Friday was the final day of the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship, held at the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The Czech Republic vs Switzerland finished their relegation series at 11:00 am CT. Then Finland took on Germany for the bronze medal at 2:30 pm CT. The gold medal match between the US and Canada was originally scheduled for 6:30 pm CT, but puck drop was delayed until 6:45 pm and occurred before a sold out, largely pro-America, crowd.
Czech Republic vs Switzerland
To start the game Lara Stalder took a hooking penalty at 3:07, which Switzerland killed.