The U.S. will battle Canada for women’s ice hockey gold at the Beijing Olympics after its 4-1 semifinal win over Finland on Monday.
Team USA will seek its second straight Olympic gold against archrival Canada (11:10 p.m. ET Wednesday). Canada rolled through Switzerland 10-3 in the semifinals and has outscored its opponents 54-8 — including a 4-2 win over the U.S. in the preliminary round.
The U.S. and Canada have faced each other in six of the seven Olympic women’s hockey finals. Canada has won gold four times.
“You know, I think it’s wonderful hockey. It’s the most beautiful rivalry in sports,” forward Hilary Knight said after scoring a goal and adding an assist in Monday’s win. “It gets the best and the worst out of both of us at the same time. And it’s just a wonderful game.”
Finland, which will face Switzerland for the bronze medal, put up an impressive fight in the…
