The U.S. men's hockey team beat Canada 2-1 in overtime in a thrilling Olympic final game exactly 46 years after Team USA beat the Soviet Union on the road to its last gold medal.

The long wait for the best hockey players in the world taking the ice in an international tournament lived up to the hype.

Canada outplayed the U.S. in the second and third periods but failed to score on a handful of golden opportunities, allowing the game to go into overtime.