Why Team USA’s Olympic gold resonated so much with Rangers prospect Brendan Brisson

Source: New York Post

Before stars such as Auston Matthews, the Tkachuk brothers and the Hughes brothers captured gold for Team USA last month as the first NHLers to participate in the Olympics in more than a decade, there were players such as Brendan Brisson donning the red, white and blue on the sport’s global stage. Brisson was one of 15 college hockey players to be named to the United States men’s hockey team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Along with his fellow NCAA skaters, two American Hockey League players and eight Europe-based professionals, a then-20-year-old Brisson skated to fifth place in the tournament with his USA teammates.