The scarcity of the rivalry makes the United States-Canada women's hockey one spicier than most.
Nobody is complaining with more chances to watch the two superpowers of the sport face off with high stakes on the line.
That is what is at stake Sunday in Denmark, where the USA and Canada will play in the 2022 Women's World Championship final. It was only a little more than six months ago, at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, that Canada dominated the United States in both of their matchups -- once in the preliminary round and again in the gold-medal game.