It will be the United States vs. Canada in the final of the IIHF women’s world hockey championships on Sunday afternoon at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York.
Game time is 5 p.m. EDT and it will air on the NHL Network, which you can stream on ESPN+, fubo TV (FREE trial, add-on), Sling TV (first-month discount, add-on), and DirecTV Stream (FREE trial, add-on).
Both of these teams are used to getting this far. They will meet for gold on Sunday for the 22nd time in 23 tournaments since the championships were established in 1990.
Sunday’s final will be a rematch of a physical, fast-paced, end-to-end preliminary round outing on Monday, which the Americans won 1-0 on Kirsten Simms’ overtime goal.
It will also be a chance for the U.S. team to defend its title after beating Canada 6-3 in the 2023 final in Brampton, Ontario, giving them their first gold medal since 2019.
The Americans advanced on Saturday with a 5-0 win over Finland, in an outing Laila Edwards scored a natural hat trick and Aerin Frankel stopped 15 shots to set a single-tournament record with her fourth shutout. Hannah Bilka and Savannah Harmon also scored for the Americans, who kept their perfect run intact in having appeared in every world championship final since the tournament was established in 1990.
The Canadians followed with 4-0 win over the Czech Republic. Emily Clark and Jocelyne Larocque had a goal and assist each, and Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped nine shots for her second shutout of the tournament.
United States head coach John Wroblewski, top center, yells instructions to his players during the second period against Finland in the semifinals at the IIHF women’s world hockey championships in Utica, N.Y., Saturday, April 13, 2024(AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)AP
Desbiens later told The Associated Press, “You always want to beat them. Whether it’s a Rivalry Series, world championship, it doesn’t change. Obviously, I remember last year, I remember what happened. And, we want this story to be different this year.”
The Americans have won 10 world gold medals to Canada’s 12. The U.S. is 18-17 overall against Canada in tournament play, with both teams scoring 98 goals against.
Canada, meantime, has the edge in Olympic play in having won five gold medals to the Americans’ two.
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