Pyeongchang 2018

GOOD AS GOLD

For the first time since 1998, the U.S. women’s hockey team is bringing home Olympic gold after defeating Canada, 3-2, in a shootout victory Thursday afternoon.

Tied at two after regulation, a sudden-death overtime and a five-person shootout, North Dakota’s Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson put the U.S. ahead in a sudden-death shootout with her now-infamous  “Oops, I did it again” deke. Goalie Maddie Rooney, a Minnesota Duluth student-athlete, sealed the Team USA victory after stopping Canadian Meghan Agosta.

Wisconsin’s Hilary Knight opened the scoring late in the first period off a power-play tally from UMD’s Sidney Morin and Badger teammate Brianna Decker. Canada responded by taking a 2-1 lead after scoring two unanswered goals in the second period.

Down by one heading into the third, North Dakota’s Monique Lamoureux-Morando took a breakaway pass from Gopher Kelly Pannek to even the score at two. After a fast-paced but scoreless overtime period, the two squads went to the shootout where the U.S. clinched the gold.

Read more on the historic victory on TeamUSA.org.

Biathlon

U.S. women biathletes closed out competition in PyeongChang with a 13th-place finish in the 4x6k relay. Emily Dreissigacker (Dartmouth), Susan Dunklee (Dartmouth), Clare Egan (Wellesley/New Hampshire) and Joanne Reid (Colorado) completed the race in 1:14:05.3, just 2:01.9 behind the gold-medal pace of Belarus’ 1:12:03.4.

Alpine Skiing

Dartmouth’s David Chodounsky placed 18th in the men’s slalom in a time of 1:40.84 Thursday afternoon at the Yongpyong Alpine Centre. Chodounsky, a former Big Green skier, had the best finish of any Team USA athlete and was 1.85 seconds off the gold-medal pace set by Sweden’s Andre Myhrer.

Utah’s Mark Engel finished 31st in the slalom with a time of 1:49.31. The first-time Olympian improved his standing from the 2017 world championship, where he finished 34th in the same event.