The USA junior hockey staff defeated Sweden 6-2 and took house the gold medal within the nationwide championship on Friday in Gothenburg, Sweden.
That is the staff’s sixth gold medal within the event.
Group USA Hockey reports,
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — The U.S. National Junior Team, behind two objectives from Isaac Howard (Hudson, Wis./Michigan State College/Tampa Bay Lightning) and objectives from 4 extra gamers, defeated Sweden, 6-2, right here tonight within the gold-medal sport of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship. It marks the sixth gold medal for the US within the event all time.
“The fellows performed glorious as we speak,” stated David Carle(Anchorage, Alaska/College of Denver), head coach of the U.S. Nationwide Junior Group. “It’s a pleasure for them. They targeted on attending to this sport and enjoying their greatest for the final sport of the event and I assumed they did that. It’s an ideal honor to be part of a profitable staff.”
The U.S. completed the event with a 6-1-0-0 file and Group USA earned its fifteenth event medal.
NOTES: Isaac Howard was named the U.S. Participant of the Recreation … Cutter Gauthier was named the Finest Ahead of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship … Cutter Gauthier and Lane Hutson every earned a spot on the Media All-Star Group … Group USA and Sweden had been even with 26 pictures every … Group USA was 0-2 on the ability play, whereas Sweden was 1-2 … The U.S. received its sixth gold medal within the IIHF World Junior Championship, with the earlier 5 coming in 2021, 2017, 2013, 2010 and 2004 … Isaac Howard completed tied for essentially the most objectives on the 2024 IIHF World Championship (7) and Gauthier completed tied for essentially the most factors with 12 (2g-10a).
The Athletic has extra on the championship sport and historical past between the 2 groups:
Late within the third interval, because the lead ballooned to 3 after which 4 objectives, Rutger McGroarty and Ryan Leonard every blew the sold-out Scandinavium crowd a kiss goodbye.
With 31 seconds left, the unhealthy blood boiled over at centre ice, 5-foot-9 Canadiens prospect Lane Hutson throwing punches at 6-foot-4 Purple Wings prospect Anton Johansson.
It was the fruits of a years-in-the-making second, and an exhale for an American group of youngsters who’d spoken it into existence.
For 2 years, USA’s 2004 age group had talked about exacting revenge on goaltender Hugo Havelid and the Swedes who bested them for gold on the 2022 under-18 world championships in Germany.
Following their victory, the staff placed on a patriotic efficiency of our Nationwide Anthem with smiles on their faces, displaying American Greatness at its most interesting.
Watch beneath:
USA junior hockey staff proudly sings the Nationwide Anthem after defeating Sweden to win Gold on the planet championship pic.twitter.com/ZCPpMuwdj5
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