With five unanswered goals in the second period, the US women's national ice hockey team crushed the host Italy and achieved a crushing victory with 6:0 in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games. John Wroblewski's selection continues its flawless run in the tournament and is now only two wins away from the gold medals, after having a perfect balance of 5 successes in 5 games so far.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored two goals for the Americans. Megan Keller, Laila Edwards and Britta Curl distinguished themselves with a goal and an assist, and Hannah Bilka also scored. Superstar Caroline Harvey assisted on two of the goals and now has a total of nine points on the „goal+assist“ system of the tournament. Tyler Heise also had two assists in the match.
The opponent of the USA in the semifinals will become clear after the match between the Olympic champions from Canada and the German team.
In the other quarterfinal, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 2-0 and will await the winner of the clash between Finland and Switzerland. In only their second appearance in an Olympic tournament, the Czechs held a goalless draw in the first period, but at 24:47 minute Hanna Olsson opened the score with numerical superiority. Shortly before the final siren — 25 seconds before the end — Hilda Svensson made the final 2-0 on an empty net. Goalkeeper Eba Svensson Treff recorded her second “dry“ match in the tournament.