U.S. Women Face Their First Test: Finland

The U.S. women’s hockey team slapped a 9-0 defeat on Finland the last time the teams met, which was in the 2001 World Championships. The two will meet again today in a preliminary round game, and based on the results from the Nagano Olympics, where Finland took the bronze behind the United States’ gold, this will be the Americans’ toughest early test in a tournament they have cruised through so far.