U.S. Shuts Out Canada, 5-0, to Shut Olympic Winter Video games Preliminary Spherical

Caroline Harvey (Salem, N.H./University of Wisconsin) scored the sport’s first objective at 3:45 of the opening body, as she skated into the highest of the slot and wristed a shot that discovered its means by means of Canadian netminder Ann-Renee Desbiens.

Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho/Seattle Torrent) added an help on Harvey’s tally, which tied her for essentially the most profession factors (32) in U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey historical past with Jenny Potter.

Team USA doubled its lead with 2:42 remaining, as Bilka capitalized from the slot after Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./University of Minnesota) chased the puck down and delivered a behind-the-back centering feed.

Kirsten Simms (Plymouth, Mich./University of Wisconsin) scored her first Olympic objective at 1:21 of the center interval, battling within the Canadian crease to drive the puck residence on the facility play.

Bilka added her second tally of the competition, rifling a one-timer previous the glove of Desbiens from the left faceoff circle after a feed from Murphy at 13:00 to increase Team USA’s result in 4-0.

Laila Edwards (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/University of Wisconsin) scored her first-career Olympic tally, ripping a wrist shot over the shoulder of Desbiens from the highest of the slot at 11:53 of the third.

U.S. goaltender Aerin Frankel (Chappaqua, N.Y./Boston Fleet) completed the competition with a 20-save shutout, recording her second clear sheet of the match.

NOTES: The U.S. outshot Canada, 33-20 … Team USA went 1-5 on the facility play, whereas Canada went 0-1 … The U.S. handed Canada its first-ever shutout loss in 41 Olympic contests.