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U.S. women's hockey claims 3rd world title

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — Alex Carpenter scored in overtime to lift the United States over Canada 1-0 Monday night to win the women’s world hockey championship.

The daughter of former NHL player Bobby Carpenter struck at 12:30 in extra time to dash the host country’s hopes of reclaiming gold on home ice.

The US went undefeated en route to its third straight world championship gold and extended its win streak in the tournament to 14 consecutive games dating back to 2013.

The US and Canada have met in every final of the 17 women’s world championships. Canada won the first eight, but the balance of power has swung south of the border with its archrivals now taking seven of the last nine.

In contrast to last year’s 7-5 finale won by the US in Malmo, Sweden, the gold-medal game at the Sandman Centre was a goaltending showcase.

Canada’s Emerance Maschmeyer made 33 saves in her first start in a world championship final. The 21-year-old dressed for two games but did not play in Malmo last year.

Alex Rigsby, who had more big-game experience, posted a 32-save shutout. She was the finisher of last year’s final, playing just over a period in relief of Jessie Vetter.

Canada outshot the US 25-23 over three periods but was outshot 9-4 in the third and 11-7 in overtime. The Canadians didn’t capitalize on a pair of power-play chances in overtime and went 0 for 6 with the man advantage overall.

Carpenter scored shortly after time expired on a US 4-on-3. She got her stick behind a sprawling Maschmeyer to bat the puck in during a goal-mouth scramble.

Rigsby’s spectacular pad save on a deking Laura Fortino and Maschmeyer stoning Carpenter on a short-handed breakaway had the sellout of 5,850 buzzing in the second, as did Halli Krzyzaniak’s well-timed block on a US odd-man rush late in the period.

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