The Canadian women’s hockey team remains undefeated in the 2022 winter Olympics. Canada came out on top, in a game last night against their rivals, in a 4-2 victory against the United States.
This means Canada has finished the preliminary round at 4-0, sitting at the top spot in Group A.
One of the stars of last night’s game was Canadian forward, Marie-Philip Poulin, who scored the first-ever penalty shot in Olympic women’s history.
What would team Canada have done without Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens? Outshot 53-27, by the US team, the Quebecois goalie held off the defending champions, saving 51 shots.
Coming in clutch when your teammates need you most 💪
Goaltender Ann-Renée Desbien helped the 🇨🇦 women's hockey team to a big win over 🇺🇸, securing the top spot in Group A 🙌 pic.twitter.com/NIddbsBGNU
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 8, 2022
Ontario’s Brianne Jenner and Jamie Lee Rattray’s tallied up the rest of the goals for the night, Jenner with two, and one for Rattray.
Canada, the United States, Czechia, ROC, Finland, Sweden, Japan, and Switzerland have all secured spots in the quarterfinals of women’s hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
On Friday morning, Canada will face off against Sweden, the third seed Pool B, in the quarterfinals.
There are high hopes for team Canada heading into the quarterfinals. Canada leads in goal differential (+28), with forward Natalie Spooner recording 11 points (two goals, nine assists).
The leading goal and point-scorer at the 2021 world championships, forward Mélodie Daoust, is still out with an injury missing her third game in a row since the team’s opener against Switzerland.
Daoust was smashed into the boards by defender Sarah Forster in the second period of the Switzerland game.
The Quebecois forward is taking her injury day-by-day but is expected to return to the rink “at some point” during the Beijing 2022 Olympic tournament.
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Canada and the US have faced off for the gold medal for the past three Olympics in a row. With a win 4-0 win streak, I have a good feeling Canada can beat out the Americans, who won the most recent tournament in a shootout in Pyeongchang.