CANADA FALLS TO OHA IN FIRST PRE-WORLDS GAME
JASON LA ROSE
PENTICTON, B.C. – Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) scored twice, including the game-tying goal midway through the third period, but Canada’s National Women’s Team dropped a 5-4 overtime decision to the Okanagan Hockey Academy Selects in its first exhibition game Monday night.
The Canadians are holding their pre-competition camp in Penticton before heading north to Kamloops, B.C., for the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship, which begins next Monday.
Laura Fortino (Hamilton, Ont./Brampton, CWHL) and Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) added a goal and an assist apiece, and Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.) contributed two assists for Canada.
The Canadians came out with jump, taking a 2-0 lead before the eight-minute mark of the opening period; Poulin took a perfect chip pass from Agosta to open the scoring at 6:41, and Jenner knocked in the rebound of a Jillian Saulnier (Halifax, N.S./Calgary, CWHL) shot just 1:17 later for a two-goal advantage.
But the OHA side battled back to tie the game, with Keltie Jeri-Leon and Mitch MacMillan both beating Canadian netminder Emerance Maschmeyer (Bruderheim, Alta./Harvard University, ECAC) to send the game to the first intermission even at 2-2.
MacMillan added his second of the game at the 4:10 mark of the second period, rifling a shot past Maschmeyer, and Drew Carter pushed the OHA lead to 4-2 two minutes after that.
The Selects controlled the play in the second period, outshooting Canada 14-8.
But Fortino cut the Canadian deficit to one five minutes into the third period, pinching in off the blue-line to redirect a feed from Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL), and Poulin ripped a wrist shot up and over OHA goaltender Shane Farkas with the Canadians shorthanded at 9:03, forcing overtime.
The extra period wouldn’t last long, however; Quinn Schneidmiller snuck a shot from the top of the face-off circle through Maschmeyer just 28 seconds in for the game-winner.
The two teams will meet again Wednesday night at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton; puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT.
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Game # | 01 | Round | Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arena | South Okanagan Events Centre | Location | Penticton, B.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Monday, March 21, 2016 | Time | 5:15 p.m. PT |
Box Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
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CAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
OHA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
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First Period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals: 06:41 CAN Marie-Philip Poulin (Meghan Agosta) 07:58 CAN Brianne Jenner (Jillian Saulnier) 10:34 OHA Keltie Jeri-Leon (Mitch MacMillan, Tristan Bukovec) 13:35 OHA Mitch MacMillan (Ethan McLaughlin) Penalties: 11:33 CAN Jocelyne Larocque (Tripping) |
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Second Period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals: 04:10 OHA Mitch MacMillan (Cooper Prechel) 06:17 OHA Drew Carter (Sam Jones) Penalties: 09:46 OHA Ryan Murphy (Slashing) |
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Third Period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals: 04:45 CAN Laura Fortino (Natalie Spooner, Brianne Jenner) 09:03 CAN Marie-Philip Poulin (Meghan Agosta, Laura Fortino) SH Penalties: 08:50 CAN Jillian Saulnier (Tripping) |
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Goals: 00:28 OHA Quinn Schneidmiller (Cooper Prechel) Penalties: None |
Goaltenders | |
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CAN | Emerance Maschmeyer |
OHA | Shane Farkas |
Shots on Goal | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
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CAN | 10 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
OHA | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 34 |