CALGARY - Canada claimed its first women’s world hockey championship in almost a decade Tuesday when Marie-Philip Poulin scored the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory over the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic stifling international women’s hockey meant a long wait for another chance at gold. The men’s under-18 championship in Texas in April, and the men’s world championship in Latvia in May were completed. Hockey Canada relocated and rescheduled the women’s championship to Calgary in August less than six months out from the Olympics. Canada, the U.S., Finland, Switzerland, Russia, Japan and host China have berths in the 10-country Olympic women’s hockey field.

Source: thestar September 01, 2021 04:07 UTC