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Caroline Harvey and Joy Dunn each had a goal and two assists, Gwyneth Phillips stopped 20 shots in her Olympic debut, and the United States beat Switzerland 5-0 in the women's hockey tournament.

MILAN - After young forward Caroline Harvey's 5-0 win over Switzerland on Monday, U.S. coach John Wroblewski was quick to recall the next challenge facing his women's hockey team at the Milan Cortina Games.

Canada will follow.And with him without Marie-Philip Poulin — Canada's "Captain Clutch — Wroblewski understands his team will be short on Tuesday.

“Yes, I heard about it, unfortunately,” Varobolski said of Pauline hitting the ice and missing the final two periods of Canada's 5-1 win over the Czech Republic.

Canada coach Troy Ryan said he did not have full details on Pullen's apparent lower-body injury.He said it was too early to say whether she could play on Tuesday.

"The interesting thing about looking forward to Canada is that every time we play them, it's got a different life, a different culture," Wroblewski said. "And so we'll what we get tomorrow night."

The United States may be the favorite in some tournaments, but Canada is the defending Olympic champion.

Team USA continues to find new contributors, winning its first three games by a score of 15-1.It's time for the youngsters to shine against Switzerland.

Harvey and Joe Dunne, two of the seven American players who are still in college, each had a goal and two assists.

Gwyneth Phillips stopped 20 shots in her Olympic debut and shared the shutout with Ava McNaughton. The 21-year-old McNaughton stopped the shot after connecting with 1:48 left.Alex Carpenter, Hannah Bilka and Haley Winn also scored in the first 7:42 of the third period as the Americans finished with three goals.

Captain Hilary Knight had two assists to increase her Olympic career score to 31, a disgrace to the U.S. record set by Jenny Potter.

The game could have been an early rout if Swiss goalkeeper Andrea Brentley had not stopped 35 of the first 37 shots he faced and 45 in total.

"The Swiss goalie was amazing. He had some kind of force field, I don't know what," Wroblewski said.I think we need to take a deep breath.

Switzerland lost 1-2 and were banned for the second straight game after losing 4-0 to Canada on Saturday.

"After a while you need to pay, they keep coming at you," said Swiss coach Colin Muller."I thought we did a great job today defensively and better offensively. We had more guts than the last game. It's great to see. We're getting better every game. I'd be happy if it ended 3-1."

Although Switzerland tested the Americans early, Philips held firm.

The second-year PWHL Ottawa Charge goalie got his left skate off in time to stop Ivana Wey's shot in the opening minute.About 12½ minutes in, Philips took the gloves to stop Rahel Enzler, who was planted in the doorway.

Philips said his early actions helped him calm down.And he was more than happy to share the closets.

“I'm delighted. I'm very pleased with Ava,” Philips said. “She's a great goalscorer and she deserves to get out there and enjoy some time on the field.”

Then it was time for Harvey to take over.The offensive-minded defenseman drove the left frame and sent a pass up the middle for Winn to score the opening goal at 6:04 in.

"It was a great game. Super on fire for the girls," Harvey said, missing the credit.

After seeing limited playing time at the 2022 Beijing Games, the Wisconsin senior was encouraged by Wroblewski to use his speed and playmaking ability.

"It's crazy how many times she drives. I love the effort she puts in," the coach said."I hope that continues not only for her, but for her teammates as well."

Host Italy defeated Japan 3-2 on Monday to advance to the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament for the first time.

Germany qualified for the next round with a 2-1 extra time win over France.

Both Italy and Germany advanced 2-1 and joined Sweden (3-0) to complete the three nations in Group B to reach the quarter-finals.Japan and France were eliminated.

Italy qualified for their second Olympic Games, both as hosts, after going 0-4 at the 2006 Torino Games and finishing bottom of the eight.

"I think this is everyone's dream come true," Canadian goalkeeper Gabriella Durante said."Hopefully this will only grow Italian hockey even more for girls across the country."

Matilda Fantin scored the first two goals to give Italy a 2-0 lead after the first half.

After Rui Ukita scored for Japan in the second period, Italy responded with Kristin Della Rovere scoring in the third.Akane Shiga's third goal, confirmed after a lengthy video review to verify that the puck had crossed the line, kept the pressure on Italy.

When the final buzzer sounded, Italian players rushed to the bench to hug Durant, who saved 27 shots.

"We had a lot of guys blocking shots and throwing shots, just hard work that takes a toll on the body," he said.

Katrina Jobst-Smith fired in a shot from the high left post to score for Germany 1:17 into overtime.Laura Kluge also scored and Sandra Abstreiter stopped 13 shots.

Estelle Duvin forced OT with a goal 8:21 into the third period and Alice Philbert made 44 stops.In their Olympic debut, France went 0-4 by a combined margin of 13-4.