Knight has hat trick in 8-1 win over Czechs and Canada shuts out Finland at women's hockey worlds

ESBJERG, Denmark (AP) — Hilary Knight scored a hat trick and defending champion United States cruised past the Czech Republic 8-1 at the women’s ice hockey world championship on Wednesday to finish the preliminary stage with a perfect record.

Knight buried her own rebound a to make it 2-0 in the opening frame and found a space in between the pads of Czech goaltender Aneta Senkova from the right circle early in the second.

She added her third with a short-handed goal in the third period to increase the margin to seven in the Group A game in Esbjerg.

The 37-year-old U.S. captain took her tally to six goals in the tournament in Denmark and a total of 73 goals in 91 games at the worlds.

Abbey Murphy scored twice, Alex Carpenter and Laila Edwards got a goal and an assist each and Grace Zumwinkle had one goal. Goaltender Aerin Frankel stopped 11 shots.

Murphy opened the scoring from the low slot 0:53 into the game and one-timed a slap shot to increase the advantage to 4-0.

After that goal, the Czechs pulled Senkova and replace her with Daniela Novakova.

Zumwinkle added to the lead and Edwards used a 5-on-3 advantage to score the sixth late in the second.

Taylor Fox also got three assists for the Americans, who will play host Denmark in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Natalie Mlynkova scored the consolation goal for the Czechs who finished fourth to set up a quarterfinal game against Canada.

The Canadians won Group B with a perfect record after blanking Finland 2-0.

Goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens finished with 25 saves for the shutout, the third straight for Canada in Group B.

Caitlin Kraemer scored the go-ahead goal in the opening period after she skated from her defensive zone along the boards before beating Finland goalie Sanni Ahola.

Sarah Fillier added the second in the final period.

Finland captain Jenni Hiirikoski, who is playing at a record 17th worlds, became the first woman to play 100 games at the tournament.

In another Group B game, Wilma Sundin led Sweden's 5-0 shutout of Japan with two goals. The Swedes face Switzerland while Finland plays Germany next.

Earlier in Group A, Germany rallied to beat Switzerland 3-1 after Laura Kluge and Katarina Jobst-Smith scored 55 seconds apart in the middle period to give the Germans the lead.

Alessia Baechler had given Switzerland the lead in the opening period.

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United States' Hilary Knight controls the puck during a Group A match between Unites States and Czechia at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechia's goaltender Daniela Novakova makes a save against United States' Tessa Janecke during a Group A match between Unites States and Czechia at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechia's goaltender Aneta Senkova fails to make a save during a Group A match between Unites States and Czechia at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

United States' Abbey Murphy celebrates after scoring her side's first goal during a Group A match between Unites States and Czechia at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

United States' Hilary Knight, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring her side's third goal during a Group A match between Unites States and Czechia at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Germany's goaltender Sandra Abstreiter fails to make a save during a Group A match between Germany and Switzerland at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Germany's Celina Haider, right, checks Switzerland's Alessia Baechler during a Group A match between Germany and Switzerland at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Germany's Emily Nix, left, celebrates with Germany's Nicola Hadraschek after scoring her side's third goal during a Group A match between Germany and Switzerland at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Germany's Celina Haider, right, checks Switzerland's Alessia Baechler during a Group A match between Germany and Switzerland at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Switzerland's goaltender Saskia Maurer makes a save against Germany's Nicola Hadraschek during a Group A match between Germany and Switzerland at the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

NEW YORK (AP) — A rebound for AI stocks lifted the U.S. market. The S&P 500 rose 1.3% Wednesday and got close to recovering all of its brutal sell-off from last week triggered by worries about a potential slowdown for AI businesses. The Nasdaq composite rallied a market-leading 1.6% because of the strength for tech stocks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%. CoreWeave drove the gains after reporting stronger results for the summer than analysts expected, and the S&P 500 pulled within 2.6% of its record set last month. The U.S. bond market was closed for a holiday, and oil prices rose.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A rebound for stocks in the artificial intelligence industry is lifting the U.S. market on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 rallied 1.4% and is close to recovering all of its brutal sell-off from last week triggered by worries about a potential slowdown for AI-related businesses. The index pulled within 2.5% of its all-time high set last month.

The Nasdaq composite rallied a market-leading 1.8% because of the strength for tech stocks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 253 points, or 0.5%, with an hour remaining in trading.

Leading the way was one of the stocks that's been at the center of the AI industry’s manic recent swings. CoreWeave, which rents out access to AI chips to customers over the cloud, leaped 23.9% after showing investors that it lost less money during the summer than analysts expected.

It also made announcements that could allay some of the worries dogging it and the wider industry. For one, concerns are high about how CoreWeave and other companies will handle higher interest rates in the bond market, which make borrowing money more expensive.

CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator said his company has roughly $9 billion in customer prepayments and deposits expected in the next three months, along with other sources of cash to help pay its bills. That had some analysts saying it’s making progress toward being able to self-fund its business.

Worries have also been rising about a potential slowdown in the overall industry given longstanding worries about whether AI will produce enough profit and productivity to make the expensive investments worth it. Such concerns hit a higher level following sweeping victories for Democrats in last week’s U.S. midterm elections. The worry is that Democratic control of statehouses across the country could lead to restrictions on the construction of additional AI data centers and the industry broadly.

But CoreWeave suggested strength is continuing, at least for now, and it raised its forecast for how much revenue it expects to make this year. The number was higher than analysts expected.

Of course, many challenges remain for CoreWeave and for the AI industry broadly. But CoreWeave’s report nevertheless helped stocks across the industry claw back some of their sharp recent losses.

Micron Technology, which sells memory for computers, rallied 12.8%. Broadcom rose 5.1%. GE Vernova, which is helping to power AI data centers, added 2%.

Even Nvidia climbed 4%.

The chip company that quickly became the face of the AI boom has been falling recently for reasons that have nothing to do with the rest of the industry. Its board is investigating its CEO, Jensen Huang, after he admitted to a relationship with a businesswoman who allegedly fed intelligence and advanced chips to China.

Outside of tech, Fossil Group soared 24.3% after the seller of watches, handbags and other products reported a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It also raised its forecast for revenue this year.

Trading elsewhere on Wall Street was more mixed.

United Airlines lost 1.5% as stocks broadly felt pressure from a rise in oil prices, which recovered some of their losses from earlier in the week.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude added 1.4% to $92.76. It’s near the middle of its $72 to $120 range since the war with Iran sent oil prices much higher early this year.

Higher oil prices tend to push yields upward in the bond market, but the U.S. bond market is closed for the day in observance of Veterans Day.

Yields jumped in the bond market the day before following a worse-than-expected reading on inflation in the United States. The discouraging report raised expectations for coming hikes to interest rates by the Federal Reserve.

Higher yields mean higher rates for mortgages, and companies in the real-estate industry continued to fall Wednesday. Homebuilders D.R. Horton sank 1.7% and Lennar fell 1.6%.

In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of Europe and Asia.

South Korea’s Kospi jumped 2.6% for one of the world’s biggest moves, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was an outlier after falling 1%.

Stocks rose 0.5% in Shanghai as China’s biggest online shopping festival, Singles Day, began Wednesday. Its sales data will offer a gauge of how strong spending is in the world’s second-largest economy.

AP Writers Elaine Lai and Michelle Chapman contributed to this report.

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