The United States women’s hockey team faces Canada at 10:10 a.m. on Thursday to play for Olympic gold. Here’s how the Seattle Torrent players have done so far: <\/p>\n
SEATTLE \u2014 The United States’ women’s hockey team is playing for gold on Thursday in a battle against Canada at the Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n
Team USA has dominated in women’s hockey in Italy, allowing just one goal in their first game against Czechia, winning 5-1. Since then, the Americans have shut out every team that has come their way: Sweden (5-0), Italy (6-0), Canada (5-0), Switzerland (5-0) and Finland (5-0).\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year’s team has a mix of experience, including several players from the Seattle’s new Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) team, the Seattle Torrent.<\/p>\n
Torrent forward, and five-time Olympian, Hilary Knight<\/a> is the women’s hockey captain. Torrent teammates Alex Carpenter, Hannah Bilka and Cayla Barnes are also on the ice for Team USA and Julia Gosling<\/a> is playing for Team Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n Torrent players have put up 11 goals for Team USA over the past six games.\u00a0<\/p>\n Knight scored her first goal of the Milan Games against Czechia with an assist from Carpenter and Bilka. Knight also scored against Finland on Feb. 7.<\/p>\n Carpenter has made three goals so far in the Winter Games, scoring against Czechia, Finland and Switzerland. Bilka scored her first Olympic goal against Switzerland, then went on a hot streak with two goals against Canada and one goal against Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n Barnes scored against Italy and Sweden, helping Team USA advance to the gold-medal matchup.<\/p>\n At the 2022 Olympic Games, Canada won 3-2 over the USA in women’s hockey and secured the gold medal. This time around, the Americans are favored to add a third gold medal to the collection following wins in 1998 and 2018.<\/p>\n