Team Canada beats Slovakia 18-0
Similar to the Team Canada Juniors team beating Team Latvia 16-0, questions once again are being raised about the level of competition that exists in women’s hockey. My personal opinion is that the gap will eventually close similar to the Men’s game and that more games will be competitive. I always like to use USA basketball as a point of argument. I believe it was 1992 and the “dream team” obliterated every other team on their way to the Gold medal. Fast forward 10 years and there are numerous other countries that are remaining competitive with the mighty Dream Team. I hope the same will happen with Women’s hockey, otherwise the sport may soon be out of the Olympics.
Back to the game, Meghan Acosta and Jyna Hefford led the Canadian onslaught each contributing a hat trick. In fact, only Meaghan Mikkelson was held off the score sheet for Team Canada. Kim St. Pierre stopped all shots on the way to her 1st shutout of the tournament. Next up for the Canadians is againt Switzerland on February 15th.
Interesting Note: Team Slovakia qualified for the tournament by virtue of an 82-0 victory over Bulgaria. Imagine watching the 82-0 game!
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