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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.
Reuters
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Thompson ends long U.S. wait for world championship gold
STOCKHOLM, May 25 (Reuters) - The United States' 1-0 overtime victory over Switzerland brought to an end a long wait for a gold medal for the Americans, who despite sharing the biggest professional league in the game with Canada, have struggled at international level. Hockey history is clouded by the awarding of world champion status to the winners of the Olympic competition for many years, but the U.S.'s only stand-alone victory had come in 1933 before Tage Thompson's sudden-death winner on Sunday ended their long wait for the trophy. "It feels awesome. I mean, it's been so long for the U.S. It feels great putting this jersey back on, it's been a long time for me, and to be able to come out with a gold medal, it's pretty fantastic," an elated Michael McCarron told Reuters. "And in overtime fashion, there's no better way to win a game," the forward added. Given that the Americans have not won Olympic gold since 1980, not one of the current team was even born the last time their nation stood on the top step of the podium, and Sunday's winning squad was overcome with joy and relief as they celebrated their win. "I mean, we had some jam (good play), they had some jam. There were some lulls in the game for us, and sometimes that we were able to take it over, and both goalies played really spectacular," McCarron explained. "And three on three, anything can happen. It's a little worrisome - going into three on three, you never know what can happen. Luckily, we have some great shooters on our team, and Tage was able to get it in there for us." Fellow forward Drew O'Connor was on the bench with McCarron when the game was decided. "Honestly, I feel like sometimes it's tougher when you're watching and you're not on the ice. When you get up and go out there, it's a little easier, you're just kind of playing. But, yeah, there's a lot of nerves," he told Reuters. Many of the American players didn't even see the winning puck hit the net. "I don't know when it did! I just heard the buzzer, and I just jumped out and I thought, hopefully it went in, so I'm glad it did," a beaming McCarron said with his historic gold medal hanging around his neck.
CNA
26-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Ice hockey-Thompson ends long US wait for world championship gold
STOCKHOLM :The United States' 1-0 overtime victory over Switzerland brought to an end a long wait for a gold medal for the Americans, who despite sharing the biggest professional league in the game with Canada, have struggled at international level. Hockey history is clouded by the awarding of world champion status to the winners of the Olympic competition for many years, but the U.S.'s only stand-alone victory had come in 1933 before Tage Thompson's sudden-death winner on Sunday ended their long wait for the trophy. "It feels awesome. I mean, it's been so long for the U.S. It feels great putting this jersey back on, it's been a long time for me, and to be able to come out with a gold medal, it's pretty fantastic," an elated Michael McCarron told Reuters. "And in overtime fashion, there's no better way to win a game," the forward added. Given that the Americans have not won Olympic gold since 1980, not one of the current team was even born the last time their nation stood on the top step of the podium, and Sunday's winning squad was overcome with joy and relief as they celebrated their win. "I mean, we had some jam (good play), they had some jam. There were some lulls in the game for us, and sometimes that we were able to take it over, and both goalies played really spectacular," McCarron explained. "And three on three, anything can happen. It's a little worrisome - going into three on three, you never know what can happen. Luckily, we have some great shooters on our team, and Tage was able to get it in there for us." Fellow forward Drew O'Connor was on the bench with McCarron when the game was decided. "Honestly, I feel like sometimes it's tougher when you're watching and you're not on the ice. When you get up and go out there, it's a little easier, you're just kind of playing. But, yeah, there's a lot of nerves," he told Reuters. Many of the American players didn't even see the winning puck hit the net. "I don't know when it did! I just heard the buzzer, and I just jumped out and I thought, hopefully it went in, so I'm glad it did," a beaming McCarron said with his historic gold medal hanging around his neck.
CNA
24-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Ice hockey-McCarron stakes claim for world championship gold as US down Sweden
STOCKHOLM :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."
Reuters
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
McCarron stakes claim for world championship gold as US down Sweden
STOCKHOLM, May 24 (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."
