Canada saved its most dominant effort for last.
Caitlin Kraemer led the way with four goals as Canada routed Sweden 10-0 to claim its second consecutive gold medal at the women's world under-18 hockey championship on Sunday.
The performance catapulted Kraemer atop the leaderboard for goals scored in the tournament. She finished with 10 goals in five games, surpassing Marie-Philip Poulin for most goals scored in a single tournament by a Canadian. The 16-year-old Kraemer also set a new record for fastest three goals by an individual player at the women's under-18 worlds, scoring her first three goals in the opening 12 minutes of the game.
Alexia Aubin, with two goals, Abby Lunney, Piper Grober, Mackenzie Alexander and Charlotte Pieckenhagen also scored for Canada, which went undefeated throughout the tournament.Felicia Frank surrendered five goals in 12 minutes before making way for Ida Henriksson. Henriksson stopped 26-of-31 shots in relief for Sweden.Canada got off to a blistering start thanks to Kraemer. After being held scoreless in Saturday's semifinal for the first time in the tournament, the Waterloo, Ont.
Aubin added her second of the game 3:54 into the middle frame. After a Sweden turnover, Pieckenhagen sent Aubin on a breakaway and she beat Henriksson with a backhand shot.Alexander added to the advantage at 8:29 of the second.Kraemer scored on the power play 9:17 into the final frame, when she netted a rebound off Emma Venusio one-timer.
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