Jamie Lee Rattray scored twice and Canada overwhelmed the U. S. 5-1 in the women’s world hockey championship, ending the Americans’ winning streak in the event at 29 games.
I had this message for President Donald Trump on the Patrick Lalley Show on Friday: The president of the United States is Sioux Falls right now, at least that was the plan. About the only way you’d know is that you probably can’t drive on Minnesota or Russell from the airport to the convention center.
For the rematch, Canada skipped the overtime and shelved the theatrics.
One slick goal and 60 minutes of stifling defensive hockey kept the Canadians firmly on top of the U.S. and moved them to the brink of gold again.
Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice for the second straight Olympic gold medal game and Canada beat the United States 3-2 in overtime on Thursday for its fourth consecutive title.
Hilary Knight scored the lone shootout goal and the United States women's hockey team beat Canada for the third straight time in their pre-Olympic exhibition series, 3-2 on Saturday.
Jake McCabe and John Gaudreau scored two goals each Thursday to lead the United States to the final of the world junior hockey championships with a 5-1 win over Canada.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ryan Strome scored in the first period, and Canada beat the United States 2-1 to advance to the next round at the junior ice hockey world championships. The Americans need to beat Slovakia on Monday to move on.