September 4, 2022 at 1:43 PM EDT
Nicole Hensley earned this assignment for Team USA
Nicole Hensley comes in as USA’s starter, rocking a .942 save percentage so far. She won the crease over Maddie Rooney and Aerin Frankel, and this is a familiar position for her seeing as she was between the pipes at this time last year in the gold medal game.
Against Canada in the prelims, Hensley stopped 26 of 28 shots against.
Emerance Maschmeyer was in for Canada, not Desbiens; she allowed four goals on 32 shots against as USA challenged her with a lot of tips and deflections in front.
Shayna Goldman
September 4, 2022 at 1:41 PM EDT
Desbiens, Hensley start in net
Ann-Renee Desbiens (CAN) vs Nicole Hensley (USA) is the goalie matchup tonight.
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
September 4, 2022 at 1:33 PM EDT
Hailey’s prediction
As a Canadian, I hate to say this, but I do think Team USA comes into this final as the team to beat. They’ve scored 52 goals in their first six games of the tournament. Sure, some of those games were against weaker opponents, but Canada didn’t look as good against those very same teams. The U.S. is deep and dangerous. BUT, Canada has Marie-Philip Poulin, who has been the dagger against the U.S. several times at the Worlds and Olympics.
Anything can happen in these Canada-U.S. gold medal games, but boy, do the Americans look like a tough out for Canada.
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
Five minutes left on the game clock here in Herning!
How is everybody feeling?
— Hailey Salvian (@hailey_salvian) September 4, 2022
September 4, 2022 at 1:18 PM EDT
U.S. women’s team agrees to short-term extension with USA Hockey
Members of the U.S. women’s hockey team agreed to a short-term contract extension with USA Hockey on Wednesday, a source confirmed to The Athletic.
The parties agreed that USA Hockey will continue to fund the players as they work to finalize a longer-term deal and will allow the players to focus on winning gold at the world championship tournament in the meantime.
“It gives everybody a little bit of breathing room,” the players’ lawyer, Dee Spagnuolo, said, according to the Associated Press. “We will use that month to focus on issues of critical importance to the players. In the meantime, the players are focusing on gold.”
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
GO FURTHER U.S. women’s team agrees to short-term extension with USA Hockey
September 4, 2022 at 1:06 PM EDT
‘I’m not done’: Meaghan Mikkelson’s unrelenting push to make Team Canada’s roster
Meaghan Mikkelson — after giving birth to her daughter Berkley in 2019 — was cut from the team in 2020 ahead of the world championship that was ultimately canceled due to COVID-19. Then, she was cut from the 2022 Olympic team that won gold in Beijing after a catastrophic knee injury kept her out for all but 12 days of the tryout process.
She thought about retiring both times, but the idea of hanging up her skates was always short-lived.
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
GO FURTHER ‘I’m not done’: Meaghan Mikkelson’s unrelenting push to make Team Canada’s roster
September 4, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT
Grace Zumwinkle will not dress tonight: Source
Grace Zumwinkle will not dress tonight in the gold medal game, due to an upper body injury.
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
September 4, 2022 at 12:51 PM EDT
Shayna’s prediction
Predicting a USA gold medal win after the tournament they’ve had. Would anyone be surprised if it was a 3-2 finish for tradition’s sake?
Shayna Goldman
September 4, 2022 at 12:42 PM EDT
No line changes for Team USA
Skyler Rivera
September 4, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
Canada at Women’s Worlds: What did we learn after the preliminary round, loss to USA?
The No. 1 IIHF-ranked team in the world was undefeated at the 2021 world championship, was a perfect 7-0 at the 2022 Olympics, and started the 2022 world championship with a 3-0 record before losing to Team USA by a score of 5-2 in Tuesday’s finale of the group stages.
Sure, we could panic about the lopsided score. Or how dangerous the U.S. team looked — because, boy, they look good — but, sometimes, context matters.
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
GO FURTHER Canada at Women’s Worlds: What did we learn after the preliminary round, loss to USA?
September 4, 2022 at 12:00 PM EDT
Hilary Knight has reached ‘legendary status’, but will she go down as the best ever?
Hilary Knight was told that her teammate Kendall Coyne Schofield had called her one of the greatest players to ever play women’s hockey.
“How do you feel when you hear something like that?”
“That’s terrifying,” Knight laughed. “No way. Cammi (Granato) is the GOAT.”
(Photo: George Walker IV / USA Today)
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
GO FURTHER Hilary Knight has reached ‘legendary status’, but will she go down as the best ever?
September 4, 2022 at 11:53 AM EDT
Czech women’s ice hockey makes history with the bronze
Shayna Goldman
September 4, 2022 at 11:44 AM EDT
Hilary Knight breaks all-time scoring record
Nobody has scored more points at the IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship than Hilary Knight.
With a goal in the third period of Thursday’s quarterfinal against Hungary, Knight notched her 87th point to overtake Hockey Hall of Famer Hayley Wickenheiser for the all-time lead.
Hailey Salvian·
Staff Writer, Women’s Hockey
GO FURTHER Hilary Knight breaks all-time scoring record at IIHF Women’s World Championship
September 4, 2022 at 10:31 AM EDT
What happened in the last U.S.-Canada meeting
Team USA scored five unanswered goals to defeat Canada 5-2 on Tuesday in the preliminary round.
It was the first time Canada lost a game at a major event since the 2019 world championships.
First loss at a major event for coach Troy Ryan, too.
Read more here.
The Athletic Staff
September 4, 2022 at 10:30 AM EDT
How to watch the Women’s World Championship final
The gold medal game begins at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
In the United States, viewers can find it on NHL Network. In Canada, it will air on TSN.
The Athletic Staff
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