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Team Shuster: Meet the gold medalists from MN, Wis.

While you slept the American team took home the first-ever gold medal in Curling.

WATCH: Team Shuster talks with KARE 11's Dave Schwartz in PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - U.S. Women's Hockey. Jessie Diggins. Team Shuster.

Team USA finishes the PyeongChang games on a five game winning streak, finishing with a 10-7 defeat of Sweden.

The U.S. was on the brink of elimination less than a week ago.

In order to win a gold medal, they would have to beat 3-time defending Olympic gold medalists Canada twice, Switzerland, Great Britain and World No. 1 ranked Sweden.

No problem.

For the fifth straight game John Shuster and Team USA rattled the best curlers in the world, and again came away with a win for the U.S.'s first ever Olympic curling gold medal by defeating Sweden 10-7.

WATCH: Shuster: Winning gold 'everything I thought it would be'

The U.S., with Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton and John Landsteiner, had two strategies coming in - limit Sweden's scoring and avoid the big end, and messy up the house with yellow rocks to force Sweden to make plays.

Sweden looked rattled at times, and missed several big shots as the tension of the game seemed to get to the young players. Both teams were playing with skips who have Olympic experience - four Games for Shuster and three for Sweden's Niklas Edin - but other players were younger and not used to games of this magnitude.

WATCH: Team USA celebrates a victory over Sweden for curling gold

It never seemed to rattle the U.S. though. They continued to put on the pressure on, and that wasn't more apparent than in the eighth end. Sweden took a timeout, and subsequently missed the next shot as the U.S. continued to fill the house. Edin's final throw landed on the hammer, surrounded by four U.S. stones, and Shuster, like he's done so much the last four games, came through. A perfect throw that barely required sweeping went right through the house for the takeout and a huge five point end for the U.S. to double their score and take a 10-5 lead with two ends to play.

It's been a storybook tournament for the team, mostly made up of Minnesotans. (Seriously, what is it going to take to make a movie about these guys?)

John Shuster of the USA competes in the Curling Men's Round Robin Session 4 held at Gangneung Curling Centre on February 16, 2018. (Credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Skip John Shuster, of Duluth, started curling at age 14. This is fourth Olympic appearance. He's won six national championships. Olympic bronze in 2006.

But now GOLD!

WATCH: KARE 11's Dave Schwartz talks with Shuster, George after win over Canada

George, the vice skip, is also from Duluth. His parents were avid curlers and would bring him, just a baby at this time, to the Duluth Curling Club--where he'd nap in a roasting pan in the club's kitchen. George eventually started curling at age 10.

Today, he manages a liquor store. Now, he's a gold medal Olympian.

Tyler George celebrates during Team USA's match versus Canada on February 22, 2018. (Credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Landsteiner, aka "Lance," "Lancer," "Landcruiser" or "Landrover," is from Duluth as well. He started curling because his father played in a nightly rec league.

Landsteiner works as an engineer who enjoys solving Rubix Cubes.

Hamilton, of Madison, Wis., started curling at age 14. He keeps a lime green hat in his back pocket when he plays and planned to celebrate the win over Canada by ordering a McFlurry. His mustache is famous too.

He works as a tech at Spectrum Brands.

Then there's Joe Polo, an alternate from Duluth. His wife, Kristin, gave birth to their first child in April 2017. Ailsa was 15 weeks early. Ailsa is doing better now. That experience has helped Polo and the team become mentally tough.

The world saw right away these guys were likable. Heck, if curling superfan Mr. T is talking about you, you must be the real deal.

What is most refreshing to see? These guys care. They care about what they're doing in PyeongChang. They care about who they're doing it with. They care about the USA.

John and the boys are soaking up all of it. The highs. The lows. The love. The pain. And rooting for fellow Minnesotans along the way.

The success. The attitude. It's all contagious.

These guys have hearts of gold. And now, this team of destiny has gold around their necks.

Tyler George and Matt Hamilton of USA celebrate victory in the Curling Men's Semi-final against Canada on February 22, 2018. (Credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

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