Marie-Philip Poulin scores the Golden Goal for the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey Team at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

The dramatic championship game for the Gold Medal would need overtime to crown it's champion for the Sochi Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey.

Trailing 1-0 after two periods and down two goals late into the third period, Canada scored twice in the final 3:26 of the regulation to tie the game, and suddenly the gold medal seemed like destiny.

The first period was physical, with both teams heading to the penalty box multiple times.

Goalie Shannon Szabados kept Canada alive, making huge saves while the Americans were on consecutive power plays.

The Americans outshot Canada 11-9 in the first period and neither team managed to find the back of the net.

The Americans opened the scoring nearly two minutes into the second period when Meghan Duggan got her first goal of the tournament, with Jocelyne Lamoureux assisting.

Canada outshot the Americans 8-5 in the second period.

Brianne Jenner began the rally with 3:26 remaining in regulation time. She made a nifty move to the slot and beat Vetter with a shot that went off U.S. defenceman Julie Chu.

With Canada down 2-1 in the final minute of the third period and a sixth attacker on the ice, Marie-Philip Poulin forced overtime after beating the American goalie Jessie Vetter from the slot with 54.6 seconds remaining.

Poulin’s tying goal would not have happened if not for a lucky bounce seconds earlier. One of the officials got tangled up with Canadian defenceman Catherine Ward, which allowed an American skater to send the puck toward an open net. The puck hit the far post, giving Canada a second chance.

In overtime, After six tense minutes of the extra period, the U.S. picked up a power play when Catherine Ward was sent off for cross-checking. But five seconds later, Jocelyne Lamoureux was called for slashing after swiping at Szabados' pads after a save. During the 3 on 3, Hayley Wickenheiser got sent free on a breakaway before Hilary Knight caught her from behind and Wickenheiser went sprawling. It could have been called a penalty shot, instead Knight was sent to the penalty box for cross-checking.

With the 4-on-3 advantage, the Canadians worked the puck around and over to Poulin, who shot it into the open net and set off the Gold Medal celebration on the bench, the arena and all of Canada.

The win capped an undefeated run in Sochi for a Canadian team which has now won four of the five gold medals awarded since women’s Hockey made its debut at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games.

It's Canada's fourth consecutive Olympic women’s ice Hockey gold medal.

Shannon Szabados made 27 saves in the Canadian net while Jessie Vetter stopped 28 shots for the U.S.