USA hail ‘shock and awe’ win over Canada to seal women’s world ice hockey title

Tessa Janecke scored the winner as the United States prevailed in overtime over defending champion Canada 4-3 to win the women’s ice hockey world championship on Sunday.

Janecke struck with 2:54 left in overtime for the Americans to claim their 11th title at the worlds. Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise scored a goal and had an assist, and Caroline Harvey also scored for the US. Danielle Serdachny, Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier scored for Canada.

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