ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, Czechia – The U.S. Women’s National Team will skate in the gold medal game of the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship against Canada on Sunday (April 20).
Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. CET (12 p.m. ET) and can be viewed on NHL Network.
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TODAY'S MATCH UP
Today's game marks the gold medal game of the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship. The U.S. enters the day with a 6-0-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record, outscoring its opponents, 23-3, in the tournament.
ALL TIME AGAINST CANADA
Today's game is the 38th all-time Women's Worlds meeting between the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. holds a slight advantage with a 14-5-8-10 all-time record.
LAST TIME AGAINST CANADA
The U.S. and Canada last met just one week ago in the third preliminary round game of the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship on April 13, 2025. Lee Stecklein and Megan Keller scored for the U.S., as Aerin Frankel made 18 saves in net to lead Team USA to a 2-1 victory.
IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME
The U.S. holds a 5-5-5-8 record all time in IIHF Women's World Championship gold medal games. Team USA last won a world championship in 2023, defeating Canada, 6-3 and has won a world title 10 previous times.
THAT MAKES 24 STRAIGHT
The U.S. has skated in the gold medal game at 24 straight, IIHF Women's World Championships, in every year the tournament has been staged. The U.S. has won 10 world championships with the last coming in 2023 in Brampton, Ontario.
A COMEBACK FOR THE AGES
Team USA's come-from-behind victory in Saturday's semifinal game marked the first time since the 2015 WWC that the U.S. trailed in a semifinal contest. In 2015, the U.S. went down 1-0 to Russia, before rattling off 13 unanswered goals to win 13-1. Saturday's game also marked the first time all tournament the U.S. trailed during a game.
Source: usahockey.com