We’re warning you now. You might want to call in sick tomorrow. The culmination of the 2022 Winter Olympics women’s hockey tournament is Wednesday night ET, as is Mikaela Shiffrin’s final individual race. Then, Kamila Valieva takes the ice again early Thursday morning ET in the women’s figure skating free skate.
The puck drops for USA vs. Canada at 11:10 p.m. ET and this meeting of hockey titans will decide the gold medal for the sixth time in seven Olympics. The Americans defeated Canada for gold in 2018, while Canada won the previous four gold medals.
“It gets the best and the worst out of both of us at the same time,” Team USA forward Hilary Knight said ahead of the game.
Two key stats:
334: The Americans lead the Olympic tournament with 334 shots on goal. They had 53 against Canada in the preliminary round but connected on just two goals.
45.5%: Canada’s special teams have been just…