"Everyone is excited and prepared. We worked all year for this, we worked so hard, so we're going to be ready to go in that final game and really give it our all," said Canada forward Rebecca Johnston.
"That gold medal is definitely on our mind."
As it should be. The Canadians have been unstoppable throughout this year's tournament, outscoring their opponents 54-8 en route to a perfect 6-0 record in the lead-up to the title game.
The Americans have impressed as well. While the U.S. has "only" managed 28 goals through their six Olympic contests — barely over half of Canada's goal production in the same amount of games — the U.S. defense has been nothing short of stellar. They've held their opponents to just eight goals in 360 minutes of play and have dominated the possession game, outshooting their foes 334-95, which is utterly mystifying.
The U.S. has lost just one game since the start of this year's tournament, and of course, it came at the hands of Canada. But while the Americans were unable to defeat Canada during group play, they still played quite well against their neighbors to the north. They heavily outshot the Canadians 53-27 in their preliminary tilt, but only managed to score on one of their six opportunities on the power play, and it cost them dearly.
Still, the Americans know that if they play a game similar to the one they played against Canada in the prelims, they'll have a very high probability of successfully defending their title from PyeongChang.
"You just have to keep going. That happens sometimes. Over the course of seven games not every chance is going to go in or you hit a little rut," said U.S. forward Amanda Kessel after the defeat to Canada. "I think that if we keep doing what we're doing the floodgates are going to open."
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