overtime
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His unabashed patriotism was as inspiring as his winning overtime goal for the Olympic hockey gold medal.
Jack Hughes lost his front teeth before scoring the overtime goal that gave the USA Olympic ice hockey gold for the first time for 46 years on Sunday.
From Barron's
On Sunday, the U.S. men’s hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 in sudden-death overtime to capture the country’s first gold medal since that glorious run in upstate New York.
Six times the U.S. has finished second to Canada in an Olympic hockey tournament, the last in 2010 when Sidney Crosby’s goal in overtime gave Canada a record ninth gold medal.
From Los Angeles Times
It meant three-on-three overtime for the first time in Olympic history.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
