Norway blanks Hungary for 1st win at women's hockey worlds after 27-year absence

The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 13, 2025 9:24 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Norway bushed Hungary 3-0 successful a crippled of the 2 recently promoted teams astatine the women's hockey satellite title connected Sunday successful Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

Andrine Furulund and Emma Bergesen scored a extremity apiece successful the mediate play and Millie Rose Sirium added the 3rd into an bare nett successful the 3rd to pb Norway to its archetypal triumph astatine the tourney aft a 27-year lack from the apical division.

Norway goalie Ena Nystrom stopped 45 shots.

Hungary remains pointless and goalless aft losses to Sweden and Japan by the aforesaid 2-0 people successful its erstwhile games successful Group B.

Later Sunday, Sweden faces Japan the Canadians and Americans renew their rivalry astatine 1 p.m. ET.

WATCH | Canada shuts retired Switzerland connected Friday successful Czech Republic:

Canada-U.S. rivalry ever intense

Canada has learned to expect the unexpected erstwhile facing their archrivals.

It tin beryllium a 1-0 crippled arsenic it was successful the preliminary circular past twelvemonth oregon it tin beryllium a bucking bronco of a 6-5 overtime determination successful the last that Canada won successful Utica, N.Y.

Unlikely leader Danielle Serdachny's overtime extremity gave the Canadians a dramatic 6-5 win in Utica, avenging the Americans' triumph successful 2023 successful Brampton, Ont.

Since the United States' tally of 5 consecutive satellite titles from 2013 to 2019 (the worlds are not held successful Olympic years), Canada has captured 3 of the past 4 portion besides reclaiming the Olympic golden medal successful 2022. The Canadians person besides won 4 consecutive Rivalry Series, taking the deciding Game 5 2 months agone successful Summerside, P.E.I.

Two of 5 games went to a shootout.

"When I look astatine benignant of the last, astir apt 10 oregon 12 games that we played against them, they each look antithetic successful immoderate capacity," Canada caput manager Terry Ryan said.

"Either we've got to dictate the crippled oregon we've got to rotation with it a small spot to effort to halt it from rolling implicit us.

"It's weird. It's hard to fig it retired to beryllium honest. We've won with physicality, we've won with offence and we've won with defence. God knows what this 1 volition extremity up like. We'll see."

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