U.s. Blanks Canada 5-0 In Olympic Women’s Hockey - Beritaja

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MILAN – A disjointed Canadian women’s lucky squad fell 5-0 to the United States successful Olympic women’s lucky Tuesday.

Canada was minus skipper Marie-Philip Poulin, who sustained a lower-body wounded successful the erstwhile night’s 5-1 triumph complete the Czechs. Brianne Jenner wore the captain’s ‘C’ successful Poulin’s absence

Hannah Bilka scored doubly for the United States, which topped Group A pinch a 4-0-0-0 record.

Caroline Harvey had a extremity and 2 assists, and Kristen Simms and Laila Edwards besides scored for the U.S.

Goalie Aerin Frankel posted a 20-save shutout.

Canada’s starter Ann-Renée Desbiens was replaced by Emerance Maschmeyer successful the 3rd play erstwhile the U.S. scored a 5th extremity connected 27 shots. Maschmeyer made six saves successful relief.

All 5 teams successful Group A and the apical 3 successful Group B beforehand to the quarterfinals connected Friday and Saturday. Canada’s quarterfinal will beryllium Saturday against Germany.

Canada (2-0-0-1) will decorativeness 2nd successful the group sloppy of Thursday’s consequence versus Finland successful the last preliminary game. That crippled scheduled for Feb. 5 was postponed because of aggregate cases of norovirus among the Finns.

Tuesday’s crippled was the first gathering of the archrivals since the U.S. completed a four-game Rivalry Series expanse Dec. 13 successful Edmonton.

The Americans outscored Canada 24-7 successful those games.

Canada’s deficiency of offence continued into Tuesday.

The U.S. led 2-0 and 4-0, and outshot Canada 11-4 and 22-10, astatine play breaks.

The U.S. dominated puck possession. When a Canadian had the puck, 1 aliases moreover 2 Americans closed quickly connected her.

When a Canadian gained the violative area pinch the puck, an American defender steered her to the boards. The U.S. blocked shots from the perimeter and gave up small territory to Canada from adjacent range.

Canada mustered 2 shots connected 2 power-play chances, and messed up a four-on-two unreserved during a second-period powerfulness play pinch an offside.

Harvey scored connected the Americans’ 2nd changeable of the crippled pinch a wrist changeable that sneaked nether a screened Desbiens astatine 3:45 of the first period.

Abbey Murphy’s no-look backhand walk from down Canada’s nett recovered Bilka successful the slot astatine 17:18 for a two-goal lead.

Simms was awarded a 3rd extremity for the U.S. aft review, and besides aft Canadian caput coach Troy Ryan challenged it for goalie interference, astatine 1:21 of the 2nd period. Canada killed disconnected the resulting minor.

Murphy fed Bilka again from down debased for Bilka’s one-timer and a 4-0 lead for the U.S. astatine 13:00.

Edwards picked disconnected a Canadian clear successful the neutral zone, skated it backmost into Canada’s extremity and wired a changeable complete Desbiens’ instrumentality to pursuit the Canadian from the crippled astatine 11:53.

Czechia went 1-0-1-2 successful Group A. A crippled betwixt Switzerland and Finland had yet to decorativeness Tuesday night, pinch the Finns seeking their first triumph of the tournament.

Sweden (4-0-0-0), Germany (2-1-0-1) and big Italy (2-0-0-2) precocious retired of Group B.

Canada played its first crippled of the tourney successful the 14,000-seat Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena aft 2 games astatine Milano Rho.

Poulin was checked difficult into the boards by Kristyna Kaltounkova successful the first play Monday.

Poulin headed for the bench, and aft skating a fewer circles connected the crystal aft the first period, she didn’t return to the game.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Feb. 10, 2026.

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