ESPOO, FINLAND—Alex Rigsby stopped four of five shots in a shootout and the United States beat Finland 2-1 on Sunday night for its fifth consecutive gold medal at the women’s world championship. The U.S. won after a questionable goaltender interference review wiped out what would have been a historic overtime goal for the Finns. A prolonged video review wiped out an apparent winning goal by Finland and the U.S. won in the shootout. Pankowski scored the Americans’ only goal in regulation in the second period, and Susanna Tapani answered 1:43 later for Finland. That game also went through overtime and into a shootout with Maddie Rooney in goal for the U.S. when it beat Canada for the country’s first women’s hockey Olympic gold medal since 1998.

Source: thestar April 14, 2019 21:22 UTC