Knight netted the fourth goal in the 5-0 win, as the squad cruised to victory over a visibly weakened Finnish women’s hockey team. The captain said didn’t realize the top shelf score tied her with retired U.S. players Natalie Darwitz and Katie King for the goals record.
“I had no idea. I just love scoring, and that pure elation of finding the back of the net. It’s a little-kid moment. When you score, it’s pure excitement,” Knight said. “Those are legendary players and just to be in the same sentence as them is super special,” she added.
With Knight’s current pace, it’s safe to say she’ll own the record sooner rather than later.
“I want her to score more than anyone else. I thought she was going to have it in the third period, she had a good look, but there’s no doubt she is going to break that record any time now,” Megan Keller, who assisted Knight’s goal and had one of her own, said about the captain.