Finland Foiled by Shootout at Women’s Worlds

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesThe 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship was held in Espoo Finland and ran from April 4th until today, April 14th. For the first time ten teams were competing in the tournament. Group A consisted of the United States, Canada, Finland, Russia, and Switzerland, while Group B was Sweden, Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, and France. Due to the way the tournament progressed Sweden and France were the programs relegated, while Finland played Canada and Switzerland the US in the semifinals on Saturday.

What is notable about the semifinals is that while the US beat Switzerland 8-0, Finland won 4-2 against Canada. While Finland had beaten Canada in a tournament…