MILAN (AP) — The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed.Jack Hughes scored less...
MILAN (AP) — The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed.
Jack Hughes scored less than 2 minutes into overtime and the U.S. beat Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday, earning the nation’s third men’s title at the Games and its first since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980 — 46 years to the day of the upset over the mighty Soviet Union, too.
Unlike that ragtag group of college kids that pulled off one of the biggest shockers in sports history in Lake Placid, the Americans in Milan were a machine that rode goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and a roster full of NHL players through the tournament unbeaten.
Still, they were underdogs again against the stacked Canadians and came out on top — again.
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