Canada and the USA have been the top two nations in women's hockey since it has been an Olympic sport for the first time in 1998 and the two nations have contested the majority of Olympic and World Championships finals. So it was no surprise when the two teams met in Pyengchang on 22 February 2018.
The match was worth of the occasion with best players playing at the top of their game. Canada went into the match with the psychological advantage as they had won the team's meeting in the preliminary round, 2-1. Not only that, but Canada had won everyone of the last four Olympic final meetings.
But it was the USA who scored first at the end of the first period. Then Canada took over in the second to take the game to 2-1 after 40 minutes. But USA equalised in the third taking the game into 4 on 4 Sudden Death. But even that could not separate the two rivals, nor one round of penalties.
The match was played on the 38th anniversary to the day of the American "Miracle On Ice" so it was the perfect Hollywood ending that 28 year old double olympic medalist, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson finally broke the deadlock to take the Gold Medal back to America for the first time in 20 years.
This match clip is by a fan in the stands at the end where Maddie Rooney saved the sixth Canadian penalty to secure the gold. I like it as it gives the feel of being at the match.
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