Canada ended an eight-game losing streak against the United States with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday night in Windsor, Ontario, as newcomers Caitlin Kraemer and Rosalie Tremblay scored their first senior international goals in a rematch of February’s Olympic gold-medal game.
The win marked Canada’s first victory over their archrivals since 2025 and came eight months after the Americans snatched Olympic gold in Milan, where captain Hilary Knight scored the equalizer with 2:04 remaining in regulation before Megan Keller struck in overtime to deny Canada a fifth Olympic title.
Sarah Fillier scored the winner with 8:15 remaining in the third period after the Americans had erased a two-goal deficit at the WFCU Centre. Laura Stacey added an empty-net goal with six seconds left to seal the victory in the first of two exhibition games ahead of next month’s women’s world championship in Denmark.
Daryl Watts opened the scoring on a first-period power play before Kraemer, 20, doubled the lead off a pass from Nicole Gosling. Knight pulled a goal back for the Americans at 5:37 of the second period, but Tremblay, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Wisconsin, restored Canada’s two-goal advantage just over four minutes later with a rebound goal.
The Americans mounted their comeback in the third period, with Abbey Murphy cutting the deficit to 3-2 at 3:48 before Caroline Harvey tied the game at 7:53. Fillier put Canada back in front with a shot high past US goaltender Aerin Frankel, and Ann-Renée Desbiens made several late saves to preserve the lead.
The Americans entered the two-game series with all 23 members of their Olympic gold-medal team among a 31-player training camp roster. The teams meet again on Friday in Plymouth, Michigan.
The women’s world championship will take place in Herning and Esbjerg, Denmark, from 6 to 16 November.
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