Top 10 moments of 2025 Women’s Worlds
by Lucas AYKROYD|23 APR 2025
photo: © IIHF / Matt Zambonin
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#1: The U.S.’s Tessa Janecke gets the golden goal in a 4-3 overtime win over archrival Canada.
 
#2: A new Women’s Worlds attendance record (122,331) is set in Ceske Budejovice during the final.

#3: Jenniina Nylund scores in sudden-death as Finland rallies from a 3-0 deficit to stun the Czechs 4-3 for bronze.
 
#4: Czech goalie Klara Peslarova dazzles with 43 saves in a 2-1 semi-final loss to the Americans.
 
#5: Marie-Philip Poulin has two points versus the Finns in the semis, topping Hayley Wickenheiser as Canada’s career Women’s Worlds points leader. Poulin finishes with 89 points.
 
#6: Canada’s 8-1 semi-final win over Finland makes Ann-Renee Desbiens the winningest goalie in tournament history (22 wins), surpassing Swiss great Florence Schelling.
 
#7: Natalie Mlynkova scores a hat trick in a 7-0 Czech quarter-final rout of Switzerland.
 
#8: Hilary Knight earns her 50th career assist versus Switzerland to pass Hayley Wickenheiser as the all-time Women’s Worlds assists leader.
 
#9: Michelle Karvinen’s winner against the Swiss is her 61st Women’s Worlds point, making her Finland’s all-time leading scorer.
 
#10: Norway returns to the top division for the first time in 28 years in a 5-2 loss to Japan.