Hilary Knight scored third-period power play goals 27 seconds apart as the United States stunned archrivals Canada 6-3 on Sunday to win the gold medal final of the women's world ice hockey championships.
Canada had led 3-2 heading into the third period and were on course for a third successive world title but threw it away with sloppy play, taking two late penalties to gift the U.S. a two-player advantage with 3:52 left.After Caroline Harvey had pulled the U.S. level at 3-3 early in the third, captain Knight scored twice to complete her hat-trick having also netted in the second period.
"It takes a whole village for one player to be successful on the ice," said Knight, the U.S. all-time leading scorer at the world championships with 101 points. "It's a huge honour to lead this team but the day-to-day business hasn't changed.It was another dramatic end to one of the greatest rivalries in sport and, as usual, was played at a frenetic pace from the opening face-off to the final buzzer.
In the seven Olympic women's finals, Canada have won gold five times with the other two titles going to the Americans.The championships got off to an ugly start with Finland hammering France 14-1 in the tournament opener and there were plenty of other lopsided scorelines, including the United States' 9-1 rout of the Czech Republic in the semi-final.
Sweden took their quarter-final with Canada into overtime before falling to the hosts 3-2 but it was business as usual otherwise. The Czechs beat Switzerland 3-2 to win a second consecutive bronze. "There has been great improvement in the women’s game," said International Ice Hockey Federation President Luc Tardif prior to the final. "You see here the number of close games."It won’t happen overnight. It takes some time. But it's getting better and better."
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