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Jack Hughes will be remembered as the American hero for scoring, perhaps, the most legendary goal in the country’s history.
But he wasn’t the only New Jersey hockey player celebrated on the ice in Milan after Team USA’s incredible, dramatic 2-1 win over Canada in the gold medal game at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.
After Hughes — a superstar for the New Jersey Devils — netted the game winner just minutes into the sudden-death overtime, the team celebrated on the ice. And in that celebration, they brought out the No. 13 jersey of Johnny Gaudreau, the pro hockey player killed by a drunk driver in Salem County in 2024, alongside his brother, Matthew.
Gaudreau’s jersey was displayed throughout the Olympics and his family was in attendance. Sunday was Gaudreau’s son, Johnny’s second birthday. The South Jersey native would almost certainly had been a member of Team USA .
“It means everything,” USA forward Dylan Larkin said, according the New York Post. “We all know he should be here with us. We all played with him at some point along the line. He should be with us.”
As the team posed for a team photo with their gold medals, Larkin and defenseman Zach Werenski went into the stands and brought Gaudreau’s children into the photo.
“What I can say, we love him,” Larkin added to The Post. “I like that we continue to think about him. I wouldn’t imagine it any other way.”
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