U.S. wins women's hockey world championship against Canada

Associated Press AP Sun, Apr 20, 2025 • 03:54 PM

The United States’ Tessa Janecke celebrates after scoring a sudden-death goal in overtime during Sunday’s gold medal match against Canada at the women’s hockey championships.

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic — 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 Sunday.

Janecke struck with 2 minutes, 54 seconds left in overtime for the Americans to claim the 11th title at the worlds.

Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise scored a goal and had an assist, and Caroline Harvey also scored for the U.S.

“Shock and awe,” U.S. goalie Gwyneth Philips said after the drama. “I’m ecstatic.”

The U.S. cruised through the tournament, winning the preliminary group with four victories, including a 2-1 win over Canada, and eliminating Germany in the quarterfinals and Finland in the semifinals.

The 12-day, 10-nation tournament in the southern Czech city of Ceske Budejovice represented the final major international tune-up before the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.

Danielle Serdachny, Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier scored for Canada.