The U.S. women’s ice hockey team won its first Winter Olympics gold medal in 20 years on Thursday, beating the Canada squad. The U.S. won a shootout 3-2 on the sixth round, with Jocelyn Lameroux scoring the winner. The final went to sudden-death overtime after the teams tied 2-2 in regulation time, but neither team succeeded in scoring a golden goal to end the match in the extra 20 minutes. The battle for gold in PyeongChang was a repeat of the final at the last Sochi Winter Olympics, when Canada took the title. Until the 2018 final, the Canadian women’s team had won four straight golds and 24 straight matches at the Olympic Games.
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