Gold for US Women's Hockey after 20-Year Drought

The U.S. women's hockey team ended a 20-year gold medal drought by beating arch-rival Canada 3-2 in a shootout thriller on Day 13 of the Pyeongchang Olympics.

The United States has beaten Canada in a shootout to win their first Olympic gold since 1998 in women's hockey.
 
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored in the first extra round of the first shootout tiebreaker in Olympic women's hockey history on Thursday to give the United States the gold medal with a 3-2 victory.
 
Maddie Rooney stopped Meghan Agosta on her second try of the shootout to clinch it. Rooney stopped 29 shots in regulation and the 20-minute overtime. Shannon Szabados made 39 saves for Canada, which had won four straight Olympic gold medals.
 
It was 2-2 after three periods and 2-2 through five shooters in the tie-breaker.
 
It was the second straight overtime in the gold medal game for these two teams, but the first shootout in Olympic women's hockey history.

In other highlights Thursday, American Mikaela Shiffrin added silver to her burgeoning medal collection, coming in 0.97 seconds behind Switzerland's Michelle Gisin in the women's Alpine combined. Andre Myhrer of Sweden won a surprise gold in men's slalom after the big favorites failed to finish the race.

Wu Dajing of China won the men's 500 meters in short-track speedskating, breaking the world record he had set earlier Thursday in the quarterfinals. It was China's first-ever Olympic gold in the sprint race.

And in men's curling, the U.S. knocked out their Canadian opponents in a tense semifinals showdown to reach the gold medal match against Sweden.