Winter Olympics 2018: United States ends Canada’s ice hockey dominance as women win gold in thrilling shootout
There was no separating the ice hockey rivals with the scores locked at 2-2 after overtime and 2-2 in a penalty shootout, only for Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson to score the winning goal
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The United States won a dramatic sudden death penalty shoot-out in the women's final to strike gold and end Canada's Winter Olympics ice hockey reign in Pyeongchang.
USA took the lead in the first period through Hilary Knight.
But Canada, chasing a fifth consecutive Olympic gold, turned it around in the second period drawing level through Haley Irwin before Marie-Philip Poulin fired them ahead.
Monique Lamoureux-Morando levelled it up at 2-2 in the third period for the USA and the final went to 15 minutes of sudden death overtime where the teams could not be separated.
It was 2-2 after five penalty shots each, extending the drama to sudden death. The USA's Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson converted her effort and Meghan Agosta could not beat USA keeper Maddie Rooney, sparking wild American celebrations.
Canada had won the previous four Olympic gold medals, with their 2002, 2010 and 2014 final victories coming against the US.
PA
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