NHL players celebrate USA Juniors win on Twitter

Some of the best pros take to social media to congratulate the gold medal winners

By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

January 06, 2017

The United States' shootout win over Canada in the
2017 IIHF World Junior Championship
sparked some national pride, and countless social media reactions from NHL players and teams on Twitter.

The exciting game, which saw the U.S. kill off a penalty in sudden death overtime and win on Troy Terry's shootout goal and a subsequent save by goalie Tyler Parsons, was filled with heart-pounding excitment.
Here's what some of the NHL's best were saying after the game:

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— Auston Matthews (@AM34) January 6, 2017

Terry
— TJ Oshie (@TJOshie77) January 6, 2017

Tweet from @johngaudreau03: What a game!! Congrats @usahockey
Tweet from @ChrisKreider: ��

Wow!!! What a game!! 🇺🇸
— James van Riemsdyk (@JVReemer21) January 6, 2017

U-S-A! All the way! 🇺🇸
— Ian Cole (@ICole28) January 6, 2017

Tweet from @6ErikJohnson: ��

#Terry 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— John Carlson (@JohnCarlson74) January 6, 2017

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #WJC2017 pic.twitter.com/0zAP4Rvqtl
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) January 6, 2017

Congrats! 🇺🇸 🔴⚪️🔵 https://t.co/Z2u7vsqBGI
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) January 6, 2017

Congratulations to both @usahockey and @HockeyCanada for representing hockey so well, and #TeamUSA for winning #WorldJuniors gold! https://t.co/IoiDV4Onvt
— 🏆 - Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) January 6, 2017

NHL players celebrate USA Juniors win on Twitter

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