2002 Olympic Winter Games (Women)

Canada - 7 Kazakhstan 0

Canada got off to a great start at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games Monday, with a 7-0 victory over Kazakhstan. Canada’s special teams were a force as five of their seven goals came on the power play.

Hayley Wickenheiser and Vicky Sunohara lead the way for Canada, scoring two goals each. Cherie Piper, Tammy-Lee Shewchuk and Danielle Goyette also scored for Canada, who improve to 2-0 all-time vs. Kazakhstan.

Canadian goaltender Kim St-Pierre faced 11 shots to pick up her 30th all-time international victory. Kazakhstan goaltender Natalya Trunova, faced 66 shots, taking the loss.

Of note, Canada wore its new heritage jerseys in today’s game. The jersey, which displays the heritage patch on the front, was worn for the first time by a Canadian team.

Canada will now have a day off before returning to the ice to face Russia on Wednesday at the E Center in Salt Lake City. Canada is 6-0 all-time vs. Russia.

Game Information
Game Number	1	Round	Preliminary
Arena	E Center	City, Country	Salt Lake City, USA
Date	Monday, February 11, 2002	Time (MT)	11:00 AM

Box Score	1	2	3	Final
CAN	3	2	2	7
KAZ	0	0	0	0

Goals & Penalties
First Period
Goals: 2:33 CAN Hayley Wickenheiser PP 8:45 CAN Cherie Piper (Dana Antal Colleen Sostorics) 11:09 CAN Vicky Sunohara (Cherie Piper, Caroline Ouellette) 11:09 PP Penalties: 2:30 KAZ Oksana Taikevich(Holding) 3:51 CAN Jennifer Botterill (High Stick) 9:20 KAZ Tatyana Khlyzova (Slashing) 19:25 CAN Cassie Campbell (Tripping)
Second Period
Goals: 23:49 CAN Tammy Lee Shewchuk (Danielle Goyette, Colleen Sostorics) PP 35:18 CAN Hayley Wickenheiser (Danielle Goyette) PP Penalties: 21:37 CAN Therese Brisson (Boarding) 23:04 KAZ Oksana Taikevich (Slashing) 25:10 KAZ Oksana Taikevich (High Stick) 29:14 KAZ OksanaTaikevich (Trip) 34:16 KAZ, Team (Delay of Game) 37:04 KAZ Yelena Shtelmaister (Holding) 40:00 KAZ Olga Potapova (Tripping)
Third Period
Goals: 47:27 CAN Danielle Goyette (Hayley Wickenheiser) PP 57:23 CAN Vicky Sunohara (Jayna Hefford) 57:23 Penalties: 46:57 KAZ, SOLOVYEVA, Yuliya Solovyeva (Holding) 48:23 CAN Caroline Ouellette (Roughing)