🇺🇸 United States 11-1 Austria 🇦🇹
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg 🇩🇰
Monday, 09 November 2026

Behind a four-point night from Caroline Harvey, including a hat trick, the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Austria, 11-1, in the preliminary round of the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship.

With the win, Aerin Frankel picked up her 17th career Women’s Worlds victory in net, becoming the winningest American goalie at Women’s Worlds. The previous record, 16 career wins, was held by Jessie Vetter.

“Back-to-back games are always physically demanding,” said John Wroblewski, head coach of the 2026 U.S. Women’s National Team. “I’m proud of how our team came out in the first and kept pushing the entire 60 minutes.”

Harvey opened Team USA’s scoring 9:08 into the first period. Harvey took the puck from the U.S. blue line through the zone, cutting in on the Austrian net before lifting the puck over the goaltender.

Just moments later, Hilary Knight tapped in a pass from a streaking Cayla Barnes to extend the lead to 2-0. Harvey picked up her second of the night for the U.S.’ third and Tessa Janecke potted its fourth to bring a 4-0 lead into the first intermission.

Janecke’s second of the game came just nine seconds into the middle frame. Alex Carpenter sauced a pass from below the goal line to Janecke who deflected the puck in for a 5-0 lead. Joy Dunne tallied the sixth, taking her own rebound and sniping it past the Austrian goaltender from the low slot.

Lacey Eden and Megan Keller rounded out the scoring in the second, before Knight tallied her second of the game, the team’s ninth midway through the third.

Rory Guilday tapped in a rebound off a Laila Edwards shot from the point with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game for her first of the tournament, the team’s 10th.

Harvey completed the hat trick late in the third to put the tally at 11-0.

Austria broke the shutout with 5:25 remaining to put it at 11-1.

Frankel made two saves in the win, while Gwyneth Philips made two saves.

Team USA wraps up preliminary-round play on Wednesday 11 November against Czechia.

NOTES: Caroline Harvey was the U.S. Player of the Game…The U.S. outshot Austria, 66-5…The U.S. was 0-2 on the power play, while Austria was 0-0.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:08 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Harvey (Fox)
12:59 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Knight (Barnes, Eden)
16:46 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Harvey (O’Brien)
17:08 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Janecke (Guilday, Dunne)

2nd Period
20:09 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Janecke (Carpenter, Dunne)
22:49 – 🇦🇹 PEN – Grascher, tripping
25:04 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Dunne (Fox, Bilka)
35:49 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Eden (Harvey, Janecke)
37:08 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Keller (Dunne, Pannek)

3rd Period
48:46 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Knight (Edwards, Keller)
51:17 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Guilday (Edwards, Murphy)
53:40 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Harvey
54:35 – 🇦🇹 GOAL – Fazokas (Dauböck)
55:57 – 🇦🇹 PEN – team, too many players

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Frankel (2-2), Philips (2-3)
L: 🇦🇹 M. Luggin (55-66)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 23+22+21 = 66
🇦🇹 2+0+3 = 5

ROSTERS
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel, Gwyneth Philips. Defence: Cayla Barnes, Laila Edwards, Rory Guilday, Caroline Harvey, Megan Keller (A), Lee Stecklein, Haley Winn. Forwards: Hannah Bilka, Alex Carpenter (A), Jesse Compher, Joy Dunne, Lacey Eden, Taylor Fox, Tessa Janecke, Hilary Knight (C), Abbey Murphy, Casey O’Brien, Kelly Pannek, Hayley Scamurra, Kirsten Simms.
🇦🇹 Goaltenders: Magdalena Luggin, Selma Luggin. Defence: Anna Billa, Annika Fazokas, Antonia Matzka (A), Emma Mörtl, Laura Nagy, Lisa Schröfl, Artemis Tekin, Charlotte Wittich. Forwards: Eva Beiter, Lena Dauböck, Tamara Grascher (A), Emma Hofbauer, Leonie Kutzer, Emma Lintner, Marja Linzbichler, Anna Meixner (C), Hanna Obermayr, Vanessa Picka, Theresa Schafzahl, Anja Trummer.

Article Credit: USA Hockey
Photo Credit: 2026 Women’s World Championship – IIHF – HHOF – IOC