As Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman celebrated with the rest of their Team USA teammates on the ice in Milan after winning Olympic gold for the first time in 46 years, their Bruins teammates also hit the frozen sheet some 3,800 miles away.
Marco Sturm and several other Bruins skaters and coaches do not hail from the U.S. But, as the Bruins took to the ice at Warrior Ice Arena on Sunday afternoon, they found a way to salute McAvoy and Swayman for winning some Olympic hardware.
“Did you hear when we went on the ice?