Ancient performances from Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse helped Canada reclaim the gold medal in Olympic ladies’s hockey.
The Canadians defeated their archrivals america 3-2 in Thursday’s ultimate, dethroning the 2018 protecting champions. Canada has now gained gold in all however two of the ladies’s hockey Olympic tournaments relationship again to the game’s debut on the Video games in 1998.
The win is Canada’s fourth gold medal in Beijing and nineteenth general medal.
Poulin led the way in which with two extra objectives, additional extending her popularity as essentially the most seize athlete in hockey. In doing so, Poulin turned into the primary hockey participant — male or feminine — to attain a target in 4 other gold medal video games.
“I’m so, so happy with this crew,” Poulin instructed the CBC after the win. “Now we have stayed united since 2018. It might were simple to head our personal method however we put our head down, we went to paintings and I’m so, so happy with this crew.”
Nurse, who had a target and help, set a brand new Olympic file with 18 issues within the match — breaking a file set by means of Corridor of Famer Hayley Wickenheiser on the 2006 Turin Olympics.
“It is insane, I will be able to’t prevent shaking, I simply stopped crying,” Canadian rookie ahead Sarah Fillier instructed the CBC post-game. “This is rather like a dream come true, it is been an extended 4 years and to do it with the ladies on that group, there may be not anything extra particular than that.”
Hilary Knight scored the American’s first target with a shorthanded marker overdue in the second one length. The U.S. greater the drive within the 3rd length and Amanda Kessel made it a one-goal recreation with 13 seconds last in law however Canadian goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens close the door to maintain the win.
Desbiens made 38 saves to earn the win. Alex Cavallini made 18 saves for america.
Veteran Canadian ahead Brianne Jenner was once named match MVP after main the way in which with 9 objectives.
