Jack Hughes scored in 3-on-3 overtime to lift Team USA to its first Olympics gold medal in men’s hockey since the “Miracle on Ice” team in 1980.
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Team USA ended a 46-year gold medal drought by withstanding a barrage from Canada’s NHL superstars to win 2-1 in overtime.
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The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed.
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U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team pays tribute to the late Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew
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Scoggins: USA Hockey is on the verge of a historic Olympic double
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