(Madison) It looked like a thaw early in the game, but the Americans made adjustments to make the gold medal game at the World Women’s Under-18 Hockey Championship exciting.
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Canada, however, had built a three-goal lead and did enough to win 3-2 on Monday night at LaBahn Ice Arena.
Alexia Aubin, Ava Murphy and Jocelyn Amos hit the target for the Canadians while Finley McCarthy and Claire Enright replied for the Americans within seven seconds of the second period.
The World Women’s Under-18 Hockey Championship has been affected by cancellation and postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was originally scheduled to take place in January in Linkoping and Mjolby, Sweden, before being postponed and moved.
The 2021 event, which was to be held in the same Swedish cities, has been canceled, while the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and the World Under-18 Championship in Frisco, Texas have been postponed. proceeded as planned.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) provoked a strong reaction on social media when it announced the cancellation of the 2022 women’s tournament two weeks before it kicked off on January 8. The announcement came on the eve of the start of the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton – which lasted just four days due to COVID-19 outbreaks.
The IIHF announced in March that the World Women’s Under-18 Hockey Championship would be moved and postponed rather than canceled.
Earlier in the day, Finland beat Sweden 3-0 to win the bronze medal. Sanni Vanhanen scored all three goals for the Finns while Emilia Kyrkko made 35 saves for the shutout.