Canada women ice hockey team's plan before the final: R&R, cards, dance, cheer on other Canadians

Team Canada are in the women's ice hockey final on Thursday 17 February, and they made it there in some style too, defeating Switzerland by 10 goals to 3 on Monday 14 February at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

The Canadians have been in a ruthless mood since they landed in China and have been playing exhibition ice hockey.

The red-and-whites opened their tournament with a 12-1 victory over Switzerland and faced the Swiss again in the semi-final, hitting double figures once more to advance to the final against Team USA in a rematch of the PyeongChang 2018 gold medal game.

They head into that final with six wins from six games outscoring their opponents 54-8.

On the ice this team is having fun, off it they're having a blast too: Hip hop, pottery, card games (Particularly 'Euchre')... they even have their own dance.

“This group can have fun with absolutely anything," star forward Sarah Nurse told Olympics.com.

"We have been knitting together, we did pottery together… we did a hip hop class so we have a dance that we do before every practice and every game which is a lot of fun!

"We’re just really down for anything."

Now with the gold medal on the line, the team is getting ready.

How?

Find out.

"We're a pretty united group," captain Marie-Philip Poulin told Olympics.com right after their semi-final victory.

Poulin already has two Olympic gold medals and a silver in her trophy cabinet, 'Captain Clutch' will be hoping to score in her fourth straight Olympic final, an incredible record.

"So just to be able to enjoy some time away from the rink, either at the Cafe or in our rooms watching the Olympics, cheering our Canadian team on TV is something that we're really enjoying right now.

"There are a couple of details we