The United States women’s ice hockey team hold a commanding 7-0 lead over Switzerland after two periods.
Hilary Knight, Jesse Compher and Kelly Pannek all have two goals for the Americans through 40 minutes of play.
Knight got the Americans on the board first with an early power play goal in the opening period. While her initial shot did not go through, she collected her own rebound and potted it home for her second goal of the tournament.
That was followed up with a barrage of goals by the Americans with three coming in a span of 2:11.
Compher scored her second goal of the Olympics, as she one-timed a feed from Hayley Scamurra past Switzerland goaltender Saskia Maurer.
Just nine seconds later, Knight extended the lead to 3-0 with her second tally of the period. After picking off an errant pass by the Swiss, the assistant captain sniped a shot over Maurer’s right shoulder on the short side.
About two minutes later, Pannek snapped a shot by the glove…
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