– The U.S. women’s hockey team so thoroughly overwhelmed rival Canada that coach John Wroblewski issued a reminder that the 5-0 victory still left the Americans a long way from Olympic gold.
This was just a preliminary-round meeting between the sport’s two global powers. The gold medal game isn’t until Feb. 19.
The Americans are three wins away from a third gold medal after their lopsided victory over a Canadian team missing its captain and clinched first place in Group A entering the quarterfinals. It was a performance that continued confirming why the U.S. entered the tournament as favorite.
Team USA swept all four preliminary-round games by a combined score of 20-1 and brought back memories of how a Canadian team in its prime rolled to winning gold at the 2022 Beijing Games.
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