lost star captain Marie-Philip Poulin to an injury<\/a> Monday night against the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\u201cYeah, I heard about that. It\u2019s a shame,\u201d Wroblewski said. \u201cEvery time we play (Canada), it\u2019s got a different life, a different culture. There\u2019s been different styles of games. Some are heavily penalized. Some are not. Some get off to an unruly start on the scoreboard. Some do not, and they\u2019re tight checking throughout. We\u2019ll see what we get (Tuesday night).\u201d<\/p>\n
Harvey looks the part<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a reason why many feel Caroline Harvey, the Wisconsin Badgers star, will be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft. She\u2019s an all-world skater and decision maker and can be dynamic with the puck.<\/p>\n
Harvey, named Best Defender at the 2023 and 2025 World Championships, was dangling in and out of traffic all game, ripped a shot off the post and was constantly creating, such as her pinch up the wall to set up Winn\u2019s first goal of the tournament. Harvey and Winn are childhood friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy skating a lot, so when I get the puck, that\u2019s the one thing I try to focus on at first, is to move my feet,\u201d Harvey said. \u201cAnd my teammates are great and so smart at getting open.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United States\u2019 third goal \u2014 a redirection off Taylor Heise\u2019s slap pass \u2013 came after Harvey flew down the boards, circled the net and threw a perfect pass in front for Heise\u2019s setup.<\/p>\n
It was Harvey\u2019s second assist of the game before she added a highlight-reel goal in the third period.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amount of time that she drove was insane,\u201d Wroblewski said. \u201cI love the initiative that she takes. High event player and more positives than negatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a reason why Wroblewski kiddingly calls her the fourth Hughes sibling because of how she plays similarly to Quinn, Jack and Luke Hughes.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a very unique, unique player,\u201d Wroblewski said.<\/p>\n
Philips had to be good<\/p>\n
The Americans had the advantage all game, but this wasn\u2019t as dominant as Canada holding the Swiss to six shots through 60 minutes two nights earlier.<\/p>\n
Philips, the Ottawa Charge goalie, had to hold firm, including two earlier saves in the first minute and two on a first-period Swiss power play.<\/p>\n
She made 15 saves through the first two periods, including a late push on another Switzerland power play and had to be good while preserving a 1-0 lead for what felt like the longest time as Braendli kept the United States at bay until Dunne\u2019s needed cushion.<\/p>\n
One of her calmest saves came in the third period when she almost casually gloved down Laura Zimmermann on a breakaway.<\/p>\n
Philips said she found out she was starting on Sunday and was pumped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been preparing for this. The girls had my back,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She was also excited that McNaughton got some action: \u201cShe got a shot, too, and it was an absolute laser.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United States\u2019 goaltending is simply terrific. They have allowed one goal in three games, with Aerin Frankel recording the other two wins.<\/p>\n
In the Rivalry Series four-game sweep over Canada, Philips went 2-0 with a 2.50 goals-against average and .912 save percentage, while Frankel went 2-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and .961 save percentage.<\/p>\n
Dunne proving Wroblewski right<\/p>\n
We know how elite the Americans\u2019 top six is, but Wroblewski always talks glowingly about Dunne, the bottom-six forward who scored her second goal in the past two games.<\/p>\n
It was before their game against Finland that Wroblewski maintained she hadn\u2019t scored \u201cyet,\u201d and now she has two.<\/p>\n
Her goal on Monday came when she came charging in on the forecheck and bumped a Swiss player off the puck. Then, from behind the net, she made a strong move in front of the goal line and backhanded a back shot for the insurance marker as the lively crowd was doing The Wave.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all know what our strengths are,\u201d Dunne said, \u201cand we know what our system is. And getting in on the forecheck is one of my favorite things to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dunne did interfere with Braendli in the third period to cause a Hayley Scamurra goal to be overturned, but Wroblewski loved her grit all game long. She also later assisted on Carpenter\u2019s breakaway goal and Harvey\u2019s beauty soon after.<\/p>\n
It highlighted a strong game from depth players, including Grace Zumwinkle and Kirsten Simms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN \u2014 In the final game before the one everyone has been waiting for since a 4-0 sweep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[1471,5,1765,2337,1766,4,2602,3105,44123,1472,44372,1581,54279],"class_list":{"0":"post-452831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-boston-fleet","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-minnesota-frost","11":"tag-montreal-victoire","12":"tag-new-york-sirens","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-olympics","15":"tag-ottawa-charge","16":"tag-seattle-torrent","17":"tag-toronto-sceptres","18":"tag-vancouver-goldeneyes","19":"tag-womens-hockey","20":"tag-womens-olympic-ice-hockey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116043944262585254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}