Tage Thompson OT hero for U.S. at hockey worlds after it blew 4-goal lead against Norway

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 14, 2025 2:57 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Tage Thompson completed his chapeau instrumentality with a power-play extremity successful overtime to springiness the United States a 6-5 triumph implicit Norway aft the Americans squandered a four-goal pb astatine the hockey satellite title connected Wednesday successful Herning, Denmark.

Norway forced overtime erstwhile defenceman Stian Solberg scored with 1:27 near successful regulation, arsenic the Anaheim Ducks imaginable completed a chapeau instrumentality of his own.

Thompson, a Buffalo Sabres centre, scored the victor 4:09 into overtime for the U.S., which has 8 points successful Group B portion Norway earns its archetypal point.

For the Americans, skipper Clayton Keller had a extremity and 2 assists, and Cutter Gauthier and Michael McCarron added a extremity each for the U.S. to rebound from a nonaccomplishment to Switzerland.

Gauthier enactment the U.S. 1-0 up 4:50 into the crippled earlier Keller deed the apical country of the nett to treble the pb 7:18 into the frame.

Gauthier is tied with Canada guardant Bo Horvat atop the extremity scoring array with 4 goals.

Solberg reduced the shortage to 2-1 connected the powerfulness play earlier Thompson and McCarron completed the four-goal play for the U.S.

Thompson added his 2nd 2:55 into the mediate play for a 5-1 lead.

Solberg stellar connected powerfulness play

Norway was not done, though.

Solberg had his 2nd extremity connected a powerfulness play for Norway to way 5-2 and Martin Ronnild added different 1 connected a breakaway inactive successful the frame.

Midway done the third, Noah Steen made it a one-goal crippled earlier Norway pulled its goalie for an other attacker, and Solberg scored to marque it 5-5.

Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Zach Werenski had an assistance for the U.S. successful his archetypal crippled astatine the worlds. He arrived Monday but his instrumentality was delayed, and helium couldn't play successful the 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Switzerland aboriginal that day.

Werenski is 1 of 3 finalists for the Norris Trophy for the NHL's apical defenceman.

In Stockholm, Slovakia bushed France 2-1.

WATCH | Crosby, Horvat powerfulness Canada past France connected Tuesday: