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Phil Rosenthal: US win over Canada for hockey gold is the stuff of dreams and naps

CHICAGO - It was a triumph for U.S. women's hockey and a setback for American workplace productivity.

Team USA won the gold medal Thursday at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, rallying to take Canada past overtime and through the sixth round of an extended shootout for a 3-2 victory.

Those of us watching NBC, NBCSN and/or the digital stream back home earned non-Olympic rings under our red eyes and the fog of fatigue on the job.

What? No, just resting my

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