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Women's Hockey, Team Canada Gold Medal at Sochi: vs Team USA womens hockey gold medal game: Canada completes stunning gold-medal comeback 3-2 in overtime; U.S. loses two-goal lead in overtime heart-stopper





Canada wins gold in women’s hockey, beating USA in overtime

By  Global News



Canada vs USA: Women’s Olympic hockey gold medal game
Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring and winning the Women's Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game between Canada and USA at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
  1. Ice Hockey Women


    1. Preliminary
    2. Quarterfinal
    3. Classifications
    4. Semifinal
    5. Final

    Group A
    Games Played
    Wins
    Overtime Wins
    Overtime Losses
    Losses
    Points
    Canada
    3
    3
    0
    0
    0
    9
    United States
    3
    2
    0
    0
    1
    6
    Finland
    3
    0
    1
    0
    2
    2
    Switzerland
    3
    0
    0
    1
    2
    1
    Group B
    Games Played
    Wins
    Overtime Wins
    Overtime Losses
    Losses
    Points
    Russia
    3
    3
    0
    0
    0
    9
    Sweden
    3
    2
    0
    0
    1
    6
    Germany
    3
    1
    0
    0
    2
    3
    Japan
    3
    0
    0
    0
    3
    0
    Quarterfinal 1
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Switzerland
    1
    0
    1
    2
    Russia
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Quarterfinal 2
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Sweden
    0
    0
    4
    4
    Finland
    0
    1
    1
    2
    5th semifinal 1
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Finland
    2
    0
    0
    2
    Germany
    0
    1
    0
    1
    5th semifinal 2
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Russia
    1
    3
    2
    6
    Japan
    0
    2
    1
    3
    5th place game
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Finland
    2
    0
    2
    4
    Russia
    0
    0
    0
    0
    7th place game
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Germany
    1
    2
    0
    3
    Japan
    1
    0
    1
    2
    Semifinal 1
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Canada
    3
    0
    0
    3
    Switzerland
    0
    1
    0
    1
    Semifinal 2
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    United States
    3
    2
    1
    6
    Sweden
    0
    0
    1
    1
    Gold Final
    1
    2
    3
    OT
    Score
    Canada
    0
    0
    2
    1
    3
    United States
    0
    1
    1
    0
    2
    Bronze Final
    1
    2
    3
    Score
    Switzerland
    0
    0
    4
    4
    Sweden
    1
    1
    1
    3
Another chapter in a classic hockey rivalry is in the books. And it ended in the most dramatic fashion.
Team Canada faced off against the U.S. for the gold medal in the women’s Olympic hockey tournament.
Canada was looking for its fourth Olympic gold medal in a row, and they got it eight minutes into an intense overtime period.
Thursday’s game – characterized by penalties and goaltending – tipped in the favour of the U.S. throughout the first two periods, with the Americans leading Canada 2-0.
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Both teams upped the intensity in the third period, and with minutes left in regulation, Canada added two goals, tying the game up 2-2.
Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin scored the golden goal in overtime – giving Canada the gold medal.

First period

The first period was physical, with both teams heading to the penalty box multiple times.
Goalie Shannon Szabados kept Canada alive, making huge saves while the Americans were on consecutive power plays.
Canada took its third penalty of the period 14 minutes in. Tara Watchorn got two minutes for tripping, her second penalty of the game.
The U.S. took two penalties in the first period.
The Americans outshot Canada 11-9 in the first, neither team managed to make the scoreboard.

Second period

The U.S. opened the scoring nearly two minutes into the second period. Meghan Duggan got the goal (her first of the tournament), with Jocelyne Lamoureux assisting.
The Canadians had a huge opportunity to even the score as the U.S. took two penalties 30 seconds apart, giving Canada the two-player advantage. But Canada was unable to capitalize and the U.S. went back to full strength with the score still 1-0.
Canada outshot the U.S. 8-5 in the second period.

Third period

The U.S. widened its lead to 2-0 with a power play goal from Alex Carpenter, assisted by Hilary Knight and Kelli Stack.
Both teams upped the intensity in the third, Canada switching up their line combinations and the U.S. continuing to play a physical game, the U.S. defence shutting down the Canadian attackers, playing one of their best games of the tournament. As the clock ticked down, the speed of the Americans became more and more evident.
With three and a half minutes to go in the game, Canada’s Brianne Jenner got her first goal of the tournament, making it a one-goal game.
Szabados headed to the bench to give Canada the extra attacker, with a minute and a half left on the clock.
With less than a minute left on the clock Canada’s Poulin scored, sending the game to overtime.

Overtime

Because it’s a gold medal game, the teams went to a 20-minute, sudden death overtime.
Canada took a penalty in OT, Catherine Ward got two minutes for cross-checking. The U.S. took a slashing penalty seconds later, evening it up to three-on-three hockey (Olympic OT is played four-on-four).
On a breakaway play for Canada, American Hilary Knight took a cross-checking penalty, giving Canada a fourth attacker back on the ice.
Poulin got the golden goal for Canada on the power play, reviving memories of 2010 when she scored Canada’s only two goals in the final game against the U.S., a game they won 2-0.
Canada’s Olympic flag-bearer Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette now join Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov and German speedskater Claudia Pechstein as gold medallists in four consecutive Winter Games.


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Hilary Knight #21 of the United States fights for control of the puck against Meaghan Mikkelson #12 and Shannon Szabados #1 of Canada during the Ice Hockey Women’s Gold Medal Game on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images


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US Alex Carpenter (C) celebrates after scoring during the Women’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game between Canada and USA at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images


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Brianne Jenner #19 of Canada celebrates scoring a third-period goal against the United States with teammate Catherine Ward #18 during the Ice Hockey Women’s Gold Medal Game on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Martin Rose/Getty Images


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Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin (R) celebrates after scoring during the Women’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game between Canada and USA at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images


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Canada’s Hayley Wickenheiser (R) vies with US Hilary Knight during the Women’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game between Canada and USA at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.
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Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring and winning the Women’s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game between Canada and USA at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014.
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images


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Marie-Philip Poulin #29 of Canada celebrates with teammates after scoring the game-winning goal against the United States in overtime as Anne Schleper #15 and Michelle Picard #23 of the United States react during the Ice Hockey Women’s Gold Medal Game on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
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Caroline Oullette #13 and Melodie Daoust #15 of Canada celebrate after defeating the United States 3-2 in overtime during the Ice Hockey Women’s Gold Medal Game on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Doug Pensinger/Getty Images


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Meaghan Mikkelson #12 of Canada celebrates after defeating the United States 3-2 in overtime during the Ice Hockey Women’s Gold Medal Game on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
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Gold medalists Canada celebrate during the flower ceremony for the Ice Hockey Women’s Gold Medal Game on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
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Gold medal game lineup

Szabados started in net for Team Canada. She was on the gold-medal winning team in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, getting two shutouts in the tournament, including in the gold medal game against the U.S.
Szabados also got a shutout in Sochi against Finland, and let one across the blue line in Canada’s 3-1 win against Switzerland.
Jessie Vetter started in net for the U.S. (she was also in net during the final game of the 2010 Olympics). Vetter has played in three of four games for the Americans in Sochi, with a record of two wins and one loss (against Canada).

Leading up to the gold medal game

Thursday’s matchup comes as no surprise – Canada and the U.S. have dominated the women’s hockey tournament since its inclusion in the Winter Olympics in 1998.
Canada and the U.S. were once again the dominant teams throughout the Sochi games; Canada goes into the gold medal game with a perfect record and the only game the U.S. lost was to Canada in a thrilling preliminary game.
The Canadian women are going for their fourth straight Olympic gold medal, but the Sochi tournament has had its ups and downs.
Their best game of the tournament so far has been against the U.S. in the preliminary round, where they won 3-2.
But the team took a lot of penalties against the Swiss during their semifinal game, something head coach Kevin Dineen is concerned about.
While they can get away with taking penalties against weaker teams, it will be a different story against the fast and talented American squad.
Watch the video below: Canada, US women’s hockey teams go for gold again

In other hockey news

In a dramatic finish, Switzerland scored four goals in the third period, beating Sweden 4-3 after trailing by two goals through the first two periods.
Switzerland takes the bronze medal in the women’s Olympic hockey tournament; it’s the team’s first medal in Olympic hockey

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By ,QMI Agency
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Team Canada vs Team USA womens hockey gold medal game

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Canada's Haley Irwin takes a shot on USA's goalie Jessie Vetter during the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the Bolshoy Ice Dome at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Thursday Feb. 20, 2014. Ben Pelosse/Journal de Montreal/QMI Agency OLY2014

SOCHI, RUSSIA - To think it came that close to ending
A wobbling puck bounced off the post of an empty net with 83 seconds left in the game of a lifetime, Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados was on the bench for an extra attacker and an American team that for 58 minutes had played near-perfect hockey was up 2-1.
About 40 minutes in real time later, after improbable scoring, questionable refereeing and stunning shifts in momentum, Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin, who wrote herself into Canadian hockey history, was standing with a Canadian flag and a gold medal around her neck.
Poulin, who tied the game with 55 seconds left in regulation, delivered Canada’s fourth gold medal in a row with an overtime power-play goal at 8:10 of overtime for a 3-2 win after Canada scored two goals in the final three-and-a-half minutes of the third period.
Poulin snapped home a shot from the left wing circle behind U.S. goaltender Jessie Vetter with American Hilary Knight in the penalty box after a bizarre sequence that saw Canadian veteran Haley Wickenheiser break away and be brushed from behind by Knight. Wickenheiser fell down.
British referee Joy Tottman at first appeared to be signalling a penalty shot by pointing to centre ice, then gave Knight a crosschecking penalty.
Poulin then scored her second of the night and triggered a wild swarm of red and white as the Canadians celebrated in the corner to Vetter’s right in the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
It ended some rocky work by Tottman, who had given the Americans a power play at 6:09 of overtime when Canadian defenceman Catherine Ward ran over an American beside the net. She then evened it up with a cheap slashing call on American Jocelyne Lamoureux, who tapped Szabados’ pads after she made a save.
Minutes after winning, the Canadians waved flags thrown to them by Canadians in the stands and listened to an impromtu version of O Canada sung by the crowd.
The Canadians scored two goals in the final 3:26 of the third to tie a game that looked like the Americans had wrapped up in an iron fist.
Canada’s Brianne Jenner got Canada on the board with Szabados on the bench for the extra attacker when her shot went in off the knee of American defenceman Kacey Bellamy and Poulin tied it with 55 seconds to go, burying a forehand shot past Vetter.
The Americans had almost scored on the empty net with 1:23 to go for a 3-1 lead, but a shot from inside the U.S. blue-line by Kelli Stack clanked off that post.
It was that close.
Canada was looking for a successful conclusion to three months of turmoil and controversy, which included the resignation of coach Dan Church in December and the hiring of Kevin Dineen and a change in captains from Wickenheiser to Caroline Ouellette.
They fell behind 2-0 on goals by Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter and didn’t look like they would get a sniff.
On Duggan’s goal, the Americans swarmed into the Canadian zone after a turnover along the boards by veteran Canadian defenceman Ward. With U.S. veteran Julie Chu going to the net and battling with Canadian defenceman Tara Watchorn, Szabados never saw Duggan’s fine shot to the top corner on the glove side.
Duggan dropped to her right knee, right elbow tight to her side, fist clenched.
Carpenter made it 2-0 on the power play — Watchorn was in the box serving her third minor penalty of the night — two minutes into the third period when she converted a sublime setup by American forward Hilary Knight.
Working on the left wing, Knight threaded a pass between the skates of Canada’s Laura Fortina and to the blade of Carpenter’s stick at the left post. Carpenter knocked it in off the post.
Canada had trouble getting to the front of the net and had no second-chance opportunities to speak of, making Vetter’s life pretty easy.
Canada’s power play failed to generate any momentum, especially when handed a 5-on-3 advantage just after Duggan had opened the scoring.
Through two periods, Canada had opportunities given to them by Tottman, but couldn’t do anything with them. Canada had a 5-on-3 for 32 seconds in the second period when the U.S. was given a penalty for too many players on the ice and then American defenceman Anne Schleper was sent off.
But the U.S. wound up getting control of the puck off a scrambled draw and shot the puck down the ice, taking almost 20 seconds off the two-man disadvantage.
They didn’t wind up with a single shot through that stretch of power play time and when they look back on what went wrong, that will sting.
chris.stevenson@sunmedia.ca
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