Canada Beats US, 3-2, to Win Gold Medal in Girls’s Hockey

The result was almost sterling, and one which the Canadians had tiptoed towards predicting. To them, a gold medal was much less about redemption and extra about merely assembly a ceaselessly excessive normal.

Canada appeared to strike about seven minutes into the sport, when American goaltender Alex Cavallini deflected a puck and noticed Natalie Spooner sweep in with a strong shot that crossed the objective line. The USA, although, contended that Canada had been offside – an evaluation the officers upheld after a problem by the People.

It was a respite that stored the sport scoreless for under 35 extra seconds, when, after Canada gained a face-off, Sarah Nurse took a go from Claire Thompson, spun and scored, the puck rattling into the best aspect of the web.

Canada added its second objective later within the interval, when Marie-Philip Poulin, the Canadian captain who was enjoying in her fourth Video games and all however unchallenged at that second by People, skated to close the goal-end fringe of the USA’ bench and mounted a shot that gained raise and velocity after which surged into the web. Canada took its 2-0 lead into the intermission.