BEIJING : Canada beat archrivals the United States 4-2 on Tuesday in what many forecast was a preview of the women's ice hockey gold medal final at the Beijing Games.
The stakes will be considerably higher, if as expected, they meet again on Feb. 17 in the gold medal final. But there was never going to be anything on Tuesday resembling the 11-1 beating Canada put on Finland or the U.S.'s 8-0 thrashing of Switzerland. Jenner answered 26 seconds later with her second of the game before Canada reclaimed the lead 4-2 on goals from Jamie Lee Rattray and Marie-Philip Poulin on a penalty shot.If familiarity really does breed contempt then there is no better example than Canada and U.S. women's ice hockey.
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