Sarah Nurse: Canada ice hockey's point-scoring machine

Sarah Nurse’s insatiable appetite for points came to the fore in Canada’s 3-2 dismantling of the United States to reclaim the title they conceded to their southern neighbours four years ago.

The 27-year-old’s strike eight minutes into the encounter swung the game in their favour en route to their fifth gold medal in Olympic women’s ice hockey. Nurse also had a hand in one of captain Marie-Phillip Poulin’s two goals.

The goal was Nurse’s fifth of the tournament which saw her bow out with a new points record. Her goal and assist in the final earned her a new Olympic single-tournament record with 18 points at Beijing 2022. She also had 13 assists during her campaign.

Instead of basking in the glory of her accomplishment, Nurse credited the team effort for her feat.

“I think it speaks to the players I am playing with, they were able to find the back of the net. We have 23 incredible players on this team, it’s been so much fun." - Sarah Nurse said after the game.

Nurse scored her first Olympic goal during Canada’s 2-1 round-robin victory over the United States at PyeongChang 2018. The strike was her only one of those Games but served as a crucial taster of what was to come at Beijing 2022.

She made a stunning start to her Beijing campaign with two assists in Canada’s 12-1 rout of Switzerland in their opening round-robin match. Nurse scored a hat-trick of goals in the team’s 11-1 demolition of Finland. She scored her fourth goal of the tournament in the side’s 6-1 victory over the ROC before her piece de resistance in the final.

“Honestly, I don’t have words right now, that was the longest game of hockey I’ve ever played,” Nurse said after the final.

“Waking up this morning, we knew that we were going to finish this game with