Canada trounces Japan 9-0 at women’s hockey worlds

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Defending champion Canada has trounced Japan 9-0 at the women’s world ice hockey championship with eight players contributing goals in the one-sided encounter to top the Group A standings ahead of the United States. Japan was overmatched from the start and didn’t register a shot on goal until the dying seconds of the second period when already down 7-0. It was the second meeting of the teams at a world championship and represents an improvement of sorts for Japan, which lost the first in 1990 18-0. Denmark beat Hungary 1-0 in Group B.