The 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship ended Monday night in Kamloops, Canada in agonizing fashion for the host nation.
In the 18th-consecutive meeting in the championship game between the U.S. and Canada, the two squared off for 72 minutes before Alex Carpenter netted the game winner and gave the U.S. team a 1-0 win. Now with its seventh title, the U.S. is closing in on Canada’s 10 IIHF titles — with the help of one current and five former Badgers.
Annie Pankowski, who narrowly missed a spot on the 2014 USA Olympic roster, got her first taste of international play as a member of the gold-medal team.