Olympic women’s hockey results: Team USA beats Canada for gold with staggering overtime winner

The Winter Olympics gold medal game between Team USA and Canada in women’s hockey was a heavyweight fight for the ages that took overtime to settle. Team USA’s Megan Keller played the ultimate role of hero, getting the puck on a breakaway and slotting home the shot to give USA the gold medal.

Canada was the dominant team for much of the game, regardless of how it appeared close because of shot totals. Team USA wasn’t able to generate a lot of quality looks with a suffocating Canada defense clogging up passing lanes, blocking shots, and preventing the U.S. from crashing the net to generate second-chance opportunities.

It was a game

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