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By Steve Keating<\/p>\n

BRAMPTON, Ontario (Reuters) -Hilary Knight scored third-period power play goals 27 seconds apart as the United States stunned archrivals Canada 6-3 on Sunday to win the gold medal final of the women’s world ice hockey championships.<\/p>\n

Canada had led 3-2 heading into the third period and were on course for a third successive world title but threw it away with sloppy play, taking two late penalties to gift the U.S. a two-player advantage with 3:52 left.<\/p>\n

Knight made them pay dearly for their mistakes.<\/p>\n

After Caroline Harvey had pulled the U.S. level at 3-3 early in the third, captain Knight scored twice to complete her hat-trick having also netted in the second period.<\/p>\n

Cayla Barnes scored into an empty net to close out the scoring while Abbey Murphy also had a goal.<\/p>\n

Brianne Jenner had a hand in all three Canada goals, scoring twice in the second-period and setting up Marie-Philip Poulin for another, but it was her tripping penalty, along with Claire Thompson’s delay of game, that provided the U.S. with their golden opportunity.<\/p>\n

“It takes a whole village for one player to be successful on the ice,” said Knight, the U.S. all-time leading scorer at the world championships with 101 points. “It’s a huge honour to lead this team but the day-to-day business hasn’t changed.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to beat Canada. It’s harder to beat Canada in Canada.”<\/p>\n

It was another dramatic end to one of the greatest rivalries in sport and, as usual, was played at a frenetic pace from the opening face-off to the final buzzer.<\/p>\n

No country other than the U.S. or Canada have won world championship or Olympic gold. <\/p>\n

Only once have the Canadians and Americans not played each other for the world title, hosts Finland crashing the party in 2019 and taking silver.<\/p>\n

In the seven Olympic women’s finals, Canada have won gold five times with the other two titles going to the Americans.<\/p>\n

‘GREAT IMPROVEMENT’<\/p>\n

The championships got off to an ugly start with Finland hammering France 14-1 in the tournament opener and there were plenty of other lopsided scorelines, including the United States’ 9-1 rout of the Czech Republic in the semi-final.<\/p>\n

Sweden took their quarter-final with Canada into overtime before falling to the hosts 3-2 but it was business as usual otherwise. The Czechs beat Switzerland 3-2 to win a second consecutive bronze.<\/p>\n

“There has been great improvement in the women\u2019s game,” said International Ice Hockey Federation President Luc Tardif prior to the final. “You see here the number of close games. <\/p>\n

“Maybe teams aren\u2019t ready to beat Canada and the U.S. yet, but it\u2019s getting there. <\/p>\n

“It won\u2019t happen overnight. It takes some time. But it’s getting better and better.”<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Steve Keating in Brampton; Editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n

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