Maltais, Spooner and Team Canada Win Olympic Gold
2/17/2022 7:35:01 AM | Women's Ice Hockey
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Emma Maltais and Natalie Spooner earned gold medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics with Canada’s 3-1 win over the United States on Thursday afternoon in Beijing. Jincy Dunne, a member of Team USA, won silver in her first Olympic games.
Spooner, who finished the tournament with a personal-best 14 points, almost had a goal in the gold medal game, but it was called back for offsides. She tallied three goals and 11 assists at this year’s Olympics. Maltais, who made her Olympic debut this year, saw four shifts in the final contest. She recorded one goal and one assist with a +5 on ice rating in Beijing.
Jincy Dunne, who is just the second Ohio State player to skate for Team USA at the Olympics, ended her Olympic debut with a silver medal. In seven games, she added three assists for the Americans and played 50 shifts.
Minttu Tuominen and Team Finland took bronze with a 4-0 win over Switzerland. Winning the third bronze medal of her career, she finished her fourth Olympic games with three points. Andrea Braendli backstopped the Swiss to a fourth-place finish and led the tournament with 242 saves.
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