CHAPTER 1 GOING FOR GOLD On February 22 2018 the women’s hockey Olympic gold medal game entered a shootout Canada was facing the United States Thousands of fans held their breath in the arena The winning team would become Olympic champions Four years earlier Canada had beaten the United States to win the gold medal US forward Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson skates down the ice during the 2018 Olympic finals 5
It was a huge loss for the US players This time Team USA was determined to come out on top Both teams had played hard the whole game Monique Lamoureux-Morando had scored a game-tying goal for Team USA in the third period The game remained tied after a 20-minute overtime A shootout would decide the game Each team took turns shooting Natalie Spooner missed Canada’s first chance at a goal Gigi Marvin scored for the United States Then Meghan Agosta put one in the net for Canada A few players missed their shots Between each shot the arena grew more and more tense 6
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scores the game-winning goal during the 2018 Olympics Soon the shootout was tied 2 2 Each team had one more chance Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson Monique’s twin sister skated across the ice for Team USA Shannon Szabados crouched in front of Canada’s goal Lamoureux-Davidson faked the goalie two times Then she flicked the puck toward the net She scored 7
