Women's Hockey: USA & Canada go for Gold!

Team Canada and Team USA have spent the last week blowing away the competition. Canada outscored their opponents 46-2 and went 4-0 on bracket A (Canada 18, Slovakia 0; Canada 10, Switzerland 1; Canada 13, Sweden 1; Canada 5, Finland 0) Finland was the only tea to give Canada some sort of game. Without a Herculean effort from Finnish goalie Noora Raty, the freshman from the University of Minnesota who made 45, sometimes-acrobatic saves, Finland's pain would have been much worse.



Meghan Agosta scored 9 goals and had 5 assists for a total of 14 points in 4 games!

Team USA also feasted on the other countries in Group B (USA 12, China 1; USA 13, Russia 0, USA 6, Finland 0; USA 9, Sweden 1) for a 40-2 margin.




Monique Lamoureux (10 points) and Natalie Darwitz ( 11 points) lead the USA team

The question is will the lack of competition make the teams laid back at the start of the contest? Probably not as they have met 10 times prior to the Olympics and the rivalry will make this intense. Add to it that this is in Canada's house the game will add to this pressure cooker!

"I think you're probably going to see the best women's hockey game that's ever been played," Canada's Jayna Hefford said.

The game is Thursday the 25th at 6 PM on MSNBC!