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The U.S. women’s hockey team finally returned to the top of the Olympic podium with a dramatic, heart-stopping display of hockey against rival Canada. The USA won in a nail-biting shootout — 20 years after they last won gold in 1998 when women’s hockey made its debut as an Olympic sport.
The U.S. broke Canada’s streak of four straight Olympic gold medals in women’s hockey.
The U.S. players celebrated on the ice, draped in the American flag, as they gained a measure of redemption for their heartbreaking overtime loss four years ago.
“It’s going to be part of our legacy,” gushed Hilary Knight, who scored the first goal of the game. “The things we have gone through together on and off the ice, the characters, the group of women we have in this room, it’s quite incredible.”
The Lamoureux twins played key roles in the victory. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored the game-winner in a shootout with a dramatic, circus shot of a goal in the sixth round of shots to put the USA ahead. U.S. goalie Maddie Rooney, born the year before the U.S. last won the gold, made the pressure-filled final save, stopping Canada’s Meghan Acosta to give USA the win they have coveted.