Canada downs USA to regain crown in Olympic women's ice hockey

Canada and the US have won all the seven gold medals since the women's ice hockey tournament entered Winter Olympics programme in 1998.

The Canadians won the four games in the preliminary round and rolled over Sweden and Switzerland in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively.

The Americans had a 3-1 win-loss record in the preliminary round and took down the Czech Republic and Finland in the quarterfinals and semifinals to book a rematch against Canada in the final.