Team USA Lights Up Finland in Preliminary Round of the Women’s World Championship

Photo courtesy of Lubos Pavlicek (AP)

The U.S. took the early lead in this matchup with a goal from Hayley Scamurra off the rebound at 2:44 in the first period. At 5:39, from the blue line, Scamurra doubled the U.S. lead with her second goal of the game.

“I felt great,” “I always like to contribute on the board when I can, but I know that I contribute in other ways as well. So I was really focusing on that today, and the goals just happened to come along as well.”

Hayley Scamurra

Abbey Murphy connected with Kelly Pannek at 12:58 to make this a 3-0 game.

Just 55 seconds into the second period, Lee Stecklein tucked a backhander between Finland’s goaltender Sanni Ahola to put this one out of reach for Team Finland.

Petra Nieminen blew a power play one-timer past Aerin Frankel from the faceoff circle at 8:03 to show some sign of life from Finland.

U.S. Captain Hilary Knight answered back 16 seconds later off a feed from Alex Carpenter to regain their five-goal lead.

Early in the third period, Taylor Heise and Pannek tallied goals 22 seconds apart to end this game with a final score of 7-1. This was Pannek’s second goal of the game.

Interview with a Fan and PWHL Updates The Wicked Alert Podcast

In this episode Kelsea interviews a fan! We also dive into some PWHL updates, including the rivalry series and discuss where we've been for the past few weeks! 
  1. Interview with a Fan and PWHL Updates
  2. Predictions, Three Stars, and More!
  3. West Coast Takeover: PWHL in Vancouver and Seattle
  4. Interview with Jess Healey
  5. Holiday Break

Discover more from Inside The Rink

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Leave a Reply

Opinion: Panthers’ Bobrovsky Heating Up at the Right Time

After being a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as one of the league’s best goalies in the regular season and winning the Stanley Cup last season, Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky came into this season with not much else to prove that he will go down as one of the game’s best goaltenders. When it […]

Read More

2025 IIHF Worlds Gold Medal Game: USA Wins First World Championship Since 1933

Team USA, guided by head coach Ryan Warsofsky, enters today’s gold-medal game with an impressive 8-1 record at the 2025 IIHF Men’s World Championship. Their lone loss came against Switzerland in the preliminary round, where the Swiss shut out Team USA, 3-0. The U.S. has been a powerhouse offensively, scoring five or more goals in […]

Read More

2025 IIHF Worlds Bronze Medal Game: Sweden Secures 6–2 Victory Over Denmark

The 2025 IIHF World Championship bronze medal game saw Sweden secure a 6–2 victory over Denmark, earning their second consecutive bronze medal. After a strong first period where Sweden controlled much of the play, Denmark came alive in the second, responding with a quick push and closing the gap with a goal from Nick Olesen. […]

Read More