HOCKEY CANADA
2009-10 National Women's Team
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NWT 4 - U22 3
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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 | -,--- |
| 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 |
| Referee/Arbitre | --- | ||||
| Linesmen/Juges des lignes | --- | ||||
