Canada women's ice hockey routs Swiss 10-3, advances to Olympic gold-medal game

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It makes no difference to Marie-Philip Poulin who the Canadians face for the Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey on Thursday.

Whether it’s yet another showdown against the United States or Finland, all that mattered to Canada’s captain was that her dynamically offensive team earned its way to the championship game with a 10-3 win over Switzerland on Monday.

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"We worked for these moments. We’ve been working for four years," Poulin said. "I think we deserve it."

Poulin scored twice, and Canada erupted for five first-period goals in an Olympic-record span of 3:24 to continue steamrolling through a tournament in which it's 6-0 and out-scored opponents by a margin of 54-8.

Canada's Erin Ambrose (23) and Melodie Daoust (15) celebrate after Ambrose scored a goal against Switzerland during a women's semifinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing.  (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The Canadians continued their run of appearing in every Olympic final since women’s hockey made its debut at the 1998 Nagano Games, and set up a potential showdown against the United States. The defending champion Americans play Finland in a rematch of their preliminary round-opening game in the tournament’s other semifinal later in the day.

"I haven’t thought about it yet," Poulin said of what would be the sixth Olympic gold-medal meeting between Canada and the U.S., and after the Americans' 3-2 shootout victory at 2018 the Pyeongchang Games. "We know there’s a reality there. But either team will be a great team."

The opponent might not matter given how Canada has been the tournament’s most dominating team by