Canada crushes Sweden 11-0 to advance to women’s Olympic hockey semifinals
Global News
Canada remains undefeated in Beijing as it seeks to reclaim the gold medal, which it lost to the U.S. at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
Canada’s women’s hockey team cruised into the semifinals with ease on Friday after crushing Sweden 11-0 at the Beijing Olympics.
The team’s red-hot offence was on full display in the quarterfinal game after forward Brianne Jenner kicked off the scoring just three minutes into the first period.
Captain Marie-Philip Poulin found Jenner at the front of the Swedish goal; Jenner fanned on the first shot but tucked in the second underneath the goalie’s pad to give Canada the go-ahead goal.
The offensive onslaught did not stop throughout the game, and when the final whistle blew Canada had 11 goals on 56 shots. The women’s team has now scored 44 goals in five games on 250 shots, while only conceding five goals on 120 shots.
Canada’s semifinal opponent has yet to be announced. Its archrival, the United States, won its quarterfinal game against the Czech Republic 4-1.
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