Members of the Team USA men’s ice hockey team are honoring their late teammate Johnny Gaudreau in a special way at this year’s Winter Olympics.

The squad, which won its first three games in Milan, is hanging Gaudreau’s jersey in the locker room in a tribute to the late NHL star who, along with his brother, Matthew, were killed by an alleged drunk driver in a 2024 crash that rocked the hockey world.

The brothers were riding their bikes ahead of their sister’s wedding the next day when they were struck and killed by the driver, who has been charged with aggravated manslaughter and reckless vehicular homicide.

On Sunday, NBC’s coverage of Team USA’s preliminary round game against Germany featured a segment showing Gaudreau’s nameplate on display in the locker room alongside his jersey.

Prior to his death, Gaudreau played in 40 games for Team USA and has the record for most points ever scored by a U.S. men’s player at the World Championships.

Zach Werenski — who played with Gaudreau on the Columbus Blue Jackets — told NBC that his late friend and teammate would have made the Winter Olympics team.

He considers Gaudreau to be one of the greatest American-born hockey players, and said the team wants to make the late NHL star and his brother proud at the Games this year.

Team USA head coach Mike Sullivan said the team’s tribute to Gaudreau — a seven-time NHL all-star and winner of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the best “sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct” in the league — “speaks volumes” to their character.

Gaudreau’s family, in a statement issued before the Milan Cortina Games, said representing the stars and stripes at the Winter Olympics was one of the late hockey star’s “greatest dreams,” and he was pushing to be in the “best shape of his life” in the summer leading up to the deadly crash.

“Though the Olympics will be bittersweet for our family, we find comfort knowing that in the hearts of his teammates, friends, and everyone who loved watching him play, John will be right there,” the statement read.

“Go Team USA. We know John and Matty are watching with pride.”