Team USA women's hockey team crushes Italy in dominant quarterfinal rout, advances to Olympic semifinals

The Team USA women's hockey team's ascendant tally continued with a 6-0 quarterfinal triumph implicit Italy Friday astatine the Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena to beforehand to the Olympic semifinals.

Entering the single-elimination crippled against Italy, Team USA had outscored opponents 20-1 successful 4 games, including a 5-0 shutout of Team Canada.

The team's phenomenal play continued against Italy. It was their 4th consecutive shutout, extending Team USA's shutout streak to 271 minutes. 

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Team United States players observe a extremity by Kendall Coyne, 2nd from left, during the 2nd play of a women's crystal hockey quarterfinal lucifer against Italy astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Feb. 13, 2026. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Team USA scored its archetypal extremity erstwhile some teams had conscionable 4 players connected the crystal owed to penalties from some teams. Alex Carpenter won a faceoff cleanly backmost to Megan Keller. Keller passed it to Laila Edwards, who instantly sent it backmost to Keller, and she buried a one-timer successful the backmost of the nett to springiness Team USA a 1-0 lead.

Team USA dominated the archetypal period, outshooting Italy 20-2. Italian goaltender Gabriella Durante made a sparkling prevention to extremity the archetypal play arsenic she reached down her with her instrumentality to deflect Abbey Murphy’s changeable distant successful the last infinitesimal of the period.

Italy did person a aureate accidental to get connected the scoreboard successful the archetypal play erstwhile Justine Reyes had a breakaway, but the accidental was thwarted by Team USA goalie Gwyneth Philips.

Team USA’s 2nd extremity came 1:41 into the 2nd play connected a sharp-angle changeable from Kendall Coyne Schofield. She buried the rebound disconnected the extremity boards from connected the extremity line, banking it successful disconnected Durante.

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U.S. players observe aft a extremity by Britta Curl, halfway top, during the 2nd play of a women's crystal hockey quarterfinal lucifer against Italy astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 13, 2026. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Coyne Schofield was not done. She scored her 2nd extremity of the play connected a toe-drag aft a saccharine passing play from Britta Curl and Grace Zumwinkle near her one-on-one with Durante to marque it 3-0.

Edwards added to the second-period avalanche with the team’s 3rd extremity successful a span of 3½ minutes and their 2nd successful 26 seconds. Edwards was successful the slot and rifled a changeable done a assemblage successful beforehand of Durante into the apical country of the nett to marque it a 4-0 Team USA lead.

Team USA recovered itself connected the punishment termination aft a Rory Guilday boarding punishment but scored the team’s 5th extremity of the crippled portion shorthanded.

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U.S. players locomotion to the crystal arsenic fans scope to slap hands earlier the archetypal play of a women's crystal hockey quarterfinal lucifer betwixt the United States and Italy astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Feb. 13, 2026. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Team USA scored 5 goals successful a 25-minute span, the aforesaid magnitude of clip it took Italy to registry its 3rd changeable of the game.

Hannah Bilka scored Team USA’s sixth extremity of the crippled connected a slick walk from Taylor Heise, and, aft the goal, tempers flared. Punches were thrown from some teams aft the goal, and the coaches from some benches barked astatine each other.

At the decision of the 2nd period, the United States outshot Italy 39-4. No goals were scored successful the 3rd period, and Team USA outshout Italy 51-6 overall.

Team USA volition play successful the semifinals Monday astatine 10:40 a.m. ET.

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