Canada will play for gold in women’s hockey
The Canadian women’s hockey team, featuring Saskatoon forward Emily Clark, secured their spot in the gold-medal game for the eighth-straight Olympics following their semifinal win against Switzerland.
It was a slow game that didn’t see Canada make it on to the scoreboard until one minute and forty-nine seconds into second period thanks to team captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who ended up being the sole scorer in the game for Canada, after she added another point seven and a half minutes later to close the period.
The pair of goals propelled Poulin into the history books as the all-time leading scorer in Olympic women’s hockey, giving her 20 in her career.
Switzerland secured a single point four minutes and fifty-three seconds into the third period, which served as the game’s final goal and brought Canada the 2-1 victory.
The red and white will once again face North American rivals, the United States, for gold on Feb. 19 at 12:10 SK time. The two teams met in preliminary play with Canada suffering their only loss 5-0.
Another curling win for Canada
Regina curler Ben Hebert joined the Canadian men’s curling team for their 8-2 win over Czechia to wrap Day Ten in Milano Cortina.
For four consecutive ends, Canada claimed singles bringing things to 4-0, before Czechia made their first single in the fifth.
Canada was quick to respond with a triple in the sixth end.
The two teams exchanged singles, before Czechia decided they couldn’t close the gap and conceded after the eighth end.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
Day Eleven of Milano Cortina will see Saskatchewan athletes back in action in two sports.
Regina biathlete Logan Pletz will help represent the country on the men’s 4×7.5-km relay team at 7:30 a.m. SK time.
Meanwhile, the Canadian men’s curling team and Regina’s Ben Hebert are set to compete against Great Britian at 12:05 p.m. SK time.
Olympic Notes: Day Ten of the Games saw Team Canada add two more medals to their collection, with Megan Oldham reaching the top of the podium in the women’s ski big air event and speeder skater Courtney Sarault claiming silver in the women’s 1,000-metre event. Canada’s medal count: 1 (2 Gold, 4 Silver, 5 Bronze).
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