BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) – Canadian women’s hockey teams defeated defending champions USA 3-2 in the final to secure their fifth Olympic title at the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Thursday.
Canada was hungry for revenge after a 3-2 defeat in the shootout against the United States in the final of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 and they beat the Americans 4-2 in the preliminary round in Beijing.
Canadian forward Sarah Nurse scored in 7:50, which was her fifth goal in Beijing, and 30-year-old captain Marie-Philip Poulin from Canada put the puck in the net at 15:02 to extend the lead to 2-0 in the first period.
Poulin became the only hockey player, female or male, to score in four Olympic gold medals after scoring goals in the finals of Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018.
Poulin scored his sixth goal in Beijing at 29:08, before 32-year-old American forward Hilary Knight threw the puck into the net at 36:39 to reduce the deficit to 3-1, which was the Olympic gold medalist’s sixth goal in 2018 in Beijing .
American forward Amanda Kessel scored her last goal in 59:47 in power play.
The red Maple Leaf set a new points record with 57 goals in seven games in the Winter Olympics.
Canada and the United States have won all seven gold medals since the women’s ice hockey tournament entered the 1998 Winter Olympics.
The Canadians won the four matches in the preliminary round and rolled over Sweden and Switzerland in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.
The Americans had a 3-1 win-loss record in the preliminary round and took down the Czech Republic and Finland in the quarterfinals and semifinals to book a rematch against Canada in the final.
Source: sn.dk