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2019 Women's Worlds Notebook: Relive the USWNT's Gold-Medal Journey

By USA Hockey, 04/12/19, 10:30AM EDT

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The U.S. won its fifth consecutive Women's Worlds gold

Relive every day of the journey from the U.S. Women's National Team's point of view as it pursued its fifth straight gold medal at the IIHF Women's World Championship in April. 


Day 19 - April 14

The U.S. defeated Finland today in the gold-medal game.

GAMEDAY

The U.S. defeated Finland, 2-1, in a shootout in the gold-medal game of the of the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship, claiming its fifth consecutive world championship gold medal and the program’s eighth in the last nine tournaments.  

With the game tied 1-1 after overtime, the game went to a five-player shootout. Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.) and Annie Pankowski (Laguna Hills, Calif.) scored in the first two rounds of the shootout. The Pankowski goal proved to be the difference as Alex Rigsby (Delafield, Wis.) made the final stop to secure gold for the U.S.

“I’m extremely proud of our team tonight for playing their game while emotions were running high, in a loud building and against a team that played us incredibly hard,” said Bob Corkum (Salisbury, Mass.). “It’s been an honor to coach this team and a fantastic experience here in Espoo. We can’t thank the organizing committee enough for the hospitality over the past two weeks.” 

Alex Rigsby (Delafield, Wis.) made 26 saves. With the win, Rigsby becomes the winningest goaltender for a single Women’s Worlds in the tournament’s history with five wins.

The U.S. finishes the tournament with a perfect record for the fourth consecutive Women’s Worlds dating back to 2015, and its sixth time overall. 

For the full recap, click here


Week 3: April 10-14

Week 2: April 3-April 9

Week 1: March 27-April 2


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U.S. Homepage

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DATE OPPONENT/ROUND LOCATION TIME (LOCAL/ET) TELEVISION U.S. Player of the Game
Thu., April 4 Finland
Preliminary
Espoo, Finland W, 6-2 NHL Network Kendall Coyne Schofield
Sat., April 6 Canada
Preliminary
Espoo, Finland W, 3-2 NHL Network Dani Cameranesi
Sun., April 7 Switzerland
Preliminary
Espoo, Finland W, 8-0 NHL Network Megan Keller
Tue., April 9 Russia
Preliminary
Espoo, Finland W, 10-0 NHL Network Lee Stecklein
Thu., April 11 Japan
Quarterfinals
Espoo, Finland W, 4-0 NHL Network Maddie Rooney
Sat., April 13 Russia
Semifinals
Espoo, Finland W, 8-0 NHL Network Hilary Knight
Sun., April 14 Finland
Gold-Medal Game
Espoo, Finland W, 2-1 (SO) NHL Network Annie Pankowski

2019 Women's Worlds News