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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Predators Skjei, McCarron help United States to 1st IIHF World Championship in 92 years
Defenseman Brady Skjei and forward Michael McCarron are used to donning gold during Nashville Predators home games, but they will be bringing some similarly colored hardware back to Nashville. The pair of Predators helped the United States win its first IIHF World Championship Gold Medal in 92 years on Sunday, defeating Switzerland, 1-0, in overtime. Buffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson scored the game-winning goal two minutes into overtime. Skjei played for Team USA for the seventh time in his career, fourth at the World Championship, and has his second gold medal. He had a goal and two assists in 10 games and four penalty minutes. Skjei's goal came in a 6-2 win over Sweden in the semifinal round. This was the second time that McCarron represented the United States at the international level, and the first in his professional career. He recorded a goal and an assist in 10 games and two penalty minutes. His lone goal came in a 6-5 overtime win over Norway. In the Gold Medal game, Skjei and McCarron faced off against four former Predators. Kevin Fiala, who was drafted by the Predators 11th overall in 2014 and spent the first five seasons of his career in Nashville, represented Switzerland at the World Championship for the seventh time in his career. He finished the tournament with 10 points in eight games. Nino Niederreiter, who played 56 games for the Predators during the 2022-23 season, had five points in four games. Former draft picks Simon Knak (2021, 179th overall) and Tyler Moy (2015, 175th overall) represented Switzerland and currently play in Switzerland's top professional hockey league. The Swiss have now won Sliver Medals in back to back World Championships. In the Bronze Medal game, Predators assistant captain Filip Forsberg and Sweden defeated Denmark, 6-2. Forsberg had four points in nine games and has his second medal at the World Championship. He won a Gold Medal with the Swedes in 2018.
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Daily Mail
US hockey team honors late Johnny Gaudreau with emotional tribute after winning IIHF World Championship
After winning gold at the IIHF World Championships for the first time in 92 years, the players on the United States hockey team honored a player who should have been there alongside them. Team USA won the gold medal in Sweden on Sunday evening - knocking off Switzerland in overtime to win the title for the first time since 1933. At the trophy presentation ceremony, the American players brought along a mocked up USA No. 13 jersey with the name Gaudreau on the back in honor of the late Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau. It's been nearly nine months since the tragic killing of Johnny and his brother Matthew Gaudreau by a drunk driver in Oldmans Township, New Jersey. The brothers were out riding bikes at night when they were both rear-ended by a driver trying to pass other cars on the shoulder of a rural highway. Both brothers were pronounced dead at the scene. Johnny was 31-years-old and Matthew was 29. USA Hockey players hold up a jersey with Johnny Gaudreau's name and number on the back after winning the IIHF World Championship gold medal over Switzerland in Sweden One of the two players whose hands were holding up the jersey at the trophy ceremony in Sweden was Zach Werenski - a teammate of Johnny's on the Blue Jackets. The other was Nashville Predators defenseman Brady Skjei - who was in the running for the team the US sent to the 2013 World Juniors, where Gaudreau starred. Sean Higgins was indicted by a grand jury in December of six charges related to the crash but his attorneys asked Tuesday that the indictment be thrown out. However, Superior Court Judge Michael Silvanio denied that request with the case now set to move forward. Higgins' attorneys argued that the prosecution had not presented evidence of the brothers' blood-alcohol levels to the grand jury. According to the defense, the Gaudreaus had blood-alcohol levels of .129 or above, higher than the .08 legal limit in New Jersey and the .087 that police recorded for Higgins. Prosecutors argued it wasn't relevant under New Jersey law. 'We believe these filings are essential to ensuring that our client's Constitutional rights are protected and that he is not being treated unfairly based upon the amount of publicity being garnered,' Higgins' attorneys, Richard F. Klineburger III and Matthew V. Portella, previously said in a statement. Salem County prosecutors noted that there is no law banning cycling while intoxicated in New Jersey, and that witnesses said the brothers were riding single-file on the edge of the road, not weaving into traffic. Prosecutors have accused Higgins of being impaired by alcohol and fueled by road rage when he ran into them. The Gaudreau brothers were killed on August 29 in Oldmans Township, N.J., where they had traveled to attend their sister Katie's wedding scheduled for the following day. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Johnny was 31 and Matthew was 29. In documents seen by Higgins admitted to cops that he drank '5-6 beers' before getting behind the wheel of his Jeep Grand Cherokee and crashing into the back of Johnny and Matthew. A driver in front of Higgins also told police that he had been driving aggressively. When she and another driver slowed down and moved to the left to go around the cyclists, Higgins sped up and veered right before striking the brothers, she said. Higgins told officers that on the day of his arrest, he had been driving around for two hours while talking to a friend on the phone after having an upsetting conversation with his mother. As for the game, the US won 1-0 over Switzerland in overtime thanks to a goal from Buffalo Sabres star forward Tage Thompson. Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman kept a shutout after facing 25 shots from the Swiss team. It's the Americans' third gold medal and their first in decades at the tournament which doesn't feature the A-Teams of most of the nations involved. The World Championships begin and end in the midst of the Stanley Cup Playoffs - which often prevents participating nations from picking from their full roster pool. Team USA came second in the tournament's Group B and then beat Finland and host nation Sweden in the playoff round before Sunday's final. While the Americans suffered defeat in the NHL's '4 Nations Face-Off', the 2024-25 hockey season can be considered a great success for Team USA. In addition to the IIHF Men's World Championships, America won the IIHF Women's World Championships and the IIHF World Junior Championships this season.
The Star
24-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Ice hockey-McCarron stakes claim for world championship gold as US down Sweden
Ice Hockey - IIHF World Championships - Semi Finals - Sweden v United States - Avicii Arena, Johanneshov, Sweden - May 24, 2025 Brady Skjei of the U.S. shakes hands with Sweden's William Nylander after the match Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Towering American forward Michael McCarron was happy to finally shrug off the underdog tag as Team USA slammed six goals past Sweden to book their berth in the final of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world championship on Sunday, when they will meet either Switzerland or Denmark. With many of their biggest NHL stars traditionally skipping the tournament, the United States have not won gold at the tournament since 1933 and last made the final in 1950, but McCarron said his squad showed in their 6-2 win over Sweden that they were good enough to win this time around. "We have a really good team, we have a group of NHL players as well -- they (the Swedes) might have bigger names but we're all playing the same league," he told Reuters following Saturday's victory over co-hosts Sweden, who were favourites to win gold after Canada suffered a shock elimination at the hands of Denmark on Thursday. McCarron's huge physical presence in front of goal was indicative of how the Americans approached the game, battling the slick stick-work of the Swedes with speedy skating and relentless aggression. "We try to play from below the goal-line and create a lot of offence that way, and I think we did that. We created a lot of offence from below the goal line, we put pucks behind their D and fore check hard and win a lot of pucks back that way," McCarron explained. "We had a good game, we played 55 minutes of really good hockey. We had a little bit of a wall there in the third but, you know, they were going to come out hard, and we were able to turn it around after a short little lack of puck play for us. That was really good." The 30-year-old from Michigan said that, with the final just over 24 hours away, there would be little time to reflect on history. "(Making the final), that's pretty cool. I don't know what took so long for us to get back to a gold-medal game. I think it was 1950 for the last one, something like that, so it feels good," he said. "I mean, it's a quick turnaround. We're going to enjoy this for a quick little bit and go to sleep thinking about whoever wins tonight, get ready for those guys. So it feels great but, like I said, we still have one more step to go." (Reporting by Philip O'Connor; editing by Clare Fallon)
CNA
24-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Ice hockey-US thrash Sweden 6-2 to advance to world championship final
STOCKHOLM :Team USA hammered co-hosts Sweden 6-2 on Saturday to advance to Sunday's final of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship, giving the Americans a chance at their first gold medal at the tournament for more than 90 years. Olympic gold medallists in 1960 and 1980, the Americans have not won gold at the world championship since 1933, but their drubbing of co-hosts Sweden sets them up for a decider against either Switzerland or surprise package Denmark, who face off in the second semi-final later on Saturday. The Americans stunned the fervent home support by taking the lead at the 6:52 mark of the first period, defenceman Brady Skjei picking up the puck on the blue line to the left of the goal and firing a perfectly-placed shot into the top-right corner, and the Americans never looked back. The crowd were silenced again with 2:47 left in the first as Cutter Gauthier swivelled in front of goal and sent a shot zipping between the legs of Sweden goaltender Jacob Markstrom. The Swedes had no answer for the speed and aggression of their opponents, managing only three shots on target in the first 20 minutes as their deep roster struggled to find time and space, even when the Americans were short-handed. The Americans put two more goals on the board in the second when Conor Garland and Mikey Eyssimont netted and the end of the second period was greeted by a chorus of boos and whistles from the gold-and-blue clad Swedish fans among the 12,530 in attendance. William Nylander finally gave them something to cheer by slamming home the puck 6:32 into the third period, and Elias Lindholm smashed a low drive into the net less than a minute later to make it 4-2 with just under 13 minutes left to play. That was as close as the the Swedes got, and any hopes of a comeback were snuffed out when Team USA's Jackson Lacombe scored with a superb solo breakaway goal to make it 5-2, with Shane Pinto putting the icing on the cake shortly afterwards, firing into an empty net with 4:07 remaining. "We just kind of wanted to win the game, I don't think we worried too much about whether they were the hosts or not - they were obviously going to be a good team and we just had to put in a good effort, and we did," Pinto told Reuters. The 24-year-old centre revealed that he would not watch the second semi-final between Switzerland and the Danes, who pulled off one the greatest shocks in hockey history by beating Canada 2-1 on Thursday. "I probably won't be, I'll just be checking the score and I'm sure we'll do video tomorrow on whatever team we play, so, yeah, just try to get some rest and just recover here," Pinto said. The puck drops in Sunday's final at the same arena at 2020 CET (1820 GMT), with Sweden taking part in the bronze-medal game against the other losing semi-finalist earlier in the day.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
US beats Sweden 6-2 to reach the final at ice hockey worlds
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The United States beat Sweden 6-2 to advance to the final of the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. In Sunday's final, the U.S. will play either Switzerland or Denmark, who meet in the other semifinal later in the day. The U.S. jumped to a 2-0 lead with a dominant display in the opening period, outshooting the Swedes 13-3. Brady Skjei put the Americans ahead 6:52 into the game with a shot from the blue line that went through heavy traffic in front of goaltender Jacob Markstrom. Cutter Gauthier doubled the advantage with 2:47 remaining, picking up the puck after a shot by Shane Pinto was blocked and directed it into the net between Makstrom's pads. Gauthier was born in Skelleftea, Sweden in 2004 when his father, a goaltender, played for a local team. Conor Garland added third 8:53 to go in the second, knocking in a rebound and Mikey Eyssimont made it 4-0 on a 4-on-2 rush from the right circle. Samuel Ersson replaced Markstrom in the Swedish net at the start if the final period. William Nylander scored the first for Sweden 6:32 into the the third period, and Elias Lindholm scored another 41 seconds later to give Sweden some hope at 4-2. But defenseman Jackson Lacombe beat Ersson for the fifth with 8:51 to go and Shane Pinto finished it off into an empty net to complete a three-point game after assisting on the opening two goals. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press
