HERNING, Denmark — Brianne Jenner scored twice in the second period and Canada defended its title with a 2-1 win over the United States in the women’s world hockey championship final on Sunday. Canada also beat the U.S. 3-2 in February’s Olympic women’s hockey final in Beijing. The U.S. went undefeated into the final, including a 5-2 win over Canada …
BEIJING — The Canadians just finished making brisk work of Sweden in the quarterfinal round of the women’s Olympic hockey tournament, and yet coach Troy Ryan wasn’t prepared to assess just how dominant his team can be. “Honestly, we keep things pretty simple in our minds,” said Ryan on Friday, following an 11-0 win over Sweden in which Canada scored …
BEIJING — Hilary Knight would like to have a word with one of her former coaches, who placed an emphasis on getting shots on net. “There’s different types of opportunities, right?” Knight said following a 4-2 loss to Canada on Tuesday to close the Olympic women’s hockey preliminary round, in which the Americans had a 53-27 edge in shots. We …
