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Canada survives scare against Sweden, advances to final of Four Nations Cup
LAKE PLACID, Fla. – Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations women’s hockey tournament.
The Swedes looked like they were on their way to a shocking upset when they scored goals 20 seconds apart to take a 3-1 lead early in the second period.
Canada avoided the upset as Natalie Spooner scored two straight goals, setting up Hefford’s winner.
“We really don’t feel like we played our game very well today and there was a bit of a struggle throughout,” Hefford said. “But sometimes games are like that. You have to grind them out and chip away, and that’s how we looked at it.”
Canada finished the round-robin portion of the tournament with a 3-0 record and advanced to Saturday’s final.
They will play either the host United States or Finland, who played later Friday, for gold. Both Finland and the U.S. have 1-1 records, but the Americans have a plus-8 goal differential to Finland’s zero.
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