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IIHF Women's Worlds: Day Five
4/6/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Hockey
MINNEAPOLIS - Ten current and former Gophers are representing their countries at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship. In Thursday's semifinals, eight Gophers earned their place in Friday's gold-medal game as Canada defeated Finland, 4-0, and the United States blanked Germany, 11-0.
Sarah Potomak scored the game-winning goal for Canada, and Noora Raty made 32 saves on 35 shots faced for Finland. Meanwhile, Amanda Kessel recorded three assists as the U.S. cruised past Germany.
The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship wraps up with Friday's medal round. Finland will face Germany in the bronze-medal game at 2:30 p.m. CT with the U.S. and Canada meeting in the gold-medal game at 6:30 p.m. CT.
Gophers at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
United States (6): 2 Lee Stecklein, 9 Megan Bozek ('13), 12 Kelly Pannek, 19 Gigi Marvin ('09), 20 Hannah Brandt ('16), and 28 Amanda Kessel ('16)
Canada (2): 37 Sarah Davis ('14), 44 Sarah Potomak
Finland (2): 7 Mira Jalosuo ('13), 41 Noora Raty ('13)
🔟 #GWH reps, including 3️⃣ current #Gophers, are in today's #2017WWC semis.
2:30pm CT: 🇨🇦🆚🇫🇮
6:30pm CT: 🇺🇸🆚🇩🇪
〽️🏒: https://t.co/WqLWxLc14v pic.twitter.com/DACSkiEGUf- Minnesota W Hockey (@GopherWHockey) April 6, 2017
Skating INTO THE ROAR with this 🇫🇮🦁family at 3:30pm EST! Semis against Maple Suryps 🇨🇦 #Worlds… https://t.co/1kbRs4lCzt
- Noora Räty (@Nooraty41) April 6, 2017
Best of luck to all 10 of our Gophers today in the semifinals of Worlds. Just landed and can't wait to watch! 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 #GWH
- Brad Frost (@FrostBrad) April 6, 2017
Noora Raty is keeping Finland in this game #WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/ieO1w6TBDT
- Women's Hockey Gifs (@CWHLHighlights) April 6, 2017
Sarah Potomak pots one for Canada. 🇨🇦 leads 1-0 against 🇫🇮#WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/upPfiOIJAA
- Women's Hockey Gifs (@CWHLHighlights) April 6, 2017
Snapchat = hockey_canada 🙃 pic.twitter.com/gbmaRqEWrT
- Team Canada Women (@HC_Women) April 6, 2017
Game over! Canada will play for gold in Plymouth after a 4-0 semifinal win over Finland. Statistics: https://t.co/jC7YJioz2R #WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/5D8WhINCIQ
- Team Canada Women (@HC_Women) April 6, 2017
VIDEO: @TSNHockey highlights from Canada's semifinal victory over Finland at #WomenWorlds pic.twitter.com/Hm7TfOUKdh
- Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) April 6, 2017
Projected lines for #TeamUSA vs. Germany in the #2017WWC semifinals at 7:30pmET.
Stream: @NHL.com
Preview: https://t.co/LZZC3xC1qp pic.twitter.com/4Y018RpR2w- USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 6, 2017
#TeamUSA rookies Kali Flanagan, Kelly Pannek & Maddie Rooney are soaking in the Women's Worlds experience: https://t.co/K2Az46x3l4 #2017WWC pic.twitter.com/yI03PWCZEd
- USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 6, 2017
#NameThatGopher 😂 pic.twitter.com/7xoEuX9J1E
- Minnesota W Hockey (@GopherWHockey) April 7, 2017
FINAL | #TeamUSA defeats Germany, 11-0, to advance to the #2017WWC gold-medal game tomorrow night. 🇺🇸
Full recap: https://t.co/IPTErCUUKb pic.twitter.com/nTfe28nxsA- USA Hockey (@usahockey) April 7, 2017
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