Team USA beat Switzerland 1-0 in OT, wins first IIHF hockey world championship since 1933.
— Tage Thompson fired a sudden-death winner for Team USA as it claimed a thrilling 1-0 victory over Switzerland in the final of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship on Sunday, its first gold medal at the tournament since 1933.
The United States' victory brought to an end a long wait for a gold medal for the Americans, who despite sharing the biggest professional league in the game with Canada, have struggled at the international level.
Hockey history is clouded by the awarding of world champion status to the winners of the Olympic competition for many years, but the United States' only stand-alone victory had come in 1933.
Given that the Americans have not won Olympic gold since 1980, not one of the current team was even born the last time their nation stood on the top step of the podium, and Sunday's winning squad was overcome with joy and relief as they celebrated their win.
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