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Six Gophers Win Olympic Gold
2/22/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Hockey
2018 Gopher Olympians Central | Olympic Hockey Results | Know Your GWH Olympians
When you support Gopher Women's Hockey, you support the the dreams of becoming an Olympic Champion!
Eight current and former Gopher women's hockey players represented their countries at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea as six players with Gopher ties are on the 2018 U.S. Women's Olympic Team and two Minnesota alumnae represented Finland.
Senior Kelly Pannek and Gopher alumnae Hannah Brandt ('16), Dani Cameranesi ('17), Amanda Kessel ('16), Gigi Marvin ('09), and Lee Stecklein ('17) won gold with Team USA. Fellow Gopher alumnae Mira Jalosuo and Noora Raty won bronze with their native Finland.
MINNEAPOLIS - Six Gophers won gold with Team USA as the U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team defeated Canada in a shootout, 3-2, to win gold at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games on Thursday morning.
The gold-medal game required a shootout after regulation and overtime ended with the rivals locked in a 2-2 tie. Gigi Marvin and Amanda Kessel both scored in the shootout, and North Dakota alumna Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored the game-winner in the sixth round of the shootout.
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Maddie Rooney stopped 29 shots for Team USA. Wisconsin alumna Hilary Knight and North Dakota alumna Monique Lamoureux-Morando scored for the U.S. in regulation.
Incredible. 〽️🇺🇸🥇 pic.twitter.com/GbZJXUcElT
-- Minnesota W Hockey (@GopherWHockey) February 22, 2018
YESSSS!!!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Tell me that wasn't one of the best hockey games you've ever seen!!!
-- Brad Frost (@FrostBrad) February 22, 2018
Yes. 🇺🇸
-- Joel Johnson (@joel4johnson) February 22, 2018
That 🥇 medal feeling.
Congratulations, @usahockey!! 📸: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/DXmGJdmHNK-- U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) February 22, 2018
It's GOLD for #TeamUSA! Congrats to Coach Stauber, Coach Strot, the @GopherWHockey crew and everyone at @usahockey! #GopherOlympians #Gophers pic.twitter.com/vkt05H3Oyh
-- Minnesota M Hockey (@GopherHockey) February 22, 2018
Be sure to follow the Gopher Olympians' individual accounts on Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date on their activities in PyeongChang, and follow #GopherOlympians on social media for updates on all of the Olympians with ties to the University of Minnesota.
Check back to GopherSports.com for more coverage of the gold-medal and bronze-medal winning Gophers.
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