It’s been quite a season for USA Hockey. In January, the U.S. won their second straight title at the World Junior Championship. In April, they grabbed the Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship in Czechia, and in May, they ended their 92-year-long dry spell at the men’s tournament in Stockholm.
It only took a few seconds from the moment that Tage Thompson’s wrist shot hit the back of the net for the US players to jump over the beards and rush out to the opposite corner to celebrate the historic win, their helmets, gloves and sticks scattered round the ice.
“[We were] going nuts! I think the whole bench just jumped and was so happy,” Matty Beniers said.
“That’s…