Canada recovers to win bronze at women’s world hockey championship
ESPOO, Finland — The Canadians heard ‘O Canada’ after their final game of the women’s world hockey championship, yet nobody standing on the blue-line was smiling.
Bronze medals hung around their necks after a 7-0 spanking of Russia on Sunday.
Canada was still coming to grips with not playing in the final for the first time in tournament history.
“Mentally, probably the toughest game that most of us have ever played in I think,” captain Brianne Jenner said. “We did what we had to do to make sure we left this tournament with a medal.