After months of buildup, organizing, planning and hype, the IIHF Women’s World Championship is finally here, with six teams ready to take the ice on the opening day of the tournament, including a Team USA vs. Switzerland nightcap.
The tournament is played annually, with the exception of Olympic years, and Canada has won gold in 12 of the 22 tournaments since 1990, with Team USA winning the other 10. Only once has the championship game featured a team other than the Americans or Canada.
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How the USA vs. Switzerland game might shape up
Team USA’s opener against Switzerland is sold out, according to the tournament’s ticket website. While it’s not marked as a sellout, a search of the website just before 2 p.m. does not show any available seats.
The Americans have beaten the Swiss in each of the 11 games they’ve faced each other in this tournament. Amazingly, USA has a 99-6 goals advantage in those games. The Americans won the 2023 preliminary round matchup, 9-1, after Abbey Murphy scored a goal seven seconds in the game.
The teams meet against at 7 tonight at Adirondack Bank Center.
Denmark vs. Sweden opens women’s hockey championships
IIHF Women’s World Championship schedule on Wednesday, April 3
All games at Adirondack Bank Center
- 11 a.m. — Denmark vs. Sweden
- 3 p.m. — Finland vs. Czechia
- 7 p.m. — USA vs. Switzerland
➤ Here is the full IIHF Women’s World Champioship schedule.
Keep an eye on these players today
Forward Taylor Heise brings world championship experience to Team USA, which is hoping for a fast start against Switzerland. Heise, who played collegiately for Minnesota and currently plays for the state’s PWHL team, had a tournament-high 11 assists at the world tournament last year, and earned MVP honors at the 2022 world championship.
Finland defenseman and captain Jenni Hiirikoski will be appearing at her 16th world championship tournament, having debuted on her 17th birthday in Canada 20 years ago. Hiirikoski was voted the most valuable player of the 2019 tournament played in her home country. Finland opens at 3 p.m. against Czechia.
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