U.S. Women's Hockey Team Routs Denmark 14-0 to Reach World Championship Semifinals: Record 83 Shots, 11 Different Scorers
The U.S. women's national hockey team routed host nation Denmark 14-0 on November 13 in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Women's World Championships in Herning, Denmark, advancing to the semifinals. The defending champion Americans will face Finland on Sunday, November 15, with a trip to the gold-medal game on the line. Canada will face Sweden in the other semifinal, and the gold-medal and bronze-medal games are set for Monday.
The Americans scored less than one minute into the game, and 11 different players found the net. Caroline Harvey, Kelly Pannek and Haley Winn each scored two goals, while Taylor Fox, Casey O'Brien, Alex Carpenter, Hannah Bilka, Grace Zumwinkle, Laila Edwards, Jesse Compher and Hayley Scamurra each scored once, with Scamurra's goal coming in the final seven seconds. Winn finished with two goals and three assists and was named player of the game.
The rout also rewrote two records. Harvey's five points gave her 51 career points at the Women's World Championships, the most ever recorded by an American defender at the tournament. The Americans had 83 shots on goal, the most in a Women's World Championship game. Denmark recorded only seven shots, all saved by U.S. goalkeeper Gwyneth Philips in her first senior international start in an elimination game; Philips also saved a penalty shot in the third period to preserve the shutout.
The win came with a concern: forward Abbey Murphy went down in the first period after a collision, holding her left knee, and did not return to the game. Before the game, USA Hockey announced that head coach John Wroblewski had signed an extension to remain head coach through the 2030 Winter Olympics. Speaking during the second period, O'Brien, who is appearing in her first Women's World Championship, said: "I think we just want to stick to our game regardless of what the score is. We want to keep building good habits and playing together because we can't get away from our game."
Source: USA Hockey
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Photo: 图：美国女子冰球队队员在场边聚集庆祝。作者：Sam Posnick，CC BY 2.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: U.S. women's national team players gathered at the bench. Credit: Sam Posnick, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
