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The U.S. women’s hockey team earned a silver medal after falling short in the gold medal match against Canada at the2022 Winter Olympics.
After losing to Team USA in 2018,Canadasecured Olympic gold against their longtime rivals with a 3-2 victory late Wednesday (Eastern).
The team scored back-to-back goals early into the first period, while the U.S. struggled against Canada’s overpowering defense. Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada scored her second goal of the match halfway through the second period, which gave Canada a 3-0 lead.
While Team USA hoped to mount a comeback in the third period, they were only able to score their second, and final, point with 12.5 seconds left in the game.
Team USA’s women’s hockey team has medaled in every Olympics since the sport was first introduced as an event at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, with the Americans taking the inaugural gold. Since then, they’ve won three silvers, a bronze, and an additional gold in PyeongChang 2018, over Canada.
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In the playoffs round, Team USA first defeated the Czech Republic to advance to the semifinals, where they were triumphant over Finland.
Ahead of the final, U.S. captain Kendall Coyne Schofield talked to reporters about the team’s Olympic journey, saying, “These are the games that we live for,“Fox News reported.
“Everyone’s been so resilient through the pandemic with the ups and downs, the cancellations, postponements and finding ways to train, and it’s for this moment,” she added. “We’re going to empty the tanks, and this is what we came here to do.”
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To learn more about Team USA, visitTeamUSA.org. Watch the Winter Olympics, now, and the Paralympics, beginning March 4, on NBC.
source: people.com
