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\u00a0 \u00a0For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. women\u2019s hockey team has won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics, defeating Canada in a shootout 3-2 on Feb. 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored the game winning goal in the first shootout in an Olympic women\u2019s final with an incredible move, followed by goalie Maddie Rooney stopping the last two Canadian shooters to win.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cI can\u2019t put it into words,\u201d said defenseman Kacey Bellamy. \u201cThis whole year is for everyone that came before us. This is for Julie Chu [former USA team captain] and for all our families at home, the schools that we went to, everyone supporting us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The move was taught to Lamoureux-Davidson and her sister, Monique Lamoureux-Morando, while in college at the University of North Dakota by current Ohio State coach Peter Elander. Elander started using this technique with his teams in his native Sweden in the early 2000s, and nicknamed it \u201cOops, I Did It Again,\u201d after the Britney Spears song.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cOh my gosh,\u201d NBC analyst Pierre McGuire said after the goal was scored. \u201cThat\u2019s electrifying. That\u2019s as good as you\u2019re going to see anywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The twin sisters both had a goal that night, with Lamoureux-Morando scoring the game tying goal in the 3rd period. Lamoureux-Morando had nothing but praise for her sister.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\"Hockey3\u201cNot everyone can take the pressure like that, and she took it like a champ,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0This game ended Canada\u2019s four-year gold medal streak and is the first gold medal for the US team since 1998. That was the first year that women\u2019s hockey was featured in the Olympics. The win also ended a five-game losing streak against Canada, including a 2-1 loss to them earlier in this year\u2019s tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIt is everything for our country,\u201d U.S. coach Robb Stauber said. \u201cI am just so thankful for the outcome. It was a thrilling final. It was unreal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Also scoring goals for America in the shootout were Gigi Marvin and Amanda Kessel. Meghan Agosta and Melodie Daoust scored goals for the Canadians, but Agosta was stopped in her last shot to seal the victory for the Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s just hard,\u201d Canadian defenseman Jocelyne Larocque said of the loss. \u201cYou work so hard. We wanted gold but didn\u2019t get it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The Americans scored first, netting a goal with 26 seconds left in the first period. The shot was from Sidney Morin, but Hilary Knight got credit for the goal after deflecting it into the net. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The Canadians responded quickly, scoring twice in the second period. The two goals would prove to be just short of enough to win, with Lamoureux-Morando scoring the tying goal in the third period and foreshadowing her twin sister winning the game in the shootout after a scoreless overtime period.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Helmers<\/strong>
\nSports Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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