USA RETURNS TO HOCKEY GLORY

For the first time in more than 90 years, Team USA stands atop the world in ice hockey.

On Sun­day night at Avicii Are­na in Stock­holm, Swe­den, the Unit­ed States claimed the 2025 IIHF Ice Hock­ey World Cham­pi­onship with a dra­mat­ic 1–0 over­time win over Switzer­land. It was the first world title for the Unit­ed States since 1933.

The gold-medal game was defined by grit, dis­ci­pline, and an unbreak­able defen­sive front. After 60 min­utes of score­less hock­ey, Tage Thomp­son broke the dead­lock just 2:02 into over­time. He skat­ed from his own blue line and fired a shot from the right face­off cir­cle that sealed the long-await­ed cham­pi­onship.

Goal­tender Jere­my Sway­man deliv­ered a mas­ter­class between the pipes, record­ing a 25-save shutout in the final. The Amer­i­cans dom­i­nat­ed the shot count, out­shoot­ing Switzer­land 40–25 over­all and 29–14 in the final 40 min­utes plus over­time.

The path to gold was relent­less. The U.S. dropped only one game en route to the final — to Switzer­land, in fact — but rebound­ed with com­mand­ing wins over Fin­land (5–2) and Swe­den (6–2) in the knock­out stage.

Switzer­land also entered the final in top form after shut­ting out both Aus­tria and Den­mark. Leonar­do Genoni made 39 saves in a stel­lar effort for Switzer­land, but it was Team USA’s struc­ture and deter­mi­na­tion that proved deci­sive.

At Ath­letes for Free­dom, we cel­e­brate the per­se­ver­ance and excel­lence it takes to win on the glob­al stage. Con­grat­u­la­tions to Team USA on a well-earned and his­toric world cham­pi­onship.