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The Americans had an extra attacker on the ice, and that's when the U.S.
That forced the game into overtime, and in overtime, the U.S.
Canada may have outplayed the U.S.
overall in this game, but the U.S.
ends up with the gold medal.
For the third time, the U.S.
rules Olympic women's ice hockey.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
This will be the seventh time the U.S.
and Canada have faced off in the gold medal match for women's ice hockey.
Between them, the two countries have won every gold medal since it became an Olympic sport in 1998.
is the clear favorite, having soundly beaten the Canadians last week 5-0 in the preliminary round game.
team says the previous contest means very little.
has won two gold medals in women's ice hockey.