Blue Jackets' Zach Werenski made 'the play before The Play' in Team USA's gold medal win at Olympics

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‘He is an animal’: Jack Hughes loses teeth then scores Olympic ice hockey winner for US

Center secures first men’s title for US since 1980 Americans break Canadian hearts in overtime It might not have been a shocker on the order of a bunch of scrappy college kids toppling the polished Soviet juggernaut at Lake Placid. But 46 years to the day of the Miracle on Ice, it often felt that way as another underdog United States men’s hockey team ended their Olympic gold drought in a white-knuckle contest dominated by Canada until Jack Hughes’ seismic overtime winner. Call it the Marve...

By Bryan Armen Graham at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

USA beat Canada to win men's Olympic ice hockey gold

Hughes' strike 1min 41sec into overtime handed the US men their first Olympic triumph since the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' win over the Soviet Union in Lake Placid.

Team USA Downs Canada to Win Men’s Hockey Olympic Gold - The Wall Street Journal

Team USA Downs Canada to Win Men’s Hockey Olympic Gold  The Wall Street Journal

The first us Olympic men’s hockey gold since 1980 happens without needing a ‘Miracle’ - AP News

The first us Olympic men’s hockey gold since 1980 happens without needing a ‘Miracle’  AP News

'Jack Hughes is the golden boy' - USA beat Canada in overtime

Jack Hughes scores in overtime for the USA to win gold over Canada in the men's ice hockey final.

Canadians seemed destined for gold, until Connor Hellebuyck stood in the way

The Canadians threw puck after puck at Connor Hellebuyck. Forty-two shots, and plenty of those were good looks. Yet, in the end, it was the American goaltender who stood tallest.