Canada reclaim ice hockey golden crown, US take silver

BEIJING: Canada beat the United States 3-2 to win the women’s ice hockey final at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday (Feb 17), reclaiming the gold medal the Americans had taken from them four years ago in Pyeongchang.

Captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice, including the game winner, after Canadian sharpshooter Sarah Nurse got the team going midway through the first period, as an outgunned US team recorded 40 shots on goal to Canada’s 21 across the entire affair but were unable to convert where it counted.

Four-time Olympian Hilary Knight got the United States on the board with a shorthanded effort with less than four minutes to go in the second and the Americans converted on a power play with 13 seconds to go in the third after pulling their goalie.

Finland defeated Switzerland the previous day to take bronze.

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