Mon Apr 21 14:20:00 UTC 2025: ## USA Women’s Hockey Team to Face Canada in World Championship Gold Medal Game
**České Budějovice, Czechia (April 20, 2025)** – The US Women’s National Team will battle Canada for the gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship on Sunday. The highly anticipated match-up, the 38th all-time meeting between the two rivals, will begin at 6 p.m. CET (12 p.m. ET) and air on NHL Network.
The undefeated US team (6-0-0-0) boasts a dominant 23-3 goal differential throughout the tournament. While Canada presents a formidable opponent, the US holds a slight edge in their head-to-head record (14-5-8-10). Their most recent encounter, a 2-1 US victory on April 13th, saw goals from Lee Stecklein and Megan Keller, and a strong performance by goaltender Aerin Frankel.
This marks the 24th consecutive year the US has reached the gold medal game of the Women’s World Championship. They have won 10 world titles previously, most recently in 2023, defeating Canada 6-3. However, their gold medal record stands at 5-5-5-8. Saturday’s semi-final win was particularly noteworthy, marking the first time since 2015 that the US overcame a deficit in a semi-final match.
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