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IIHF Women's World Championships: Medals and Stepping Stones

Russia wins bronze

Russia upset Finland to win the bronze medal in a shootout on Monday evening. Olga Sosina and Anna Shukina scored on Meeri Räisänen to bring Russia their third ever medal at the Women's Worlds -- they also won bronze in 2013 and 2001.

The game was tightly

Zoë Hayden
iihf women's world championships, team usa, team canada, team sweden, team finland, ice hockey, team switzerland, team russia, team japan

2016 IIHF Women's World Championships: Day 2

  • Team Czech Republic upset Switzerland 3-1. Switzerland played well against Japan and Nana Fujimoto, winning 4-2, in the first day of the tournament. The Czechs weren't expected to beat any of the teams handily that had been in the top division for some time, but they triumphed in what ended
Zoë Hayden