One sign of just how dominating Canada has been in the preliminary round of the Winter Olympic women's ice hockey tournament is that Scarborough native Cherie Piper has nine points in three games - and she's only in fifth place in scoring. And that's just on her own team.
Canada rolled through their opposition, like a hair dryer through snow, outscoring their opposition 41-2, defeating, in order, Slovakia 18-0, Switzerland 10-1 and Sweden 13-1.And through that the Scarborough native contributed a 'modest' four goals and five assists.Piper already has two Olympic gold medals to her credit, including the last time around in Turin where she was co-leader in goals-scored and second in total points for the tournament.Canada and the U.S. are prohibitive favourites in this tournament, being defending Olympic and world champs, respectively.The U.S. had outscored its opposition 25-1 through the first two games.