Rachel Homan noticed Canada’s males’s hockey crew go to time beyond regulation earlier Wednesday and determined she wished a few of that pleasure in her life, too.
Simply hours after Mitch Marner’s OT winner, Homan coughed up a late three-point lead earlier than recovering to beat Italy’s Stefania Constantini 8-7 in 11 ends.
The win marked Canada’s fourth straight on the Milano-Cortina Olympics.
However whereas the streak has helped erase a sluggish begin to the event, Homan’s Thursday’s finale in opposition to Korea nonetheless stands as a must-win in figuring out her playoff destiny.
Each groups are 5-3 for the event.
Within the eleventh finish, Homan threw a draw to the four-foot previous a pair of Italian guards and simply barely past her opponents’ shot rock to seal the win.
Canada appeared in management in opposition to the Italians after an expertly performed spinner by Homan together with her final rock within the ninth gave her rink a 7-4 lead.
However Constantini answered proper again with a game-saving triple within the tenth to pressure the additional finish.
Italy scored a single within the seventh and a steal for one within the eighth to remain in contact with the Canadians after Homan and crew beforehand took management of the sport with a steal of two within the sixth finish to go up 5-2.
At 2-6, the host Italians will not attain the knockout stage. Elsewhere, Nice Britain sits at 4-4, whereas Switzerland is at 6-2 and the U.S. sits at 5-3.
Sweden has already locked up the No. 1 seed, ending the spherical robin at 7-2.
Ottawa’s Homan missed the playoffs in every of her two earlier Olympic appearances in 2018 within the ladies’s occasion and 2022 in combined doubles.
The semifinals will happen Friday, with the gold-medal match set for Sunday.
