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By Liz Alper
Photo via Team USA hockey
February 22, 2018 (PyeonChang, South Korea) - Isn’t it always this way every four years? United States? Canada? Sixty minutes of hockey for one color medal? One goal, usually in a shootout, deciding it all?
The men couldn’t get it done in a shootout. Could the women?
Yes.
One hundred percent yes.
The Team USA women won gold in a shootout against Canada on Thursday on a goal by Jocelyn Lamoreux-Davidson.
It’s the first USA gold medal in women’s hockey in 20 years.
Team USA tied it up with 6:21 left in the third period after the Canadians took the lead 2-1. Monique Lamoreux-Morando tied up the game with less than seven minutes to go, forcing overtime, in which no one scored.
Gigi Marvin scored first in the shootout for Team USA, but the duel was soon tied up by Meghan Agosta. Melodie Daoust put Canada on top, but Amanda Kessel, sister of Pittsburgh Penguins winger Phil Kessel, tied it up again. Lamoreux-Davidson scored the golden goal, 20-year-old Maddie Rooney made the final save and the Americans celebrated the win of a lifetime, the first USA women’s hockey medal since 1998.
February 22 is also the anniversary of the 1980 Miracle on Ice. February 22 is the day of American hockey miracles.
WISE WINS BACK TO BACK GOLD
Photo, right: David Wise of the United States, Alex Ferreira of the United States and Nico Porteous of New Zealand celebrate after winning gold, silver and bronze respectively during the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Halfpipe Final on day thirteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 22, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Via Zimbio
Americans swept the gold and silver on the slopes again on Thursday. Reno’s David Wise has now won back-to-back gold medals in the men’s ski halfpipe. He was followed up by Olympic rookie Alex Ferreira, who won silver.
Wise did poorly in his first and second run--a 17.00 and 6.40 respectively--but showed everyone why he’s the gold medal king of the pipe by scoring a monster 97.20 on his third run to sweep everyone away and take the gold again.
He surpassed his teammate Ferreira, who was leading after the first and second runs with scores of 92.60 and 96.00.
ANDERSON WINS SILVER
Photo, left: Silver medalist Jamie Anderson of the United States celebrates during the victory ceremony after the Snowboard - Ladies' Big Air Final on day 13 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 22, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Via Zimbio
Well, it’s not her second gold of the Games like she planned, but Jamie Anderson still asserted herself in women’s big air, taking home the silver and her second medal at this year’s Games.
She was only defeated by Austria’s Anna Gasser, who scored a 96.00. Anderson wasn’t annoyed. “I came out and I did what I wanted to do,” Anderson said. “The rest is kind of out of my power. I was hoping that she was going to land it for her because she's been charging and just doing so well over the last few years, and it's so nice to see her put it down when it counts.”
Anderson becomes one of only three U.S. snowboarders--the other two being Shaun White and Kelly Clark--to earn three Olympic medals. What does she say to that? “That’s freaking awesome.”
All the riders showed true sportsmanship; there was almost no competition at the huge final, the event’s debut in the Winter Olympics. “For all the girls, it was such a good show,” Gasser said. “After slopestyle, I think everyone needed this today. Everyone wanted to show their best tricks, and today was one of the highest levels in girls’ snowboarding I've ever seen.”
“[In snowboarding] you see all the athletes from all over the world are really friends and stoked for each other,” Anderson said. “That's what it's all about — unity, good vibes.”
CURLING ADVANCES TO GOLD MEDAL GAME
Photo, right: Matt Hamilton, Tyler Georg, John Shuster, John Landsteiner of USA celebrate victory in the Curling Men's Semi-final against Canada on day thirteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Curling Centre on February 22, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. Via Zimbio
Team USA curling defeated Canada 5-3 Thursday to advance to its first-ever gold medal game. John Shuster, a four-time Olympian, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner will now face Sweden, who defeated Switzerland 9-3.
U.S. curling has not reached a gold medal game since 2006. USA defeated Canada and Kevin Koe 9-7 in the round robin.
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