Éve-Audrey Picard and Sarah Potomak both scored twice, while Samantha Cogan added one, to help Canada to a victory over the U.S. – and its third straight gold medal at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship.

Lauren Wildfang scored the game-winner in overtime, and Shea Tiley was outstanding between the posts, as Canada edged Russia 1-0 in semifinals Saturday, earning the red and white the right to defend gold at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Budapest.

Captain Lauren Wildfang scored two goals, including her first in a Team Canada jersey, while Kassidy Sauvé earned her first international shutout, in Canada’s 5-0 win over the Czech Republic at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship.

Jessica Healey, Alexandra Labelle and Stéphanie Lalancette all scored their first international goals, while Shea Tiley recorded her first shutout in a Team Canada jersey in a 7-0 win over Finland at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship.

Victoria Bach scored twice, Samantha Cogan notched her first international goal and Kassidy Sauvé earned the “W” in nets Sunday evening, to beat Japan 7-1 in Canada’s first game at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship at the Budapest Ice Centre in Hungary.

Sarah Potomak, Breanne Wilson-Bennett, Victoria Bach and Ève-Audrey Picard all scored en route to a 4-1 win over Hungary for Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team in pre-competition action Friday afternoon in Budapest. The puck drops Sunday on the 2014 U18 women’s worlds.

Returnee Hannah Miller scored twice, while rookies Victoria Bach and Sarah Potomak had two points apiece, to help Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team top Queen’s University 5-1 in pre-worlds exhibition action Sunday night at the MasterCard Centre in Etobicoke.

Ève-Audrey Picard opened and closed the scoring and Shea Tiley made 27 saves, but three second-period goals by the Americans were the difference as Canada dropped the series finale and missed a chance to sweep the U.S.

Rebecca Leslie and Hannah Miller scored goals on the power play, and Breanne Wilson-Bennett added one shorthanded as Canada held on for a win over the Americans and clinched victory in the three-game series in Lake Placid.

Karly Heffernan scored a pair of goals and added an assist, Hannah Miller had a goal and a helper, and Shea Tiley made 25 saves as Canada topped the host Americans in the opener of a three-game series in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Hannah Miller got the scoring started in the first, both Nadine Edney and Karly Heffernan added markers in the middle frame, while Amelia Boughn and Kassidy Sauve shared the shutout, in White's 3-0 win over Red at U18 women's camp Saturday.

Danielle Krzyszczyk notched a shorthanded goal in the second, while Victoria Bach opened the scoring in the first and Taylor Murphy closed it off in the third, to help Red to a 3-1 win over White in U18 camp intrasquad action Thursday in Rockland.

Danielle Krzyszczyk, Kennedy Marchment and Taylor Murphy scored for Red, while Samantha Fieseler, Karly Heffernan and Mackenzie MacNeil scored White, to end Wednesday’s game in a tie – despite overtime and a shootout in Rockland.