Team USA pays tribute to Johnny Gaudreau after first IIHF World Championship win since 1933

Team USA made history at the IIHF World Championship on Sunday, winning the tournament for the first time in more than nine decades.

The Americans, who coasted past Sweden in the semifinals on Saturday, saw their contest with Switzerland come down to the bitter end. An overtime goal won it for Team USA, with Jeremy Swayman shutting out the Swiss in the victory.

After the win, some of the biggest American hockey stars paid tribute to the late Johnny Gaudreau, who died along with his brother in August.

Here's what you need to know about USA Hockey's world championship win. 

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USA Hockey wins IIHF World Championship

Sabres center Tage Thompson scored the overtime winner for Team USA on Sunday, breaking a scoreless tie and sending his teammates into a frenzy with Logan Cooley and Brady Skjei on the assist.

The win marked USA Hockey's first IIHF World Championship gold medal since 1933. Team USA is also credited with a gold medal in 1960, though that medal came at the Olympics. It had been 92 years since their last IIHF title, which also came via overtime goal. 

After Sunday's win, Team USA received the trophy with a No. 13 jersey for Johnny Gaudreau.

Team USA accepts the #MensWorlds trophy with a Johnny Gaudreau jersey in hand 🥹👏 pic.twitter.com/oVYKMmXoWJ

Gaudreau represented the U.S. in four IIHF World Championship tournaments, including the 2024 tournament just three months before he and his brother were struck and killed while riding bicycles. Gaudreau had 11 points in eight games for the Americans in what would be his final on-ice action.

Nine months after his death, Team USA won it for Gaudreau — and his former teammates made sure he was represented, holding up his jersey with the trophy and in the team picture celebrating the win.