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U.S. women's hockey defeats Finland, set for gold-medal showdown vs. Canada

The U.S. will battle Canada for women's ice hockey gold at the Beijing Olympics after its 4-1 semifinal win over Finland on Monday.

Team USA will seek its second straight Olympic gold against archrival Canada (11:10 p.m. ET Wednesday). Canada rolled through Switzerland 10-3 in the semifinals and has outscored its opponents 54-8 -- including a 4-2 win over the U.S. in the preliminary round.

The U.S. and Canada previously squared off in six of the seven Olympic women's hockey finals. Canada has won gold four times.

Finland, which will face Switzerland for the bronze medal, put up an impressive fight in the semifinal.