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GAME SUMMARY
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LATE SPECIAL TEAMS PUSH HELPS NATIONAL WOMEN’S TEAM TO WIN
CALGARY, Alta. – It was close, but it was not to be for Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team on Monday
night.
Leading 3-2 with seven minutes to go, the U22 team allowed a power play goal and a shorthanded marker in the
dying minutes, allowing the National Women’s Team to escape with a 4-3 victory in the first game of the
three-game series between the teams.
Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que.) and Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.) did the damage late for the
national team, as Agosta helped set up Poulin for the game-tying goal on a two-man advantage at 13:06 before
Poulin returned the favour on the game-winner with 66 seconds remaining.
Despite playing its first competitive game as a team, the U22 side came out with the momentum in the opening
20 minutes, drawing three penalties and outshooting the national team 12-5, but the game was scoreless after
one.
Lauriane Rougeau (Beaconsfield, Que.) finally converted a U22 power play early in the second period, stepping
in from the blueline and snapping a shot past goaltender Kim St-Pierre (Châteauguay, Que.) for a 1-0
lead.
But NWT veterans Caroline Ouellette (Montreal, Que.) and Gillian Apps (Unionville, Ont.) made sure the lead
did not last, scoring 2:33 apart to put the national side ahead 2-1 and ensuring an unhappy send-off for U22
netminder Laura Hosier (Sharon, Ont.), who was replaced by Christina Kessler (Mississauga, Ont.) after Apps’
goal.
Trailing for the first time, the under-22 team went back to work on the power play, getting goals from Karell
Emard (Richelieu, Que.) and Jessica Wong (Baddeck, N.S.) to take a 3-2 lead to the dressing room.
Determined not to suffer its first loss of the year, the national team came out flying to start period three
and earned a full two-minute man advantage when Emard and Jesse Scanzano (Dollard des Ormeaux, Que.) took
minor penalties with eight minutes to go.
Poulin took advantage of the 5-on-3, blasting a point shot by Kessler to draw the national team even.
Younger than all but two players in the game, the 18-year-old wasn’t satisfied with just tying the game, as
she outraced a U22 defender to the puck and fed Agosta, who poked the game-winning goal past Kessler with
just 1:06 remaining on the clock.
The national team outshot the U22 side 13-3 in the third period and 31-25 overall.
The two teams meet again on Tuesday (7 p.m. MT) before wrapping up the series Thursday night (7 p.m. MT).
Both games are at Father David Bauer Olympic Arena. |
| Game Information/Reseignements sur
le match |
| Event/Événement |
Series vs NWT |
Location/Emplacement |
Calgary, Alta. |
| Date |
Mon. Aug. 17, 2009 |
Arena/Aréna |
Father David Bauer |
| Time/Heure |
19:00 MT |
Attendance/Assistance |
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| 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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| NWT |
0
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2
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2
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4
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| U22 |
0
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3
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0
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3
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| Goals/Penalties |
| First Period/Première période |
Goals/Buts:
none/aucun
Penalties/Punitions:
02:49 NWT Gillian Apps (Body-checking/Mise en échec)
10:13 NWT Jocelyne Larocque (Tripping/Faire trébucher)
16:18 NWT Gina Kingsbury (Tripping/Faire trébucher) |
| Second Period/Deuxième période |
Goals/Buts:
04:08 U22 Lauriane Rougeau (Laura Fortino, Vicki Bendus) PP/AN
06:56 NWT Caroline Ouellette
09:29 NWT Gillian Apps (Jennifer Wakefield, Catherine Ward)
11:12 U22 Karell Emard (Jesse Scanzano, Laura Fortino) PP/AN
19:54 U22 Natalie Spooner (Bailey Bram, Jessica Wong) PP/AN
Penalties/Buts:
03:10 NWT Caroline Ouellette (Tripping/Faire trébucher)
09:48 NWT Tessa Bonhomme (Body-checking/Mise en échec)
18:28 NWT Jocelyne Larocque (Holding/Retenir)
19:25 NWT Jennifer Botterill (Hooking/Accrocher)
20:00 U22 Karell Emard (Hooking/Accrocher) |
| Third Period/Troisième période |
Goals/Buts:
13:06 NWT Marie-Philip Poulin (Sarah Vaillancourt, Meghan Agosta) PP/AN
18:54 NWT Meghan Agosta (Marie-Philip Poulin) SH/DN
Penalties/Punitions:
02:15 U22 Lauriane Rougeau (Interference/Obstruction)
12:03 U22 Jesse Scanzano (Slashing/Coup de bâton)
12:03 U22 Karell Emard (Hooking/Accrocher)
16:58 NWT Brianne Jenner (Interference/Obstruction) |
| Goaltenders |
NWT |
Kim St-Pierre |
| Gardiens de but |
U22 |
Laura Hosier; Christina Kessler (in
2nd/09:29) |
| Shots on Goal |
Team |
1 p |
2 p |
3 p |
Ttl |
| Shots on Goal |
NWT |
5 |
13 |
13 |
31 |
| Tirs au but |
U22 |
12 |
10 |
3 |
25 |
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| Referee/Arbitre |
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| Linesmen/Juges des lignes |
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For more information:
Julie Healy Director, Female Hockey | Directrice, hockey féminin
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