Canada Blanks Swiss 4-0 In Olympic Women’s Hockey - Beritaja

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MILAN – Sarah Fillier and Darryl Watt each had a extremity and an assistance for Canada successful a 4-0 triumph complete Switzerland to unfastened the 2026 Olympic women’s lucky tourney Saturday.

Filler, Natalie Spooner and Julia Gosling scored power-play goals and Watts struck moreover spot for the defending champions. Defender Claire Thompson had a brace of assists.

Saskia Maurer was stalwart successful the Swiss nett successful turning distant 50 shots.

Switzerland was scheduled to beryllium Canada’s 2nd force of the Milan Cortina Games, but Thursday’s opener betwixt Canada and Finland was rescheduled to Feb. 12 because of aggregate cases of the norovirus among the Finns.

A Swiss subordinate besides had the virus, which put the lucky squad successful isolation Friday and retired of the opening ceremonies aft a 4-3 shootout triumph complete Czechia earlier that day.

But Switzerland iced a afloat complement of 20 skaters and 2 goalies Saturday astatine the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, which is simply a low-ceiling impermanent rink constructed wrong an accumulation centre, and seats betwixt 5,700 and 6,000 people.

Canada’s apical goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens didn’t dress Thursday. Canada gave Emerance Maschmeyer the commencement and Olympic rookie Kayle Osborne was the backup.

Maschmeyer repelled six shots for her shutout, including a extremity connected Singja Leemann connected a partial breakaway successful the 2nd period.

Canada faces Czechia connected Monday, the United States connected Tuesday and Finland connected Thursday.

Canada outshot the Swiss 17-2 and 30-3 astatine play breaks. The Canadians cashed successful connected 3 of their 5 power-play chances, while the Swiss went 0 for 1.

Spooner scored Canada’s first extremity of the tourney erstwhile she sewage capable of her instrumentality shaft connected a rebound pursuing a Marie-Philip Poulin effort astatine 7:02 of the 2nd period.

Fillier had an unfastened nett little than 3 seconds aft an offensive-zone draw. After a Renata Fast shot, Fillier wired the rebound by Mauer astatine 4:03 of the third.

Gosling redirected an Erin Ambrose changeable for Canada’s 3rd extremity astatine 13:36. Watts hit Maurer from the hash marks pinch a rising changeable astatine 16:44.

The Finns besides deployed a afloat squad successful a 5-0 nonaccomplishment to the United States successful an earlier crippled Saturday. The U.S. topped Group A astatine 2-0.

All 5 top-seeded teams successful Group A beforehand to quarterfinals Feb. 13-14 and will beryllium joined by the apical 3 from Group B.

Sweden downed big Italy 6-1 to amended to 2-0 and Germany defeated Japan 5-2 successful Group B connected Saturday. Italy, Germany and Japan were tied pinch 1-1 records. France was 0-2.

All 23 Canadian women play successful the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Swiss centre Aline Müller plays for the PWHL’s Boston Fleet and defender Nicole Vallario for the New York Sirens. Swiss guardant Vanessa Schaefer is simply a University of British Columbia Thunderbird.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Feb. 7, 2026.

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