Canada beats US to win women's world hockey championship

BREAKING: Canada beats US 2-1 to win women's world hockey championship

Brianne Jenner scored twice in the second period and goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens made 20 saves in Canada's net.The Canadians won gold in a third major international event in the span of a year.

The U.S. went undefeated into the final, including a 5-2 win over their archrival in the preliminary round, with a plus-47 goal differential compared to Canada's plus-22. But a composed Desbiens held off the charge throughout the third period when Canada was outshot 12-6. Amanda Kessel drew Canadian defenders and Desbiens to her and threaded a goal-mouth pass to an unchecked Roque to score.

She collected a Marie-Philip Poulin pass at the high boards, took the puck deep and handcuffed Hensley with a low shot far side at 9:30.U.S. forward Alex Carpenter hit the crossbar with three minute remaining in the period.

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