate circle for the winner 2:02 into extra time of the ultimate with the fortieth shot on objective. It was his sixth objective on the event.
Logan Cooley and Brady Skjei offered the assists and goaltender Jeremy Swayman shut out the Swiss with 25 saves.
USA Hockey says it is just the second trophy gained on the event by the People after beating Canada in 1933, and it welcomed the triumph by saying “Golden For First Time in 92 Years.”
“What a fully superb feeling,” U.S. head coach Ryan Warsofsky mentioned. “Everybody in our group contributed to successful the gold medal. We beat a superb workforce in Switzerland tonight and full credit score to them for the event that they had … We’ll bear in mind this for an extended, very long time.”
Whereas the People had not gained a world championship event through which they competed since 1933, the Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) says the U.S. was additionally formally awarded the title in 1960, after they gained the Olympic event and the worlds didn’t happen.
USA Hockey doesn’t depend that 1960 title.
Switzerland, final yr’s runner-up, has by no means gained the event.
Scoreless in regulation
The tightly contested sport was scoreless in regulation with each goaltenders holding agency.
Conor Garland wasted a penalty shot 5:38 into the center interval.
The U.S. started to mount stress within the center interval, outshooting the Swiss 17-9, and went on with 11 pictures on objective in opposition to 4 within the third.
Swayman had an ideal file 7-0 on the worlds.
“We did it, the wait is over,” Swayman mentioned in a put up on social media. “Thanks for sticking together with us. It’s going to be an awesome summer time.”
Amid the celebrations on the ice, the U.S. gamers displayed Johnny Gaudreau ’s jersey to honor the ahead who was killed along with his brother Matt in late August driving their bicycles of their residence state of New Jersey on the eve of their sister Katie’s marriage ceremony.
Gaudreau leads the U.S. all-time scoring desk on the worlds with 43 factors.
The hockey neighborhood is mourning the deaths of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, who have been killed Thursday night time by a suspected drunk driver
Third medal for Thompson
Switzerland shut out the U.S. 3-0 within the group stage of the event, the People’ solely defeat.
After successful bronze in 2018 and 2021, Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres earned his third medal and tied Allen Van (2 silver, 1 bronze) for essentially the most adorned U.S. participant on the worlds.
All gamers on the U.S. workforce besides the three goaltenders registered at the least some extent on the event, with the 21-year-olds Frank Nazar and Logan Cooley main with 12 factors.
Switzerland misplaced the fourth ultimate for the reason that playoff system was launched in 1992. It was overwhelmed by Sweden in 2013 and 2018 and by the Czechs final yr.
Bronze medal for Sweden
Mikael Backlund and Marcus Johansson scored two targets every as Sweden beat Denmark 6-2 to take the bronze medal earlier Sunday.
It was the second straight third-place end for Sweden whereas fourth place was the all-time end result for Denmark.
Lucas Raymond and Mika Zibanejad additionally scored for the winners whereas Nick Olesen and Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Denmark.
