Team USA stars to watch in the women's semi-finals

Team USA meet Finland in the women's ice hockey semi-finals on Monday (14 February) as they continue the defence of their Olympic title at Beijing 2022.

The clash at the Wukesong Sports Centre is a rematch of the semi-final at PyeongChang 2018 where the USA enjoyed an emphatic 5-0 win.

The teams also met in the opening preliminary round match in Beijing with USA running out comfortable 5-2 winners.

That triumph came at a cost with PyeongChang gold medallist Brianna Decker stretchered off with a leg injury that ruled her out of the Games.

Victory for Team USA would see them play the winner of the clash between Canada and Switzerland in Thursday's final.

Here are some of the stars to watch for Team USA.

Hilary Knight scored her fourth goal of the tournament to cancel out Czech Republic's shock opener in the quarter-final.

Team USA went on to record a 4-1 victory after they had suffered defeat to Canada in the preliminary round.

This is the 32-year-old's fourth Games, following up silver at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 with gold in PyeongChang.

Knight has won eight World Championship titles and two silvers stretching back to 2007, a year after she made her debut at the 2006 Four Nations Cup.

After she scored against Czech Republic, she said: "High-pressure situations are fun. When you've been around long enough you understand how rare they are, so it's wonderful to be able to work through those."

Team captain Kendall Coyne Schofield is competing in her third Olympic Winter Games in Beijing and scored the fourth goal against Czech Republic.

The 29-year-old was part of the title-winning team in PyeongChang, four years after her silver in Sochi and is also a six-time world champion.

Coyne Schofield has three goals and two