The Winter Olympics in Italy are well underway by now, which means that viewers have begun to medal count.
While it remains to be seen how the U.S. will fare when it’s all said and done, American women picked up some crucial golden tallies toward that medal count on Thursday.
And they did it in spectacular fashion.
The U.S. women’s hockey team took home the gold after beating their archrivals playing for Team Canada.
Team USA had been dominant in these runs, only allowing a single goal on the entire run to the gold medal game, perESPN.
Canada was able to double that figure to two goals allowed in the tournament, but it ultimately stopped there.
That goal actually gave Canada a rare lead over the Team USA women, before veteran star Hilary Knight scored a clutch goal in the third period to force overtime, where American Megan Keller scored the game-winning goal in 3-on-3 overtime.
For Knight, it was as perfect an ending to her career as one could imagine.
“I’ve had a heck of a career personally, it’s been an incredible ride,” Knight said. “I have to soak this all in because this room is just so special, this team is so special. This is the best U.S. hockey team I’ve ever been a part of. That is just so tremendous.”
ESPN notes that with that third-period, game-tying goal, Knight moved into the history books — for men’s and women’s U.S. hockey — for most goals (15) and points (33) scored in an Olympic career.
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