{"id":197413,"date":"2026-01-19T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/game-day-team-usa-faces-canada-for-gold-at-u18-womens-worlds-team-usa-hockey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:51:56","slug":"game-day-team-usa-faces-canada-for-gold-at-u18-womens-worlds-team-usa-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/game-day-team-usa-faces-canada-for-gold-at-u18-womens-worlds-team-usa-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"GAME DAY: Team USA Faces Canada For Gold At U18 Women\u2019s Worlds &#8211; Team USA Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <span class=\"newsAuthor\">USA Hockey<\/span>, <span class=\"newsDate\">01\/18\/26,  8:00AM  EST<\/span> <br \/><strong>SYDNEY, Nova Scotia &ndash; <\/strong>It all comes down to this &ndash; the U.S. Under-18 Women&rsquo;s National Team will face Canada in the gold medal game at the 2026 IIHF Under-18 Women&rsquo;s World Championship on Sunday (Jan. 18).<br \/>Puck drop is set for 6:30 p.m. ET and can be viewed on NHL Network.<br \/><strong>IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME<\/strong><br \/>The U.S. holds a 9-7 record in gold medal games at this tournament, having won the top prize in 2024, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2009 and 2008. With a win today, it would be the 10th Under-18 Women&#39;s World Championship title in program history.<br \/><strong>MAKING THE GOLD MEDAL GAME<\/strong><br \/>Team USA has skated in the gold medal game of the Under-18 Women&#39;s World Championship 17 of the 18 years this tournament has been staged. The lone year they did not make the gold medal game was in 2023, when they won bronze.&nbsp;<br \/><strong>ALL TIME AGAINST CANADA<\/strong><br \/>Tonight&#39;s game marks the 24th all-time meeting between Canada and the U.S. at this tournament, with Team USA holding a 8-5-4-6 (W-OTW-OTL-L) advantage in all-time meetings.<br \/><strong>AGAINST CANADA IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME<\/strong><br \/>The U.S. and Canada have met 14 previous time in the gold medal game, with the all time record an even 7-7. The teams most recently met in the 2025 gold medal game, with Canada winning 3-0.<br \/>Tag(s):           <a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/page\/show\/701370-news\">News<\/a>&nbsp;       <a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/page\/show\/2339681-women-s-teams-and-events\">Women&#39;s<\/a>&nbsp;       <a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/page\/show\/2356612-under-18-women-s-world-championship\">U18 World Championship<\/a>&nbsp;       <a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/page\/show\/4616245-home\">Home<\/a>&nbsp;       <a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/page\/show\/9235020-2026-iihf-under-18-women-s-world-championship\">2026 U18 Women&#39;s Worlds<\/a>&nbsp;    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTE9obURzcjh5NEJhd2lJblhqVXplYXRtc3RYRzRnZGNGbjVzQThJYTEzYmJmUGxSaTNzOTBxUnhuaGlJT2VpLTFvVGxSdlBQXzJ0TVdrMXczWTVkUUhFd01sdU9MUzl0dw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By USA Hockey, 01\/18\/26, 8:00AM EST SYDNEY, Nova Scotia &ndash; It all comes down to this &ndash; the U.S. Under-18 Women&rsquo;s National Team will face Canada in the gold medal game at the 2026 IIHF Under-18 Women&rsquo;s World Championship on Sunday (Jan. 18).Puck drop is set for 6:30 p.m. ET and can be viewed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-197413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}