Sweden makes own miracle

The Swedish women's hockey team doesn't have to watch "Miracle" - the story of the gold medal-winning U.S. men's hockey team in 1980 - to see what a major Olympic upset on ice looks like.

Instead, the Swedes can just watch the game tape of their own 3-2 shootout win over Team USA after a 10-minute overtime period last night - their first win against the U.S. in 26 games.

"I always thought the bigger heart will always beat talent, and today proved it," said Sweden forward Maria Rooth, who scored the clinching shootout goal on U.S. goalie Chanda Gunn.

Sweden will play Canada, who defeated Finland 6-0 yesterday, in the gold medal game Monday. The U.S. meets Finland in the bronze medal game the same day.

Rooth, who played at University of Minnesota-Duluth, also scored both of Sweden's regulation goals in the first three minutes of the second period, tying the game 2-2.

In the shootout, Pernilla Winberg scored first for Sweden.

Meanwhile, Swedish goalie Kim Martin, in her second Olympics at 19 years old, stopped all four U.S. shootout attempts and 37 of 39 shots in regulation and overtime. One U.S. shootout try was discounted because Martin moved too soon, but she stopped the second attempt, too.

Martin helped keep the Americans scoreless in the last 48:56 of the game, including the overtime, as Sweden finally broke the hammerlock of U.S.-Canada dominance.

"This is the greatest thing to happen to women's hockey in Sweden and everywhere around," Martin said.