Canada beats Switzerland to advance to women's Olympic hockey final

BEIJING — Canada is a win away from reclaiming an Olympic gold medal in women's hockey.

Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice to pace Canada to a 10-3 win over Switzerland in Monday's semifinal in Beijing.

The Canadians advanced to Thursday's gold-medal game at Wukesong Sports Centre.

They'll face the winner of Monday's later semifinal between defending champion United States and Finland.

After four consecutive gold medals, Canada fell 3-2 in a shootout to the U.S. in the final in Pyeongchang, South Korea, four years ago.

Canada's Brianne Jenner, Jamie Lee Rattray, Blayre Turnbull, Renata Fast, Erin Ambrose, Emily Clark, Emma Maltais and Claire Thompson also scored Monday.

With 53 goals in Beijing, Canada broke its own tournament scoring record (44) from 2010, and set other new benchmarks Monday.

Canadian goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens turned away 10 of 13 shots after a 51-save performance in a 4-2 win over the U.S. in her previous start.

Toronto's Thompson set a tournament record for points by a defender with two goals and 10 assists in six games.

Jenner's ninth goal tied the tournament record jointly held by Canada's Meghan Agosta and Switzerland's Stephanie Marty.

Canada allowed more than two goals against in a game for the first time in Beijing with captain Lara Stalder scoring twice and Alina Mueller once for the Swiss.

Saskia Maurer replaced Andrea Braendli in Switzerland's net in the first period when Canada scored four times in a span of two minutes five seconds for a tournament record.

The Americans and Canadians have met in every gold medal game except 2006 since women's hockey made its Olympic debut in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.

The U.S. took the inaugural gold before Canada rattled off four straight titles in 2002,