Hilary Knight scored four goals and collected one assist to propel the Boston Blades to a 6-2 win over the Calgary Inferno and wrap up top spot in the round-robin segment of the Clarkson Cup at Markham Centennial Arena yesterday.

Winners of last year's Clarkson Cup, Boston set the tone early in the game when Kelli Stack, a member of the silver-medal winning U.S. Olympic team at the 2014 Winter Games, scored a power play goal at the 1:49-mark of the opening period.

Just less than two minutes later, Boston took a 2-0 lead on the strength of a goal by Knight.

After Calgary cut their deficit on a goal by Taryn Peacock, Boston restored their two-goal margin entering the first intermission on a goal by Kate Buesser.

Carrying that momentum into the second period, Boston padded their lead to 5-1 on the strength of two goals by Knight, including one on a power play.

A goal by Julie Paetsch enabled Calgary to get back to within three goals before the period concluded.

But that would be as close as they would get as Knight, who also played with the U.S. 2014 Olympic team, would account for the lone goal of the third period, with just 26 seconds remaining in regulation time.

Concluding the round-robin with a 3-0 mark, Boston outshot Calgary, who went winless in the round-robin at 0-3, 20-17.

Boston will defend their Clarkson Cup title when they play the Toronto Furies in the championship final at Markham Centennial Arena today at 2 p.m.

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