Tage Thompson scores in OT to give the U.S. its 1st men's hockey world title in 92 years

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 25, 2025 1:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

The agelong hold is over.

Tage Thompson scored the aureate extremity arsenic the United States prevailed implicit Switzerland 1-0 successful overtime to triumph its archetypal crystal hockey satellite title successful decades connected Sunday.

Thompson wristed a changeable past goaltender Leonardo Genoni from the apical of the close ellipse for the victor 2:02 into overtime of the last with the 40th changeable connected goal. It was his sixth extremity astatine the tournament.

Logan Cooley and Brady Skjei provided the assists and goaltender Jeremy Swayman unopen retired the Swiss with 25 saves.

USA Hockey says it is lone the 2nd trophy won astatine the tourney by the Americans aft beating Canada successful 1933, and it welcomed the triumph by saying "Golden For First Time successful 92 Years."

"What an perfectly astonishing feeling," U.S. caput manager Ryan Warsofsky said. "Everyone successful our radical contributed to winning the golden medal. We bushed an fantabulous squad successful Switzerland contiguous and afloat recognition to them for the tourney they had ... We'll retrieve this for a long, agelong time."

While the Americans had not won a satellite title tourney successful which they competed since 1933, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) says the U.S. was besides formally awarded the rubric successful 1960, erstwhile they won the Olympic tourney and the worlds did not instrumentality place. USA Hockey does not number that 1960 title.

Switzerland, past year's runner-up, has ne'er won the tournament.

The tightly contested crippled was scoreless successful regularisation with some goaltenders holding firm. Conor Garland wasted a punishment changeable 5:38 into the mediate period.

The U.S. began to equine unit successful the mediate period, outshooting the Swiss 17-9, and went connected with 11 shots connected extremity against 4 successful the third.

Swayman had a cleanable grounds 7-0 astatine the worlds.

"We did it, the hold is over," Swayman said successful a station connected societal media. "Thanks for sticking on with us. It's going to beryllium a large summer."

Gaudreau leads the U.S. all-time scoring array astatine the worlds with 43 points.

Switzerland unopen retired the U.S. 3-0 successful the radical signifier of the tournament, the Americans' lone defeat.

After winning bronze successful 2018 and 2021, Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres earned his 3rd medal and tied Allen Van (2 silver, 1 bronze) for the astir decorated U.S. subordinate astatine the worlds.

All players connected the U.S. squad but the 3 goaltenders registered astatine slightest a constituent astatine the tournament, with the 21-year-olds Frank Nazar and Logan Cooley starring with 12 points.

Switzerland mislaid the 4th last since the playoff strategy was introduced successful 1992. It was beaten by Sweden successful 2013 and 2018 and by the Czechs past year.

Sweden beats Denmark to unafraid bronze

Mikael Backlund and Marcus Johansson scored 2 goals each arsenic Sweden bushed Denmark 6-2 to instrumentality the bronze medal Sunday astatine the men's hockey satellite title successful Stockholm.

It was the 2nd consecutive third-place decorativeness for Sweden portion 4th spot was the best-ever effect for Denmark.

With a star-studded squad of NHL players, Sweden was hoping to extremity a drought dating backmost to 2018 astatine a tourney jointly staged successful the Swedish superior and the Danish metropolis of Herning.

Lucas Raymond and Mika Zibanejad besides scored for the hosts portion Denmark got the goals from Nick Olesen and Nikolaj Ehlers.

Despite the loss, it was a tourney to retrieve for Denmark.

The Danes opened the contention with 3 consecutive losses and squeezed into the quarterfinals by prevailing implicit Germany 2-1 successful a shootout successful the last radical signifier game.

Then the squad made past by reaching the semifinals for the archetypal clip by stunning a Canada squad led by Sidney Crosby 2-1 successful the quarterfinals.

It was Denmark's 2nd triumph implicit Canada aft besides winning 3-2 astatine the 2022 worlds.

Switzerland proved excessively beardown for the Danes successful the semis, routing them 7-0.

Denmark added to the successes of less-accomplished hockey nations successful the 2023 variation of the tourney erstwhile Germany took metallic for its archetypal medal since 1953 and Latvia won bronze for its archetypal top-three finish.

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