The American women’s hockey team beat the Canadians by a 2-1 score in overtime on Thursday afternoon to win the 2026 Olympic gold medal.
Canada has now lost eight straight games against the U.S.
With the silver medal, Canada now has 15 medals at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
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Kristin O’Niell scored the game’s opening goal early in the second period on a short-handed breakaway for Canada, but American Hilary Knight scored the equalizer with less than three minutes in the third period. It was 29 year-old Megan Keller who scored the overtime winner for the U.S.
Canada won the gold medal against the U.S. at the 2022 Beijing Olympics by a 3-2 score.
Canada and the U.S. are the only countries to win Olympic gold medals since women’s hockey was first introduced in the Olympics in 1998. Each gold medal game has been separated by one goal since Torino 2006, where Canada beat Sweden by a 4-1 score.
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