( LEAD ) S . Korea routs Australia for 3 rd straight win at women ' s hockey worlds ( ATTN : ADDS details in paras 4 , 16 ) By Yoo Jee - ho GANGNEUNG , South Korea , April 5 ( Yonhap ) -- South Korea routed Australia 8 - 1 for its third straight victory at the women ' s hockey world championships on home ice Wednesday . Forward Park Jong - ah scored twice and set up two others and world No . 23 South Korea scored five power - play goals to remain perfect at the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) Women ' s World Championship Division II Group A at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung , Gangwon Province . The tournament , doubling as a test event for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics , also features the Netherlands ( No . 19 ) , Britain ( No . 21 ) Slovenia ( No . 24 ) and North Korea ( No . 26 ) . The top nation after round - robin play will be promoted to Division I Group B next year , while the last - place nation will be relegated to Division II Group B in 2018 . South Korean forward Park Jong - ah fires a shot against Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women ' s World Championship Division II Group A at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung , Gangwon Province , on April 5 , 2017 . ( Yonhap ) South Korea and the Netherlands each have three wins , but South Korea is in first place with a plus 13 goal difference . They will square off on Saturday , the final day of the competition . South Korea dominated No . 28 Australia from start to finish . Park Jong - ah scored her team - leading third goal of the tournament just five minutes into the game , banking one in off the body of goalie Michelle Coonan . Then at 11 : 28 , Park Ye - eun scored a lucky one on the power play , as she had a rebound go off her skate and roll into the gaping net . The shots were 14 - 2 for South Korea and the home team kept peppering shots at the Australian net in the second period . South Korea made it 3 - 0 just 52 seconds into the middle frame in an outstanding sequence on a power play . Park Jong - ah got the puck behind the net , faked a wraparound going to her left and then threaded a perfect pass in the opposite direction to Han Soo - jin , whose one - timer beat a Coonan caught well out of position . Han Soo - jin of South Korea ( R ) battles Katherine McOnie of Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women ' s World Championship Division II Group A at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung , Gangwon Province , on April 5 , 2017 . ( Yonhap ) Choi Yu - jung ' s redirection of a Danelle Im pass extended the lead to 4 - 0 at 4 : 41 in the period . South Korea chased Coonan from the game with its third power play goal at 10 : 47 . Coonan couldn ' t handle Kim Hee - won ' s hard shot from the right point , and Park Jong - ah was right at the goalmouth to poke home the rebound for her second of the night . Four minutes later , Park picked up her fourth point of the game , when Lee Eun - ji deflected her shot past the new goalie , Asleigh Brown , for another power - play marker that put South Korea ahead 6 - 0 . South Korea wasn ' t done , scoring its fifth power - play goal when Eom Su - yeon scored on a point shot right at the buzzer for a 7 - 0 lead . Australia foiled South Korea ' s shutout bid at 8 : 27 in the third period , when Shona Powell scored on the team ' s fourth shot of the game . The home team added an eighth goal for good measure with 17 . 8 seconds remaining , as Choi Yu - jung scored for the second time . South Korea outshot Australia 42 - 6 . With four points on Wednesday , Park Jong - ah is now tied for the tournament lead with seven points , along with Julie Zwarthoed of the Netherlands . Park leads all players in scoring with four goals . South Korea ' s next game is against North Korea at 9 p . m . Thursday , a highly anticipated contest taking place amid rising tensions on the peninsula . North Korea has one win and two losses after beating Britain in overtime earlier Wednesday . South Korean players celebrate a goal against Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women ' s World Championship Division II Group A at Kwandong Hockey Centre in Gangneung , Gangwon Province , on April 5 , 2017 . ( Yonhap ) jeeho @ yna . co . kr ( END )