USA ladies's hockey group wins gold over Canada in additional time

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The women's hockey gold medal is coming again to the US.

The Individuals got here again from a late deficit to win a 2-1 thriller in additional time over their archnemesis in Canada .

The Individuals began the second interval on an influence play from a penalty on the finish of the primary, however it was Canada who scored shorthanded for the primary objective of the sport. It was the primary objective the Individuals allowed within the knockout stage, ending a stretch of three hours, 52 minutes and 7 seconds of shutout hockey.

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Megan Keller of Staff United States celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-winning objective to win the gold medals within the additional time in the course of the Ladies's Gold Medal match between the US and Canada on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Area on Feb. 19, 2026, in Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Pictures)

The Canadians received on the ability play late within the third whereas nonetheless conserving the Individuals scoreless, however the U.S. was in a position to kill it off with simply over 4 minutes to go. With the puck in Canada's zone and about 2:30 to go, the Individuals pulled their goalie, and the chance proved worthy, as captain Hilary Knight deflected a wrister from the highest of the zone to tie the sport and finally drive additional time. After regulation, photographs had been 29-28 in favor of Canada.

4 minutes and 7 seconds into the additional time interval, Megan Keller pulled off a nifty transfer and squeaked the puck previous the Canadian goaltender to protect the gold. It’s the Individuals’ first gold medal since 2018.

Staff Canada misplaced two video games all through the Olympics, each to the US, who went undefeated.

Hilary Knight, #21 of Staff United States, celebrates with teammates after scoring a objective within the third interval in the course of the Ladies's Gold Medal match between the US and Canada on day 13 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Area on Feb. 19, 2026, in Milan, Italy. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Pictures)

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Seven of the eight gold-medal video games in Olympic historical past have been between Canada and the U.S., with the Individuals successful three of these.

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Canada and the US have additionally met within the gold-medal sport at 23 of 24 IIHF Ladies’s World Championships and 21 of 23 4 Nations Cups since worldwide play began in 1987. Excluding the pandemic, the final time the 2 international locations didn't face off in a gold-medal sport in any worldwide event was 2019, and earlier than that, 1993.

Canada settled for bronze within the 2019 World Championship, whereas the U.S. defeated Finland. It stays the one 12 months Canada didn't end with gold or silver, whereas the U.S. streak of taking part in for gold remains to be intact.

Megan Keller (5) of Staff United States celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-winning objective to win the gold medal in additional time in the course of the ladies’s gold medal match between the US and Canada on Day 13 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Video games at Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Area in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Pictures)