Olympics-Ice hockey-Fillier sparks Canada to a Finland rout

2022 Beijing Olympics - Ice Hockey - Women's Prelim. Round - Group A - Canada v Finland - Wukesong Sports Centre, Beijing, China - February 5, 2022. Sarah Fillier of Canada in action with Viivi Vainikka of Finland and Nelli Laitinen of Finland. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

BEIJING (Reuters) - Young gun Sarah Fillier fired a pair of goals as Canada romped to an 11-1 rout of Finland in women's ice hockey at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, to remain on a gold medal collision course with United States.

Canada opened their Olympic account on Thursday with an equally ruthless 12-1 thrashing of Switzerland and again showed no mercy to the third-ranked Finns as they stormed to the top of the Group A standings outscoring their opponents 23-to-2.