Goalie Maddie Rooney delivers gold medal performance for US
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Maddie Rooney couldn't stop smiling. She was on top of her game, and it didn't seem to matter that it was a shootout against the powerhouse Canadians.
The first shootout in an Olympic women's final.
With a gold medal on the line.
Her coach, Robb Stauber, made sure not to say a word to the 20-year-old goaltender.
"I know she has ice in her veins," Stauber said.
It sure looked like it. Rooney made 29 saves through overtime, then turned away shots from four Canadians in the six-round shootout, smiling along the way at her jubilant teammates on the bench. The last save came against four-time Olympian Meghan Agosta to clinch a 3-2 victory that ended the Americans' 20-year gold medal drought .