Olympia | Ice hockey: Canada wins gold in ice hockey against USA

Canada is the new Olympic champion in women’s ice hockey. In Beijing, the Canadians prevailed against the United States in a North American duel.

Canada confidently took the gold medal in women’s ice hockey. In the final, “Team Canada” defeated the USA 3:2 (2:0, 1:1, 0:1). The Americans won PyeongChang in 2018.

USA off to a good start – Canada scores

USA started the game a little better initially. Joel Johnson’s team played well, United did well and created some chances in the opening round. However, the Americans were a bit ineffective in front of the target and missed out on the lead they really deserved.

The Canadians did better: Sarah Nurse (8th minute) gave her team the lead. It was only a second chance for the world champion, after a goal was denied by video evidence shortly before. This was followed by “Team Canada” before the first third break. Captain Marie-Philippe Paulin leveled it 2-0 in the 16th minute. Meanwhile, the lead deserved, Canada was icy in front of goal.

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The second third was also a very fast paced final. The United States tried to play for the second goal, but struggled with the well-structured and aggressive defense of the Canadians. At the same time, they kept making good use of their opportunities. Pollin again took a 3-0 lead in the 30th minute.

Now the United States was faced with a huge task. The team looked battered and had problems raising their game. Accordingly, surprisingly, Hilary Knight (37th) scored a higher 1:3. The US took advantage of Canada’s brief oversight and placed itself on the scoreboard.

America won’t come back

However, in the final segment, USA made a comeback very late in the game. Amanda Kessel (60th) scored just ten seconds before the end. The remaining time was not enough to equalize and Canada deservedly took the gold medal. After winning the Olympics in 2018, America had to be content with silver this time.

Finland won bronze

was already on wednesday Finland won the third place match, The Finns won 4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0) and thus took the bronze medal. Switzerland missed its second Olympic medal since 2014.

This is Finland’s fourth bronze medal at the Olympics after 1998, 2010 and 2018.

Source: sportschau.de