Dani Cameranesi (Minnesota) scored two goals and Maddie
Rooney (Minnesota-Duluth) made 14 saves as the U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team
blanked Finland, 5-0, in a semifinal match at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in
Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Gigi Marvin (Minnesota), Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson
(North Dakota) and Hilary Knight (Wisconsin) also scored for the Americans, who
bested Finland, 3-1, in their Olympic opener last week. For Knight, it was also
her 100th career goal in a USA uniform. Noora Räty (Minnesota) made 33 saves
for Finland, which had advanced to the semifinals by routing rival Sweden, 7-2.
The U.S. will now take on archrival Canada (Wed., 11:10
p.m. ET, NBCSN) for the gold medal, the fifth time in the last six Olympics
that the two neighboring nations will meet with gold on the line. Canada has
won the last four golds after the U.S. claimed the inaugural women's gold in
1998, and also edged the U.S., 2-1, in a preliminary round game last week despite
being outshot almost two-to-one.
The U.S. men's team will face Slovakia in an elimination
game tonight at 10:10 p.m. ET (NBCSN).
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