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GAME SUMMARY
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KESSLER BLANKS SWEDEN AS WHITE EARNS U22 WIN
CALGARY, Alta. – It wasn’t an offensive showcase like the camp opener one night earlier, but Canada White has
joined Canada Red in the win column at the National Women’s Under-22 Team selection camp.
Twenty-four hours after Red used a high-powered offense to hand Sweden a 6-4 loss, White did it with defense,
getting 25 saves from Christina Kessler in a 4-0 blanking of the Swedes.
Courtney Birchard opened the scoring three minutes in for White, which protected its one-goal lead for close
to 30 minutes before third-period goals from Bailey Bram, Chelsea Karpenko and Natalie Spooner gave the
Canadian side a little breathing room.
Hoping to jump to an early lead, just as Red had on Sunday night, White got on the board at the 3:01 mark
when Birchard redirected a perfect pass from Stefanie McKeough past 16-year-old Swedish goaltender Josephin
Lennström.
The game was a defensive struggle through the first two periods, with both goaltenders coming up big to keep
it a one-goal game.
Kessler made her best save of the night just shy of the midway point of the second period, robbing Erika
Holst with a glove save after the Swedish captain teed up a one-timer from the slot.
Sweden, playing its second game in as many nights just five days after a cross-Atlantic flight and an
eight-hour time change, tired in the third period and White was there to pounce, as Bram doubled the lead
1:43 into the frame with an individual effort.
Karpenko and Spooner combined to again double the Canadian lead later in the frame – first it was Karpenko
cashing in a rebound off a Spooner shot to make it 3-0 before Spooner finished off a Karpenko set up just
2:45 later for the game’s final goal.
The Swedes enjoy a night off Tuesday, while Red and White will meet in an all-Canadian battle of unbeatens,
with puck drop at Father David Bauer Olympic Arena set for 7 p.m. MT. |
| Game Information/Reseignements sur
le match |
| Event/Événement |
NWTU22 Selection Camp |
Location/Emplacement |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Date |
Mon. Aug. 10, 2009 |
Arena/Aréna |
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena |
| Time/Heure |
19:00 MT |
Attendance/Assistance |
-,--- |
| Round/Ronde |
Exhibition |
Game #/No. match |
- |
| Box Score/Compte |
1
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2
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3
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Final
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| WHT |
1
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0
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3
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4
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| SWE |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| Goals/Penalties |
| First Period/Première période |
Goals/Buts:
03:01 WHT Courtney Birchard (Stefanie McKeough, Laura Fridfinnson)
Penalties/Punitions:
00:35 SWE Frida Svedin Thunström (Slashing/Coup de bâton)
16:24 WHT Saige Pacholok (Hooking/Accrocher)
16:51 SWE Danijela Rundqvist (Interference/Obstruction) |
| Second Period/Deuxième période |
Goals/Buts:
none/aucun
Penalties/Buts:
05:04 SWE Danijela Rundqvist (Holding/Retenir)
19:10 WHT Alley Bero (Delay of Game/Retarder le match) |
| Third Period/Troisième période |
Goals/Buts:
01:43 WHT Bailey Bram
10:07 WHT Chelsea Karpenko (Natalie Spooner, Laura Fridfinnson)
12:52 WHT Natalie Spooner (Chelsea Karpenko)
Penalties/Punitions:
05:35 WHT Bailey Bram (Tripping/Faire trébucher) |
| Goaltenders |
WHT |
Christina Kessler |
| Gardiens de but |
SWE |
Josephin Lennström |
| Shots on Goal |
Team |
1 p |
2 p |
3 p |
Ttl |
| Shots on Goal |
WHT |
8 |
9 |
17 |
34 |
| Tirs au but |
SWE |
6 |
11 |
8 |
25 |
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| Referee/Arbitre |
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| Linesmen/Juges des lignes |
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For more information:
Kalli Quinn Director, Female National Teams | Équipes nationales féminines
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