{"id":10178,"date":"2026-01-19T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10178"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:25:30","slug":"canadas-perfect-run-ends-with-silver-after-loss-to-the-usa-at-the-2026-u18-womens-world-hockey-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/canadas-perfect-run-ends-with-silver-after-loss-to-the-usa-at-the-2026-u18-womens-world-hockey-championship","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Perfect U-18 Run Ends with Silver After Loss to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/canada-settle-for-silver-at-2026-iihf-world-womens-u18-championship-after-losing-to-the-usa-in-the-final.jpg\" alt=\"Canada settle for silver at 2026 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship after losing to the USA in the final\" class=\"wp-image-10179\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Canada\u2019s Perfect Run Ends with Silver After Loss to USA at the 2026 U-18 Women\u2019s World Hockey Championship\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canada fell 2-0 to the United States in the gold-medal game, ending an unbeaten tournament.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US goalie Bianca Birrittieri stopped 38 shots as the Americans claimed their 10th U-18 title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canada still set a team record with 52 goals scored across the tournament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s flawless run at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\">2026 Under-18 women\u2019s world hockey championship<\/a> came to an abrupt end in the one game that mattered most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After cruising through the tournament unbeaten, <strong>Canada was shut out 2-0 by the United States in Sunday\u2019s gold-medal final<\/strong>, settling for silver after a dominant week that fell just short of the top prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"coach-kennedy-our-players-have-been-training-every-day\">Coach Kennedy: \u201cOur Players Have Been Training Every Day\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emily Pohl<\/strong> opened the scoring late in the first period and <strong>Lindsay Stepnowski<\/strong> added an insurance goal in the second as the Americans claimed their 10th gold medal at the U-18 level.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Straight from the faceoff, Emily Pohl opens the scoring in the gold medal game! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensWorlds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomensWorlds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IIHF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IIHF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usahockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usahockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zygVT5FPo1\">pic.twitter.com\/zygVT5FPo1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IIHF (@IIHFHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IIHFHockey\/status\/2013042349027348539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the <strong>US did more than just win the title, as the team finished the tournament undefeated<\/strong> and <strong>never trailed at any point<\/strong>, a first in the event\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goaltender <strong>Bianca Birrittieri was the difference on this night<\/strong>. The Flower Mound, Texas native stopped all 38 shots she faced and was named player of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other end, <strong>Canada\u2019s Lea-Rose Charrois turned aside 25 shots in a strong performance<\/strong> of her own, but had little margin for error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a stop from Lea-Rose Charrois! \ud83e\uddf1\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensWorlds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomensWorlds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IIHF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IIHF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HockeyCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hockeycanada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4WRkImOcM\">pic.twitter.com\/d4WRkImOcM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IIHF (@IIHFHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IIHFHockey\/status\/2013054104533123375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jane Daley<\/strong> of Medfield, Mass., capped off a standout tournament by being named MVP after scoring a record 12 goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US coach <strong>Courtney Kennedy<\/strong> said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Our players have been training and buying in every day, all the time. Watching them choose time and time again to play the right way, it melts your heart. You want them to get that (gold medal), they dream of it. I\u2019ll be thinking about that for a while.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"no-way-past-birrittieri\">No Way Past Birrittieri<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada pushed hard throughout the game, especially early, but could not find a way past Birrittieri. Pohl\u2019s goal came at 14:08 of the first period, and Stepnowski made it 2-0 at 18:17 of the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the loss, the Canadians left little doubt about their overall quality. <strong>Kendall Doiron<\/strong>, named Canada\u2019s player of the game, pointed to the group\u2019s effort even in defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We battled right to the end. We played a full 60 minutes and that is all that we could have asked for. Even though the results were not in our favour, I think our group did well and I am super proud of them. I learned a lot as a person and as a player. Even with a silver medal, I feel like I learned a lot more this week than what is around my neck.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach <strong>Vicky Sunohara<\/strong> echoed that sentiment, noting how close the game felt despite the scoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I think that if we got one in, it could have changed the momentum, but we gave it everything we had. (The United States) is a really good team and they worked hard for a full 60 minutes. I cannot take anything away from them. Hopefully this young group will all learn from this, but it is pretty tough right now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s path to the final was emphatic. 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