As the Team USA men’s hockey squad prepares to try to beat Canada for the gold medal in Sunday’s Olympics final, the Americans are drawing inspiration from a team that has already done it.
Many of the American players gathered to watch Team USA beat Canada for the women’s gold medal on Thursday.
Bruins star Charlie McAvoy has been invested in the USA women’s team long before the games started. A handful of the players on the roster went to school with his sister Heather.
In his Olympic diary for The Athletic, McAvoy described the scene watching the gold medal game:
“It was really fun to watch our women’s team playing such an incredible game against a great Canada team, win in the fashion they did and then have gold medals put around their neck with the national anthem playing.
We were at dinner, a bunch of guys on the team, and we had it on the phones, and then we got back to the Olympic Village and we all went to our team space on the third floor. When Megan Keller scored that sensational goal, there were a lot of jumps, a lot of happy yells and a lot of goosebumps the way it ended. It was just awesome. It was a really great hockey game. They had an amazing tournament. And that was the finish they deserved. But they had to earn it, which was incredible. I’m just so happy for them.
Bruins star, American coach inspired by Team USA women’s Olympic gold medal
