Jocelyne Lamoureux deked her way into American hockey history Thursday, and the United States has its second Olympic gold medal.
Lamoureux showed off disgusting hands on the sixth round of the shootout, headfaked forehand, deked backhand and back forehand, went around Shannon Szabados’ left pad, and scored the deciding goal in the Americans’ 3-2 win over Canada in the women’s gold medal game.
Maddie Rooney denied Meghan Agosta to finish it off, breaking the Canadians’ hold on gold and winning the first U.S. gold since the 1998 Olympics*, the first to feature the sport.
Melodie Daoust had given Canada a lead in the shootout to start the fourth round with the Kent Nilsson/Peter Forsberg postage-stamp move that gave Sweden men’s gold in 1994. But Amanda Kessel answered right back, wiring a shot high-glove.
Rooney robbed Rebecca Johnston at the side of the net on a Canadian power play late in overtime to keep it tied and send it, after a final clear, to the shootout.
The Canadians scored two goals early in the second period, Haley Irwin and Marie-Philip Poulin, to take a 2-1 lead. Seconds after a Rooney save on a Canadian two-on-one, Monique Lamoureux scored on a breakaway to tie it with 6:21 left in regulation.
Hilary Knight deflected in Sidney Morin’s shot late in the first, on the Americans’ third power play, to grab a 1-0 lead.
*-Loved that Kenny Albert basically attached “1998 gold medalist” to A.J. Mleczko’s name like it was a legal part of it.
Women’s hockey
Late Wednesday
Gold medal game: United States 3, Canada 2 (SO)
Locals by the numbers:
| WOMEN’S: Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebe Staenz, SUI (Yale) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Erica Uden Johansson, SWE (Quinnipiac) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Haley Skarupa, USA (CT Whale) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final order of finish: 1) United States 2) Canada 3) Finland 4) Russia 5) Switzerland 6) Japan 7) Sweden 8) Korea
Men’s hockey
(All dates and times Eastern: Pyeongchang is 14 hours later)
Friday
Semifinal: Czech Republic vs. Russia, 2:40 a.m. (NBCSN)
Semifinal: Canada vs. Germany, 7:10 a.m. (NBCSN)
Saturday
Bronze medal game, 7:10 a.m. (NBCSN)
Gold medal game, 11:10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Some resources:
–NBC is streaming everything here. You may need to sign in with your cable info.
—Men’s tournament format and Women’s tournament format on the IIHF’s site