Team USA’s women’s hockey squad delivered a gut-check performance Thursday night, storming back late in regulation before burying their longtime rivals from the north in sudden-death overtime to capture Olympic gold with a dramatic 2–1 victory.
After trailing deep into the third period, Team USA forced overtime when captain Hilary Knight found the back of the net in the final minutes of regulation to tie the game at 1–1 and keep America’s gold medal hopes alive.
From there, it became a winner-take-all battle in 3-on-3 sudden-death overtime, where one goal would determine who stood atop the hockey world for the next four years.
And Team USA didn’t waste its opportunity.
With the Olympic arena roaring and the stakes at their absolute peak, the Americans capitalized in overtime to secure the golden goal, sealing a 2–1 win over Canada and reclaiming supremacy in women’s hockey in the latest chapter of the fiercest rivalry in international sport.
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The women’s hockey gold medal is coming back to the United States.
The Americans came back from a late deficit to win a 2-1 thriller in overtime over their archnemesis in Canada.