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02/19 14:42 CST US and Canada go to overtime in the women's hockey gold-medal
game after Hilary Knight scores late
US and Canada go to overtime in the women's hockey gold-medal game after Hilary
Knight scores late
By JOHN WAWROW
AP Hockey Writer
MILAN (AP) --- U.S. women's hockey captain Hilary Knight prolonged her final
game at the Olympics by sending the gold-medal game against Canada on Thursday
night to overtime tied 1-all.
Knight deflected Laila Edwards' shot past Ann-Renee Desbiens with 2:04 left in
regulation and the U.S. skating 6 on 5 with goaltender Aerin Frankel pulled for
an extra attacker. The goal was her 15th at the Olympics, the most in team
history.
Canada had led since Kristin O'Neill scored short-handed less than a minute
into the second period, ending the U.S. shutout streak at 352 minutes, 17
seconds. Desbiens and Frankel went save for save in a back-and-forth game that
was far more competitive than the rivals' first meeting in the preliminary
round, when the U.S. routed Canada 5-0.
The Americans romped through the tournament, outscoring opponents 31-1.
The U.S. and Canada have met in all but one Olympic final --- the 2006 Turin
Games won by Canada --- since women's hockey made its debut at the 1998 Nagano
Games.
Knight, 36, has already announced these will be her U.S.-record fifth and final
Games, with a shot at adding a second gold medal to go with her three silvers.
The game was played a day after Knight proposed to U.S. speedskater Brittany
Bowe.
The defending Olympic champion Canadians have shown signs of age during a
tournament in which they lost 5-0 to the Americans in the preliminary round,
and eked into the final with a 2-1 win over Switzerland.
The loss to the Americans was the most lopsided and also the first time the
Canadian women were shut out in Olympic play.
Canada has captain Marie-Philip Poulin back in the lineup after missing two
games --- including the loss to the U.S. --- with a right knee injury.
Switzerland beat Sweden in overtime in the the bronze medal game on another
clutch goal by Alina Muller.
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AP Olympic coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
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