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The United States beat Sweden 5-0 in the women’s hockey first semifinal on Monday to reach the gold-medal game.
The two-times champions were the favourites heading into Milan and they put on another convincing performance at Santagiulia arena, where Cayla Barnes scored in the first period, while Taylor Heise, Abbey Murphy, veteran Kendall Coyne Schofield and Hayley Scamurra notched second-period goals.
The Americans will play the winner of the second semifinal between defending Olympic champions Canada and Switzerland on Thursday.
Sweden, who won its last medal with a silver in 2006, beat Czech Republic in the quarterfinals but ran out of firepower against the world champions United States.
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