Melodie Daoust and Jocelyne Lamoureux score amazing penalties as USA beat Canada in women’s ice hockey final

United States beat Canada 3-2 in a gripping penalty shootout to win gold in the women’s ice hockey.

The USA women’s hockey team had not won gold since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and required a thrilling final to break Canada’s stranglehold.

The game ended 2-2 after overtime and players from both nations took the opportunity to shine during the penalty shootout.

Canada’s Melodie Daoust scored the pick of the penalties with a sublime finish to get the better of USA goaltender Maddie Rooney.

Oh my goodness, Melodie Daoust https://t.co/GuquJ3fWL3

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Richard Lee-Sam (@RLeesam) February 22, 2018

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But Jocelyne Lamoureux responded with a superbly taken penalty of her own to give USA the advantage.

THIS IS FILTH. ABSOLUTE FILTH. JOCELYNE LAMOUREUX WINS IT IN THE SHOOTOUT, USA GETS #GOLD! WOW! WHAT A MOVE BY… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

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NHL Daily 365 (@NHLDaily365) February 22, 2018

Rooney then kept out an effort from Canada’s Meghan Agosta to win the shootout for the US.

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