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New York Post
26-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
US honors Johnny Gaudreau after first world championship title in 92 years
With the celebration on, Team USA remembered Johnny Gaudreau. The United States topped Switzerland in the world championship Sunday in a 1-0 overtime victory off a goal by Sabres forward Tage Thompson to capture the tournament title. It's the first time the US has won the tournament in 92 years. Advertisement Thompson's game-winning goal came two minutes into the overtime period when he put a shot past the blocker of Leonardo Genoni. 4 Team USA poses for a photo with a jersey honoring the late Johnny Gaudreau #13 after their gold medal match win against Switzerland in the 2025 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Switzerland and USA at Avicii Arena on May 25, 2025. Getty Images Logan Cooley and Brady Skjei were credited with the assists on the game-winning goal. Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots in the win over Switzerland. Advertisement 'We did it, the wait is over,' Swayman said in a post by USA Hockey. 'Thanks for sticking along with us. It's going to be a great summer.' 4 United States players celebrate winning the final via REUTERS After the victory, the Americans honored the late Gaudreau, who died in a bicycle accident that also killed his brother, Matthew, last year. Advertisement Clayton Keller, Zach Werenski, Conor Garland, Thompson and Skjei skated over to accept the tournament trophy and draped a No. 13 Gaudreau jersey over it before taking it back to their teammates. 4 Team US celebrates with the trophy after winning gold during overtime of the IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship final match between Switzerland and USA in Stockholm, on May 25, 2025. AFP via Getty Images 4 Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau plays during an NHL hockey game, Jan. 4, 2024. AP Advertisement Gaudreau had been a big part of USA Hockey, helping the United States win gold at the IIHF World Junior Championship and bronze at the Worlds. The United States had not appeared in the world championships final since 1934, but it had won the bronze medal four times in the past 12 years.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Detroit Red Wings' Marco Kasper excelling at World Championship
Given how well he played for the Detroit Red Wings in the second half, it comes as no surprise Marco Kasper is doing the same at the World Championship. The 21-year-old forward scored a goal and added an assist Monday to help push his native Austria past Slovakia, 3-2 in a shootout at Avicii Arena in Stockholm. Advertisement The output gave Kasper three points in three games in the round-robin part of the tournament, which runs through May 25 in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark. The victory earned Austria two points, after coming up short in matches against hockey powerhouses Finland and Sweden in earlier Group A action. Austria forward Marco Kasper celebrates with his teammates during the IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship match between Austria and Slovakia at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, on May 12, 2025. Speaking on April 19, a couple days after the Wings' season ended, Kasper delved into the success he's had in his rookie NHL season. "I'm always doing by best to get better," he said. "I feel like I had a pretty good year but it's going to be really hard to come back. I always talk about, I'm trying to get better every day and that's something I will focus on this summer." Advertisement Short of the NHL playoffs – which the Wings missed for a ninth straight season – the World Championship is as good a competition as there is right now. The elite teams are loaded with NHL players – including, for Sweden, Wings Lucas Raymond and Simon Edvinsson; and for Germany, Moritz Seider – and once past the preliminary round, it's single-game elimination format. RED WINGS MAILBAG: Will Sebastian Cossa take over in net before he's 100? In other action Monday, Raymond had two assists as Sweden topped Nordic rival Finland, 2-1. The U.S. was shutout, 3-0, by Switzerland. Kasper got the Austrians the lead at 7:33 of the first period when he had a hand in Schneider's goal. A few minutes later, Schneider returned the setup, finding Kasper at the blue line. Kasper eluded three Slovaks en route to making it 2-0 at 11:22 of the first period. Advertisement Kasper, the Wings' pick at No. 8 in 2022, had a splendid second half after starting out as a bit player. Under coach Todd McLellan, Kasper earned more ice time, and finished with 19 goals and 18 assists in 77 games. During the last month, he moved from wing to center, serving as the middleman on the second line between Patrick Kane and Alex DeBrincat. Contact Helene St. James at hstjames@ Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames. Read more on the Detroit Red Wings and sign up for our Red Wings newsletter. Her latest book, 'The Franchise: Detroit Red Wings, A Curated History of the Red Wings,' was released October 2024. Her books, 'On the Clock: Behind the Scenes with the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL Draft,' and 'The Big 50: The Men and Moments that made the Detroit Red Wings' are available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Triumph Books. Personalized copies available via her e-mail. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Red Wings' Marco Kasper excelling at World Championship
