OBIHIRO, Japan — Canada has its first win at the women's under-18 world hockey championship.
Daniella Calabrese and Danielle Serdachny supplied the offence as the Canadians opened the tournament with a 2-1 win over Sweden on Sunday.
Goaltender Mahika Sarrazin earned the win for Canada (1-0-0), which settled for bronze at last year's event after missing out on the gold-medal game for the first time in the 11 years the tournament has been played.
Gabriella Johansson was the lone scorer for Sweden (0-1-0), last year's silver medal winners. Tindra Holm took the loss.
The United States enter this year's tournament as four-time defending champions and have seven gold medals in total.
The Canadians have four golds, but their last came back in 2014.
Canada's next game is Monday against the Americans.
The Canadian Press
