Steve Futterman

's Jack Hughes had an open shot to the left of the net.

He calmly put it through, setting off a wild celebration.

Here's Hughes after the game.

The men's hockey gold medal was the 12th for the U.S.

here in Italy, the most ever at a single Winter Olympics by an American team.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.

For the U.S., it couldn't have ended better, capturing its first gold medal in men's hockey since the 1980 Miracle on Ice.

That was the 12th gold for the Americans here, more than they have ever won in the Winter Olympics.

There were other memorable U.S.

performers, the American women taking the women's hockey gold, Michaela Schifrin winning the women's slalom, and Alyssa Liu taking gold in women's figure skating.

Not everything went as planned for the U.S.

Ilya Melinin imploded in his free skate and went from first to eighth.

Who was the biggest star during the two weeks?

It would be hard to top Norway's cross-country skier, Johannes Klebo.

He won six gold medals, the most ever by an athlete in a single Winter Games.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.

It was an emotional, hard-fought match with everything on the line.

The U.S.

scored first six minutes into the game.

Canada tied it one-to-one at the end of the second.