Finland 1, Canada 2 You wouldn’t know it from watching this tournament, but Finland's best finish in the U18 Women's World Championships were bronze medals in 2011 and 2019. They made a huge stride forward this year, taking down Canada for the first time
The "glorified doorbell cam" footage that former VP writer Kirsten captured and shared in 2019 is an infamous part of women's hockey lore at this point. 0:00/1× The high angle fish lens feed was impossible to watch and, when asked about it, the
Canada 7, Slovakia 0 It was a surprise for Canada to have dropped two of their three preliminary round games, ensuring they'd have to play a quarterfinal instead of getting a bye into the semis. But the short turnaround between last night's drubbing at the
United States 7, Canada 0 After watching the first few games, it sure felt like the Americans were the best team in the tournament, but I don't think anyone could have foreseen the blowout USA engineered Thursday evening. It was a masterclass in puck possession
We're not quite halfway through the tournament, with eight of fourteen games complete and one rest day under our belts. I've gathered some interesting quotes and stories that haven't made it into the daily notebooks, but still should see the light of day, so I'll
For each day of competition, I will continue to provide a longer recap with quotes from the games I was able to cover in person, and a shorter summary of the games that I couldn't attend. USA 5, Finland 0 Though the full game was