Knight's hat trick powers USA to gold over Canada at women's worlds
The United States rallied with four third-period goals to win gold at the IIHF Women's World Championship on Sunday, defeating Canada 6-3 in the final.
USA captain Hilary Knight was named player of the game for potting a hat trick. Her second goal stood as the game-winner, coming with 3:10 left in the third period while on a 5-on-3 power play.
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Hilary Knight's 100th point is on the power-play and Team USA takes a 4-3 lead.#WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/NrXLFrIoVr
Knight buried her third of the contest 27 seconds later off a deflection with USA still on the man advantage. She also became the first player in tournament history to reach 100 career points.
Abbey Murphy, Caroline Harvey, and Cayla Barnes (empty-netter) scored the other goals for the United States.
Marie-Philip Poulin and Brianne Jenner (twice) found twine for Canada.
It's the first gold medal at the event for the Americans since winning five in a row from 2013-19 (the tourney isn't held in Olympic years), and 10th total.
Canada won the previous two tournaments and holds the record with 12 all time.