"The United States claimed their third Olympic men's hockey title and first since the Miracle on Ice team of 1980 with a thrilling 2-1 overtime win over Canada in Sunday's gold medal game at the Milano Cortina Games. In the third Olympic final meeting between the border rivals and the first since Sidney Crosby's epochal golden goal in 2010, the Americans seized their moment to end a 46-year wait and dethrone the sport's most decorated nation on its grandest stage."
"Canada had been chasing a record-extending 10th gold medal in men's ice hockey, but it was the United States who delivered when it mattered most through Jack Hughes' winner less than two minutes into the extra period and a superhuman effort from goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, capping an unbeaten run through the first Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey League players in 12 years."
"The United States, greeted with a chorus of lusty boos when they took the ice for warm-ups, overcame a Canada side littered with NHL stars and a hostile crowd. It had already felt like there were more maple leaf shirts in the building and along the concourses in the build-up. From the earliest moments of the game, it sounded that way too."
The United States won the Olympic men's hockey gold medal with a 2-1 overtime victory against Canada, securing the nation's third title and first since the 1980 Miracle on Ice. Jack Hughes scored the winning goal less than two minutes into the extra period. Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck made exceptional saves and finished an unbeaten tournament as NHL players returned to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Canada had sought a record-extending 10th gold but could not prevail despite a roster of NHL stars. The game featured a hostile crowd that booed the U.S. and early tempers flared, recalling recent intense North American matchups.
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