U.S. women celebrate hockey gold

The U.S. women’s hockey team defeated Canada in the gold medal game Thursday in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The last time the U.S. women won gold in hockey, current goaltender Maddie Rooney was just 7 months old. Rooney saved the game, which went to an overtime shootout for the first time in women’s Olympic hockey history. She made 29 saves in the game, including overtime, and blocked shots from four different Canadian players in the six-round shootout. “She's a gem, talk about poise,” teammate Gigi Marvin said of Rooney. “We all knew she had it. She has been around all year and she just owns it.” The United States and Canada have played in all but one Olympic final since the Winter Games introduced women’s hockey in 1998.