Karolina Erbanova is used to going fast—so fast that she was awarded a bronze medal for her 500 metre speed skate time at the 2018 Olympics. After 12 years of speed skating, Erbanova traded her clap skates in for hockey skates, and is now a bronze medallist with Czechia at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship.

Czechia was the more determined team, the more energetic, more emotional, and on this day more skilled team, defeating Switzerland 4-2 to win their first ever medal in Women’s World Championship play.

Team USA scored six goals in the first period to put the game out of reach with speed and seeming ease, defeating Czechia by a 10-1 count and advancing to the gold medal game.

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Aneta Tejralova scored within the first minute of overtime to send Czechia to the semi-finals in a 2-1 win over Finland.

Klara Peslarova backstopped Czechia to a 3-0 shutout in a battle with Sweden for the top spot in Group B.

Czechia’s goal song (was heard six times on Monday, with six different players scoring for Czechia in a shutout win over Germany.

After a lucky goal for Denmark to open scoring, Czechia peppered goaltender Lisa Jensen with shots and capitalized on a string of Danish penalties to take Saturday night's game in Frederikshavn by a score of 5-1.

Czechia’s 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship campaign started with a convincing 7-1 win over Hungary.