Sarah Mulkerrins
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
beat them in the semi-final, you know, with all the political backdrop of the Cold War.
But they hadn't won an Olympic gold since, which was astounding to me.
The women have, but the men haven't.
And they were coming up against Canada in the final.
The brilliance of the NHL players.
And it was an amazing game.
And the only reason, well, they won it because they got a, basically won one after normal time, went to overtime as golden goal, which is great.
Do you know what?
I turned to like, yeah, there was a Canadian commentator from TSM beside me.
And I was just like, this is golden goal, isn't it?
I was just, oh, bring it back.
You know, love that.
So it was, you know, tension was ramped up.
It was so fast.
But the US goalkeeper, Conor Hellebuck, basically won that for... He's getting the Medal of Freedom now.
Yes, he is.
And rightly so.
The amount of stops that he made, like the shots were almost double that Canada had in terms of the US.
And he kept them in it.
The USA scored first.