Canada routs Swiss 10-3, advances to Olympic gold-medal game

[ASFN Admin]

It makes no difference to Marie-Philip Poulin who the Canadians face for the Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey on Thursday. Whether it’s yet another showdown against the United States or Finland, all that mattered to Canada’s captain was that her dynamically offensive team earned its way to the championship game with a 10-3 win over Switzerland on Monday. Poulin scored twice, and Canada erupted for five first-period goals in an Olympic-record span of 3:24 to continue steamrolling through a tournament in which it's 6-0 and out-scored opponents by a margin of 54-8.

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