MILAN — Laila Edwards made history as the first Black woman to represent the U.S. women’s hockey team at the Olympics. The 22-year-old added another historic first to her resume on Tuesday.

Edwards scored a goal in the third period to put an emphasis on Team USA’s 5-0 shutout win over the reigning Olympic champion Canadian team. With the goal, Edwards becomes the first Black woman to score for the U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team.

Edwards was one of three Black players on the ice during USA’s win over Canada — joining Canada forward Sarah Nurse and Canada defender Sophie Jaques — marking another Olympic first.

“That makes me really happy. I think it just shows the growth,” said Edwards, who also has two assists through four games, bringing her to three total points in her first Olympic appearance. “Representation matters, especially at the very highest level. To have three (Black women) out there, it just really makes me proud and gives me hope for the future.”

Edwards said it “feels good to get that first (goal),” against archrival Canada no less. Kendall Coyne Schofield said she wasn’t surprised that Edwards found the back of the net. The University of Wisconsin’s hockey defender has eight goals, 28 assists and 36 points for the Badgers this season.

“It was awesome. I couldn’t wait to get down to the other end of the bench as fast as I could (to celebrate), but I’ve seen it before,” Schofield said. “It was an incredible goal and something she does quite often, but so proud of her, so happy for her and like I said, I wasn’t surprised to see that come out of her arsenal.”

That wasn’t the only history made on Tuesday. Five-time Olympian Hilary Knight assisted on Caroline Harvey’s goal to improve to 32 career points and tie Jenny Potter’s all-time U.S. Olympic points record.

“She’s the best player in the world,” U.S. forward Taylor Heise said after Team USA’s 5-0 win over Finland on Saturday.

On Tuesday, Aerin Frankel made 20 saves as the Canadian women’s hockey team was shut out for the first time in Olympic history. Canada was playing without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin.

“We needed players to step up today, obviously with Poulin not being there and I guess I should have made more saves,” goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens said. “So. it’s just learning from that … going, playing against Finland in our last round-robin game and then after that, obviously quarterfinals are going to start.”

Desbiens added: “I think with (Poulin) not finishing the last game … we want her to rest and recover and obviously get better. So once we get her back, she’s going to be there to have an impact. She’s the heart of the team. There’s no secret about that.”

Harvey opened the scoring for the U.S. less than four minutes into the game and Team USA never let its foot off the gas. Hannah Bilka scored two goals, Kirsten Simms had one and Abbey Murphy added three assists.

Team USA advances to the quarterfinals with a perfect 4-0 record and leads the 10-team field in goals scored on the tournament with 20 in four games. It has three consecutive shutouts and will face host Italy next.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Laila Edwards, Hilary Knight make history, USA routs Canada: highlights

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