#Getting over it game furthest full

And she increased her Olympic point total to 22, one behind Katie King, who ranks third.Īmanda Kessel and Dani Cameranesi also scored. Knight now has nine career Olympic goals to tie Monique Lamoureux-Morando for fifth on the U.S. up 4-0 by the 16:15 mark of the first period. The game was essentially over when Compher, Knight and Pannek scored in a span of 2:11 to put the U.S. Knight opened the scoring by driving to the net and converting her own rebound for a power-play goal 5:40 in. Johnson has now rotated in all three of his goalies, with Nicole Hensley getting the shutout against ROC. “She played great and all the credit goes to her.”Ĭavallini’s best save came 8 1/2 minutes into the second period, in getting across to her left to stop the Swiss on a 2-on-1 break. “For her to play as well as she has and to recover and to be in my mind at 100%, it’s just fun to see,” Johnson said. The road became even longer when Johnson revealed the goalie had been dealing with “some injury stuff” in recent months, without being specific. “To be here again is really special and I seriously can’t thank my teammates enough for making it that much more special tonight.'

“It was a long road to get here,” Cavallini said. She had considered retiring following the 2018 Winter Games. It also provided the Americans some momentum a day after they had 62 shots but struggled finishing in a 5-0 win over the Russian team.Ĭavallini, who won an NCAA championship with Wisconsin in 2011, won in her Olympic debut. The goal eruption came against a Swiss team which had been outscored by a combined 17-3 in losing its first two games, including a 12-1 loss to Canada on Thursday. 'Looking forward to hopefully a practice day tomorrow and then excited for Canada as always.”

#Getting over it game furthest full

Just felt like we finally put together a full three periods,' defender Lee Stecklein said. Kelly Pannek and Jesse Compher also scored twice on a night 13 of 19 U.S. Hilary Knight scored two first-period goals, Alex Cavallini stopped 12 shots, and the Americans (3-0) produced their most complete performance so far. And that’s why it’s going to be fun to watch.” I know that’s how Canada is approaching it. “I think both teams think there’s no doubt that we can win, and both teams respect their opponent, but they have all the confidence in the world,” Johnson said.

The defending Olympic champions worked out their remaining kinks with a dominating 8-0 win over Switzerland on Sunday to prepare for their Group A finale against Canada on Tuesday. BEIJING (AP) - Having avoided questions about their heated cross-border rivalry all week because the focus has been on the next opponent, United States women’s hockey coach Joel Johnson and his players could finally address what’s been on everyone’s minds since the Beijing Winter Games opened.