Canada’s women’s hockey team beats Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals
The team’s semi-final matches depend on what happens in Saturday’s quarter final, which pits the Russians against Switzerland and Finland against Japan.
The semifinals are set for Sunday night and Monday morning Saskatchewan time.
Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont.) And Sarah Fillier (Georgetown, Ont.) Each had a hat trick for Canada against the Swedes. Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que.) And Sarah Nurse (Hamilton) had four assists each and Claire Thompson (Toronto) had three assistants.
Saskatoon’s Emily Clark scored her first goal of the tournament for Canada. Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, Ont.), Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont.), Erin Ambrose (Keswick, Ont.) And Blayre Turnbull (Stellarton, NS) had the other goals for the Canadians, who outscored the Swedes 56-11.
So far in Beijing, Canada has surpassed its opponents 44-5.
The Canadian men’s team will return to action on Friday night against the USA.
Long-distance skating: Moose Jaw’s Graeme Fish finished sixth in the men’s 10,000-meter final with a time of 12 minutes 58.80 seconds, with Ted-Jan Bloemen (Calgary) eighth in 13: 01.39.
Swedish Nils van der Poel set a world record with a time of 12: 30.74 and won the gold with 13.85 seconds.
Alpine skiing: In the ladies’ Super-G, Marie-Michele Gagnon (Lac Etchemin, Que.) Finished 14th, with Roni Remme (Collingwood, Ont.) 24th.
Biathlon: Emma Lunder (Vernon, BC) finished 32nd in the ladies’ 7.5-kilometer sprint, with Megan Bankes (Calgary) 77th, Sarah Beaudry (Prince George, BC) 80th and Emily Dickson (Burns Lake, BC) 81st. a.
Cross-country skiing: Olivier Leveille (Sherbrooke) led Canada’s contingent in the men’s 15-kilometer Classic with a 29th place finish. Remi Drolet (Rossland, BC) was 33rd, with Antoine Cyr (Gatineau, Que.) 37th.
Curling: The Canadian team lost both of their first matches on Friday.
On the men’s side, Switzerland made one in eighth, stole one in ninth and drove Canada out of the rocks in 10th on the way to a 5-3 victory.
Brad Gushue (St. John’s, NL), Mark Nichols (St. John’s, NL), Brett Gallant (Charlottetown, PEI) and Geoff Walker (Edmonton) fell to 2-1. They will meet Sweden early on Saturday morning.
Canada’s contribution was skipped by Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg) fell to 1-1 in the women’s competition after an 8-5 loss to Japan.
Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg), Jocelyn Peterman (Red Deer) and Dawn McEwen (Winnipeg) will face Sweden on Friday night.
Speed skiing on short courses: In the women’s 1,000m, Courtney Sarault (Moncton, NB) and Alyson Charles (Montreal) were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Canada’s men’s team won their semi-final in the 5,000 m relay to advance to the final, which is set for Wednesday.
Skeleton: Blake Enzie (Calgary) finished 20th in the men’s.