WW18: Canada shuts out Team USA 3-0 in championship final
Goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer is mobbed by her teammates as Canada wins the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship. Photo: Phillip MacCallum / HHOF-IIHF Images
ZLIN – In the fifth championship clash between the world’s top two teams in U18 women’s hockey, Canada achieved what few teams in the short history of the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship have ever done.
WW18: Damkronorna score three in third to win bronze
Team Sweden gathers together after receiving their medals. The girls won their second U18 bronze medal in a 4-1 victory over Germany. Photo: Phillip MacCallum / HHOF-IIHF Images
ZLIN – Thanks to a great effort by the U18 ladies in a 4-1 win over Germany, Sweden begins 2012 with two medals from the U20 men's and U18 Women's World Championships. Russia sends Switzerland down to Division I.