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Canada beats US for a third straight women's ice hockey title

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-02-26 10:08
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VANCOUVER: Canada beat the United States 2-0 to claim a third straight Olympic women's ice hockey title on Thursday, setting the stage for what the hosts hope will be a hockey gold medal double.

Canada beats US for a third straight women's ice hockey title
Canada's goaltender Shannon Szabados (L) celebrates with her teammates after defeating the US in their women's ice hockey gold medal game at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 25, 2010. [Agencies] 

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Canada scored two first-period goals from Marie-Philip Poulin, and shutout netminding from Shannon Szabados helped complete an unbeaten romp through the Olympic competition that ended in a wild celebration at a packed Canada Hockey Place.

Hockey-mad Canadians will be hoping to repeat the scene on Sunday if the men's team can get past Slovakia in their semi-final on Friday and move on to the gold medal final.

Earlier, Karoliina Rantamaki scored two minutes into overtime to lift Finland to a 3-2 win over Sweden in the bronze medal game.

 
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