Gaudreau, who was killed in August along with brother by an alleged drunk driver, was honored by one of his former teams after he helped inspire their gold-medal run.

The jersey has been there the whole time, and now it’s directly in the spotlight. After Team USA earned the gold medal in the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship on Sunday, the group posed with the trophy and a Johnny Gaudreau jersey,

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Throughout the tournament, Team USA hung up a Johnny Gaudreau jersey in their locker room. Gaudreau won a gold medal with the national team back in 2013, and also earned a silver medal representing Team USA in the 2010 Hlinka Gretzky Cup tournament and a bronze medal in the 2018 IIHF World Championships.