Neither the Gophers nor the Whitecaps played today, but there was one team pertinent to fans of both had games all week long: Team USA. The US Women’s National Team was participating in this year’s 4 Nations Cup against Canada, Finland, and Sweden. So far in the tournament they were undefeated, beating Finland 5-1, Canada 2-1, and Sweden 5-1 in the preliminary rounds, which put them in this evening’s goal medal match against Canada at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take Hilary Knight long to find the back of the net with a successful wraparound past goaltender Shannon Szabados at 1:28.