U.S. Women’s National Team wins in Sundsvall

09 Nov 2015 | Henrik Lundqvist

Hilary Knight scored in overtime to decide the gold medal game against Canada when USA won the 4-nation tournament in Sundsvall, Sweden. Finland beat Sweden to capture the third place.

As always USA and Canada dominate women's hockey. So also the past weekend when they played Finland and Sweden in a 4-nations tournament in Sweden. Both North American countries beat Sweden and Finland in the round robin and the game between the teams was won 3-0 by USA. Monique Lamoureux, Megan Bozek and Kendall Coyne scored the goals while Jessie Vetter made 31 saves for the shutout.

In the final USA and Canada played again and this time it was a closer game. Canada took the lead twice on goals by Natalie Spooner and Meghan Agosta but both times Brianna Decker tied it. The game went on to an overtime period where Hilary Knight needed only 36 seconds to close the game in Sundsvall Energi Arena.

The Bronze Medal Game was also decided in the overtime period. Jenni Hiirikoski was the Finnish game-winner.

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