While the biggest surprise of the game may have been the fact that I stayed awake for the entire thing, the most important takeaway from the game was that the Canadian women’s hockey team beat Team USA 3-2 late on Wednesday night/early Thursday morning to secure their fifth Olympic gold medal.
Standing tall in goal, and making a number of key saves during the American’s frantic push to equalize the score in the third period, Ann-Renee Desbiens made 38 saves on 40 shots.
Canadian Sarah Nurse opened the scoring with a goal in the first period and added an assist on the game-winning goal to break the women’s record for the most points recorded at a single Olympic tournament.