VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The United States sledge hockey team has struck gold with a 2-0 victory over Japan at the Vancouver Paralympics.
The U.S. didn’t give up a single goal in the tournament and jumped on Japan 4 minutes into Saturday’s gold medal game when Alexi Salamone scored on the power play.
Japan was awarded a penalty shot in the second period, but American netminder Steve Cash made a shoulder save to preserve the 1-0 lead.
Japan had several good chances to tie the game late in the third period, but couldn’t quite put the puck in the net. Taylor Lipsett added an insurance goal for the U.S. with 1:18 to play.
