Canada loses women’s hockey final; Boutin caps impressive debut with silver
The second step on the Olympic podium was a place of both joy and pain for Canada’s athletes on Day 13 of the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
The silver medal was no consolation prize for Canada’s women’s hockey team, which had its bid for a fifth straight Olympic gold medal shut down in heartbreaking fashion with a 3-2 shootout loss to the United States in Thursday’s championship game.
No previous final had ever been decided by a shootout.
“It sucks,” Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados said of the shootout. “It becomes more individual and less of a team thing.”