Hilary Knight's OT goal gives Team USA gold over Canada at World Championships
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — U.S. women’s hockey players took home both the money and the gold from the IIHF World Championships on Friday.
Ten days after agreeing to a new four-year contract that will allow American women to stay in the sport longer, Hilary Knight scored at 10:17 of overtime to give the Americans a 3-2 win against Canada in the championship game in front of a sold-out crowd at USA Hockey Arena.
Knight started the game-winning play by blocking a shot in the American defensive zone. Taking advantage of a 3-on-2 break, Kendall Coyne set up Knight for the game-winner, a rising shot from the slot.
The U.S. women have now won seven of the past eight World Championships.
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. . .announced their threatened boycott several weeks back.
The solidarity shown by them AND other women players from the national team down to the high schools and rec leagues was truly stunning.
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"I'm so proud of this team for performing the way we did after battling the way we did off the ice," said American captain Meghan Duggan.
