The Americans can now fully concentrate on the expected meeting against the Canadians in the preliminary phase of the women’s ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics.
The United States recorded a third victory in as many games on Sunday with an 8-0 win over Switzerland.
To open the Olympic tournament, the Americans defeated Finland 5-2 and the athletes of the Russian Olympic Committee 5-0. They will complete this first part of the competition with a confrontation against their great rivals, the Canadians, on Monday evening. .
Against the Swiss, Jesse Compher, Kelly Pannek and Hilary Knight each scored two goals. Pannek also had an assist to finish the game with three points.
Canada, for its part, recorded convincing victories of 12 to 1 and 11 to 1 over Switzerland and Finland. Representatives of the Maple Leaf will resume action on Sunday evening in front of the athletes of the Russian Olympic Committee.
