For much of Thursday's final, it seemed Canada would refuse to relinquish the throne of Olympic women's ice hockey to this younger American squad. But the U.S. found the grit to topple them, 2-1.

Halloran earned her first international call-up for Japan this winter after playing in 66 games for Wesleyan.

Will the Olympic women's hockey tournament end with another Team USA vs. Canada showdown? There have been seven gold medal games since women's hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Olympics-- and six of them have featured the Americans against the Canadians.

Mikaela Shiffrin perseveres to win gold in women's slalom, U.S. snowboarder Jake Canter claims an unexpected bronze in slopestyle.