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GAMEDAY: Team USA Faces Canada

03/28/2015, 9:00am MDT
By USAHockey.com

Game opens IIHF Women's World Championship in Sweden

Today is the first meeting between the U.S. and Canada at the 2015 IIHF Women’s World Championship. The game will take place at 11 a.m. ET (4 p.m. local) at the Malmo Isstadion in Malmo, Sweden. Follow along on Twitter @USAHockeyScores for game updates and join the conversation by using hashtag #WWC2015.

Prior to the 2015 IIHF WWC, the last meeting between the two teams at this event took place on April 9, 2013. In that game, the U.S. defeated Canada, 3-2, to win the gold medal.

In the IIHF Women’s World Championship, Team USA has a 6-2-5-8-0 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) overall against Canada. The teams have played to overtime on seven occasions, three of which resulted in a shootout. Fifteen of the 21 games have been decided by two goals or less, while 11 have been one-goal games.

Prior to this tournament, the last time the U.S. and Canada met in an international tournament was during the 2014 Four Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia There, Canada defeated the U.S., 3-2, in a shootout of the gold-medal game.

The United States and Canada are the only gold-medal winners in Olympic Winter Games and IIHF World Women’s Championship history. Team USA won the inaugural Olympic gold medal in 1998, while Canada has taken the top prize in the four Games since (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014). The United States has captured gold at five of the 15 IIHF Women’s World Championships, including four of the last five world championships (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013), while Canada won gold the remaining 10 years (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012). The teams have also met frequently during the Four Nations Cup and pre-Olympic tours. Overall, the United States holds a record of 36-11-14-57-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) in 119 contests against Canada.

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