Olympics: U.S. defeats Canada for long-awaited women's ice hockey gold

The United States won its long-awaited women's ice hockey gold on Thursday when it defeated Canada 3-2 in a shootout at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.The teams' 20-year Olympic rivalry entered a new chapter at Gangneung Hockey Centre when American goalkeeper Maddie Rooney made a save on Meghan Agosta in the penalty shootout, ending Canada's hopes of a fifth consecutive Olympic gold after Canadian goalie Shannon Szabados was duped by a Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson stunner just moments earlier. (Getty)Rooney and Szabados each made three saves in the shootout before Lamoureux-Davidson wrote her…READ FULL ARTICLE