USA crush Denmark 14-0 with a record 85 shots to reach women’s hockey worlds semi-finals
Defending champions the United States marched into the semi-finals of the women’s ice hockey world championship with a crushing 14-0 victory over hosts Denmark on Friday. The Americans fired 85 shots on goal, a new single-game tournament record.
The US stormed out of the blocks, racing into a 5-0 lead inside eight minutes before stretching their advantage to 10-0 by the end of the second period, in the first-ever meeting between the teams.
Taylor Fox opened the scoring just 57 seconds into the game. Fox finished with a goal and three assists in a four-point performance. Caroline Harvey and Haley Winn each scored twice and added three assists, while Kelly Pannek had two goals and two assists.
Hannah Bilka contributed a goal and two assists. Casey O’Brien, Grace Zumwinkle, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra each finished with a goal and an assist. Alex Carpenter and Jesse Compher also scored.
Gwyneth Philips needed to make just eight saves to secure the shutout. Denmark pulled starting goaltender Emma-Sofie Nordstrom before the third period after she had stopped 51 shots; her replacement, Caroline Bjergstad, made 20 saves.
The Americans’ 85 shots surpassed the previous mark of 82, set by the US against Sweden in 1997. The US will face Finland in Sunday’s semi-finals.
Elsewhere, Canada survived a scare against the Czech Republic, edging a 3-2 victory in Herning to book a semi-final meeting with Sweden. Sarah Fillier, Rebecca Leslie and Renata Fast scored for Canada, while goaltender Eve Gascon made 14 saves.
Kristyna Kaltounkova, the No 1 overall pick in last year’s PWHL draft, scored twice for the Czechs, who managed more than one goal against Canada for the first time in six meetings across all competitions. Fillier broke the deadlock 1:29 into the second period, pouncing on a rebound to score for the third straight game.
