KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Thursday’s victory for Team Canada the IIHF women’s hockey world championships was brought to you by the Letter J.
Brianne Jenner, Rebecca Johnston, Jillian Saulnier and Jennifer Wakefield scored goals in an eight-minute, two-second span in the second period to lead the host squad to a 6-1 triumph over Finland before a crowd of over 4,000 at Sandman Centre on the final day of preliminary-round action.
With the win, Canada finished 2-1-0, which was good enough for second spot in Group A, behind the Americans (3-0-0). Both teams advanced automatically to Sunday’s semifinals. Canada plays the 7:30 p.