Edited By BRIDGET BROWN and LINDA PETREU
Associated Press
The United States beat Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the men’s hockey gold on the final day of the Milan Cortina Olympics. Jack Hughes scored the winning goal just 1 minute, 41 seconds into overtime.
It is the third Olympic title in men’s hockey for the U.S. — and first since the “Miracle on Ice” at Lake Placid in 1980.
The day will end with the closing ceremony, which will celebrate Italian music and dance, both classic and contemporary, headlining internationally acclaimed ballet dancer Roberto Bolle along with popular Italian singer Achille Lauro and DJ Gaby Ponte.
‘U-S-A!’
As the U.S. team gathered on the ice to celebrate their country’s first gold in men’s hockey since 1980, the crowd joined in on the fun with loud chants of “U-S-A!”
The American men beat Canada 2-1 in overtime — just like the American women beat Canada 2-1 in overtime on Thursday for the other hockey gold.
US wins men’s hockey gold on goal by Jack Hughes
The U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in overtime.
Jack Hughes scored the winning goal just 1 minute, 41 seconds into the first extra period.
It is the third Olympic title in men’s hockey for the U.S. — and first since the “Miracle on Ice” at Lake Placid in 1980.
OT again!
It’s a gold medal hockey matchup between the U.S. and Canada. So OF COURSE it’s going to OT.
This men’s matchup is heading to an extra period tied at 1.
Just like Thursday, when the same two countries were even at that score after regulation and went to overtime to decide the gold medal in women’s hockey.
The United States wound up winning that one, beating Canada 2-1 on Megan Keller’s goal.
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Canada is outplaying the Americans — but not outscoring them
Canada has outshot the U.S. by a whopping 41-26 margin through three periods.
The numbers since the start of the second period: 33 shots for Canada, 18 for the U.S.
But American goalie Connor Hellebuyck has kept his team in the game, making 40 saves to keep the score 1-1 as they head to overtime.
He wasn’t able to get to one of Canada’s best chances late in the third period — but Hellebuyck, it turned out, didn’t need to.
That’s because Nathan MacKinnon’s shot right from the doorstep went wide to the right of the net.
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Next goal gets gold: Hockey final heads to OT
Canada and the U.S. are headed to sudden-death overtime in the men’s hockey final, tied 1-all.
The overtime format for the Olympic gold medal game is similar to what the NHL uses in its Stanley Cup playoffs.
The first goal wins it, no matter how long it might take for one team to score — there’s no shootout — but with 3 on 3, instead of 5 on 5