Record crowd in Seattle watches US women’s hockey beat Canada
Nov 20, 2022, 9:17 PM | Updated: 9:25 pm
SEATTLE (AP) – Hilary Knight had two goals and an assist, Nicole Hensley stopped 22 shots, and the United States beat Canada for the third straight time, 4-2 in the Rivalry Series on Sunday night.
Women’s hockey – U.S. 4, Canada 2: Stats
Abby Roque and Savannah Harmon also scored for the U.S., which won 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday and 2-1 on Thursday to kick off the series.
Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse scored for Canada, and Ann-Renée Desbiens made 25 saves.
An announced crowd of 14,551 attended the game at Climate Pledge Arena, which set a record for a U.S. women’s national team home game.
Record-setting crowd in Seattle @ClimateArena! 👏 pic.twitter.com/ug1TIms4nb
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) November 21, 2022
The U.S. will host the fourth game of the series Dec. 15 in Henderson, Nevada. Remaining dates and locations have yet to be announced.
Roque scored 1:10 into the second period to give the U.S. a 2-1 lead.
You talk about eye candy?! 😍
Gonna be re-watching this passing sequence all night.@abby_roque @AmandaKessel28 @KendallCoyne | #RivalrySeries pic.twitter.com/8JTGkoDDb0
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) November 21, 2022
About 5 minutes later, Knight got her first of the night to give the Americans a two-goal advantage.
Blessing your timeline with this @HilaryKnight goal.#RivalrySeries pic.twitter.com/jPbrAdJM3X
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) November 21, 2022
However, Nurse scored at 7:10 to pull Canada back to 3-2.
Knight scored on the power play 7:37 into the third to seal the win.
Things you love to see: A @HilaryKnight power-play goal! See it below.#RivalrySeries pic.twitter.com/alOFownY2N
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) November 21, 2022
Harmon opened the scoring 40 seconds into the game, but Poulin tied it for Canada with 7:50 remaining in the first period.
Canada edged the U.S. 2-1 for the world title in September in Denmark. The Canadians also beat the Americans 3-2 in the Olympic final in February in Beijing.
Canada went 3-1-1 against the U.S. in last season’s women’s hockey Rivalry Series, which was cut short by the pandemic.
