US downs defending champion Canada 2-1 to stay perfect at womens hockey worlds Boston 25 News [Video]

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic — (AP) — The United States downed defending champion Canada 2-1 at the women’s hockey world championship on Sunday in a matchup of the game’s global powers.

Lee Stecklein and Megan Keller scored for the Americans who made it three wins from three in Group A. U.S. goalie Aerin Frankel made 18 saves.

Laura Stacey got the lone goal for Canada and captain Marie-Philip Poulin recorded her fifth assist in the tournament to top the scoring table with six points.

“We played like a team today,” U.S. head coach John Wroblewski said. “It’s games like this that you have to grind out and from puck drop to final whistle we did just that.”

Stecklein wristed a shot high into the net from the point to put the Americans 1-0 ahead 10:36 into the opening period.

It was the second goal at the tournament for the defenseman …