Hilary Knight is now the all-time scoring leader at the IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship.

An All-American forward at Wisconsin, Knight had a goal and an assist in the United States’ 12-1 quarterfinal victory Thursday to lift Knight to 87 career points. It allowed her to overtake Hockey Hall of Famer Hayley Wickenheiser for the all-time record.

An assist on Hannah Bilka's goal in the second period against Hungary pushed Knight into a tie, before she took the lead with her 51st career goal early in the third period.

Setting the record falls just one year after she became the tournament's all-time leading goal scorer, after securing her 45th career goal last year to pass former American star Cammi Granato.

Knight was honored with an on-ice ceremony after the quarterfinal game in Denmark by receiving a plaque from the IIHF for her accomplishment. Her family flew in from Sun Valley, Idaho to watch the record-breaking effort.

Knight’s 87 points span her 12 World Championship appearances. She started playing with Team USA in 2007 and since then, has won eight gold medals at Women’s Worlds along with a gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. So far in the 2022 Women’s World Championship, she has seven points in five games, and is one of 13 former and current Western Collegiate Hockey Association players who will compete in the medal round for Team USA. The semifinals are Saturday with the gold medal game to follow on Sunday.

According to the Hockey News, Wickenheiser appeared in 13 World Championship tournaments, playing 61 games for Canada. In that span, she collected seven gold and six silver medals. Wickenheiser, who retired in 2016, was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame and Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.

Knight broke the record playing in her 64th career game and 12th World Championship. Knight was already the leading goal scorer in tournament history, adding her 51st career goal to break the points mark. She is currently the only active player in the top five in all-time goals and points. Next on the list of active players is injured American teammate Brianna Decker, another former Wisconsin star, who has 68 points in her career.

Video from the record-shattering goal and comments from Knight are here in clips from TSN:  Hilary Knight breaks all-time women's worlds points record Team USA - TSN.ca
 
A story from The Hockey News on Knight’s record-breaking day is here: Hilary Knight Breaks Women's World Championship Record for Points - The Hockey News

Here is a feature story from the IIHF on how Knight improved her shot and turned into the sport’s top scorer: IIHF - Hilary Knight. The shot.