
USA Hockey Pays Tribute to Johnny Gaudreau During Gold-Medal Win Over Canada
The U.S. men’s hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 to win gold at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics and honored the late Johnny Gaudreau by skating with his No. 13 jersey on the ice, keeping it in the locker room, and inviting his family to celebrate; Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, who died in a 2024 bike crash in New Jersey, grew up in South Jersey and played at Boston College, with the moment arriving 46 years after the Miracle on Ice.




