Winter Olympics 2018: United States ends Canada’s ice hockey dominance as women win gold in thrilling shootout

There was no separating the ice hockey rivals with the scores locked at 2-2 after overtime and 2-2 in a penalty shootout, only for Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson to score the winning goal

In association with

Thursday 22 February 2018 09:39 GMT

Comments

The US women's ice hockey team show off their gold medals (Getty)

Your support helps us to tell the story

Support Now

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

The United States won a dramatic sudden death penalty shoot-out in the women's final to strike gold and end Canada's Winter Olympics ice hockey reign in Pyeongchang.

USA took the lead in the first period through Hilary Knight.

But Canada, chasing a fifth consecutive Olympic gold, turned it around in the second period drawing level through Haley Irwin before Marie-Philip Poulin fired them ahead.

Monique Lamoureux-Morando levelled it up at 2-2 in the third period for the USA and the final went to 15 minutes of sudden death overtime where the teams could not be separated.

Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored the winning penalty for the US (Getty)

The US women's ice hockey team celebrate their victory over Canada (Getty)

It was 2-2 after five penalty shots each, extending the drama to sudden death. The USA's Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson converted her effort and Meghan Agosta could not beat USA keeper Maddie Rooney, sparking wild American celebrations.

Canada had won the previous four Olympic gold medals, with their 2002, 2010 and 2014 final victories coming against the US.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies