U.S. edges Canada in women's hockey world championship final in overtime classic
Janecke scored 17 minutes into the 20-minute period for a 4-3 win in Czechia on Sunday.
Nine of the last 14 finals between the U.S. and Canada have gone to overtime between the Olympics and World Championships dating to 2011.
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Either the U.S. or Canada has won all 24 world titles. The rivals met in the final in 23 of the 24 editions dating to the first worlds in 1990.
In the third period Sunday, Canadian Sarah Fillier tied it at 3-3 with 5:48 left. That came nearly 10 minutes after a collision between U.S. goalie Aerin Frankel and Canadian forward Laura Stacey outside of the crease.
Stacey was given a two-minute penalty for charging. Frankel was replaced by Gwyneth Philips, who all of a sudden was playing in an international knockout game for the first time.
The U.S. goals in regulation came from Caroline Harvey, Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise.
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The U.S. went 7-0 at worlds, going undefeated for the first time since 2019. Canada had won four of the previous five Olympic or world titles, its most dominant stretch in the rivalry since the 2000s.
Now the U.S., with a world championship roster more than two years younger than Canada's, will look to reclaim the Olympic title next February.
Canada won the 2022 Olympic final 3-2, after which the U.S. program underwent many changes.
John Wroblewski succeeded Joel Johnson as head coach, and several young players ascended.
Heise went from being cut from the 2022 Olympic team to MVP of the summer 2022 World Championship.
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Harvey went from being the youngest player on the 2022 Olympic team (and playing the least of the team's healthy skaters) to being named the best defender of the 2023 Worlds.
Laila Edwards made her senior national team debut in November 2023 and was MVP of the 2024 World Championship.
The goalie Frankel, who didn't make the 2022 Olympic team, started World Championship finals in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Janecke is the latest. The 20-year-old Penn State junior made her senior national team debut in December 2022.
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