China defeated Slovakia 3-1 in their women’s hockey game at UBC Thunderbird Stadium on Monday.
With a 1-1 tie going into the third period, China pulled ahead on a goal from Rui Sun shortly after the five-minute mark. Linuo Wang scored another with eight minutes remaining.
Slovakia’s Petra Pravlikova scored the first goal of the game halfway through the first period, slipping the puck past Chinese goalie Yao Shi.
The 1-0 score held until China’s Linuo Wang scored on Slovakian goalie Zuzana Tomcikova with less than three minutes remaining in the second period.
China outshot Slovakia 32-21.