Team Canada is in the final four of the 2026 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women’s Hockey Championships in Herning, Denmark. On Friday, Canada defeated Czechia 3-2 to reach the semifinals. They will now play Sweden in the second of two semifinal games on Sunday. The first semifinal game will have the United States versus Finland.
In the semifinals, Canada had all three of their goals in the second period. They were scored by New York Sirens forward and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Sarah Fillier of Georgetown, Ontario, Toronto Sceptres defender and Canadian Olympic gold medalist Renata Fast of Hamilton, Ontario, and Ottawa Charge forward Rebecca Leslie of Ottawa, Ontario. Fillier and Fast won a gold medal for Canada in women’s ice hockey at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
In the quarterfinals, it was a dominant performance by the United States as they trounced the host nation Denmark by a score of 14-0. The Americans should be considered the gold medal favourite as they have outscored their opponents so far 45-2. Canada has outscored their opponents 29-3.
Sweden won their quarterfinal game on Friday by beating Switzerland 1-0. Sara Hjalmarsson scored the lone goal at 14:20 of the second period. Meanwhile, Finland blanked Germany by a score of 6-0.
