Helene Elliott: Disparity in women's hockey continues to drag down the sport

Brianne Jenner was too polite to gloat after she contributed a hat trick to Canada's second straight double-digit scoring spree and blowout victory in the women's Olympic hockey tournament.

"Not every game is going to look like this," Jenner said after Canada followed its tournament-opening 12-1 victory over Switzerland with an 11-1 rout of Finland.

The problem for women's hockey is that too many games involving the U.S. or Canada do look exactly like that, affirming that an enormous talent gap still separates the two North American teams from the rest of the world.

The U.S. women emphasized that