United States wins the women’s ice hockey world championship final 4-3 in OT against Canada

CESKE BUDEJOVICE Czech Republic AP Tessa Janecke scored the winner as the United States prevailed in overtime over defending champion Canada - to win the women s ice hockey world championship on Sunday Janecke struck with left in overtime for the Americans to claim the th title at the worlds Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise scored a goal and had an assist and Caroline Harvey also scored for the U S Shock and awe U S goalie Gwyneth Philips declared after the drama I m ecstatic The U S cruised through the tournament winning the preliminary group with four wins from four including a - win over Canada and eliminating Germany in the quarterfinals and Finland in the semifinals The -day -nation tournament in the southern Czech city of Ceske Budejovice represented the final major international tune-up before the Winter Games in Italy Danielle Serdachny Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier scored for Canada AP women s hockey https apnews com hub womens-hockey Source