USA vs. Canada gold medal game: How to watch, live updates, Women’s Worlds history

Today, for the 20th time in IIHF Women’s World Championship history, the gold medal game will feature the USA vs. Canada. The puck drops at 1:30pm ET. Fans in the U.S. can watch the game on NHL Network, while Canadian viewers can watch on TSN, TSN.ca, and the TSN app.

On Her Turf will live blog the USA-CAN gold medal game. Stay tuned to this page for updates. In the meantime, see below for quotes from both teams, a complete history of the USA-Canada rivalry in gold medal games, and info on Sunday’s historic bronze medal game featuring Czechia vs. Switzerland.

“Walking out of Beijing, it’s not what any of us wanted,” U.S. forward Jesse Compher reflected yesterday. “I think that’s just fueled our fire every single day… That’s something you keep in the back of your head when you’re working out, when you’re skating, every single day.”

“(Beijing) was a really disappointing loss for us,” said three-time world champion Amanda Kessel. “These kinds of opportunities don’t come by that often. You never know when you’re going to get the opportunity to go into another world championship gold medal game. You never can take them for granted.”

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“The gold medal game is huge,” Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin said after the team’s semifinal win vs. Switzerland. “I haven’t had a lot of time to think about it, but we know the target is on us and it’s okay. It’s about using the excitement and knowing [the United States] are coming for us, but just playing our game, keeping our focus on us and competing for 60 minutes.”

“I have goosebumps just thinking and talking about it,” said Canadian goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens. “Canada-USA is an amazing rivalry, it’s