2007-08 National Women's Team

Sweden 0 - Canada 8

4 Nations Cup
Exhibition
19:00 local
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Mora, Sweden

BOTTERILL REACHES MILESTONE AS CANADA BEATS SWEDEN

MORA, SWEDEN – Jennifer Botterill (Winnipeg, MB/Mississauga, CWHL) scored her 49th and 50th-career goals as Canada beat Sweden 8-0 in exhibition action on Tuesday, as the teams prepared for the start of the 4 Nations Cup.

Botterill, playing in her 145th game for Canada’s National Women’s Team, scored early in the first period, when she snapped a shot from the slot past Sweden’s starting goaltender, Sara Grahn.

Botterill reached the 50-goal milestone at 12:40 of the third period, when she finished a play set up by Caroline Ouellette (Montreal, QC/Minnesota, WWHL) and Becky Kellar (Hagersville, ON/Burlington, CWHL).

Botterill becomes the seventh player to score 50 goals as a member of the NWT.
Canada’s scoring was spread around on Tuesday, with Katie Weatherston (Thunder Bay,ON/Ottawa, CWHL) and Gina Kingsbury (Rouyn-Noranda, QC/Calgary, WWHL) also getting first-period goals.

Canada extended its lead in the second. Martine Garland (Toronto, ON/Univ. of New Hampshire, HE) scored her first-career goal as a member of the NWT, stuffing in a puck after a nice cross-crease pass from Kelly Bechard (Sedley, SK/Calgary, WWHL). Hayley Wickenheiser (Shaunavon, SK/Calgary, WWHL) then scored a pair of goals to make it 6-0, a lead Canada took into the third.

Sarah Vaillancourt (Sherbrooke, QC/Harvard Univ., ECAC) scored at 12:03 of the third, followed shortly by Botterill’s 50th goal.

Sami Jo Small (Winnipeg, MB/Mississauga, CWHL) made 12 saves for the shutout.
Canada faces Finland on Wednesday in the first game of the 4 Nations Cup for both teams.

Box Score	SWE	0	0	0	0
Compte	CAN	3	3	2	8

First Period/Première période

Scoring/Buts: 1- 01.38 - 0 - 1 - EQ - CAN - 8. WEATHERSTON, Katie 2- 04.07 - 0 - 2 - PP2 - CAN - 17. BOTTERILL, Jennifer (13. OUELLETTE, Caroline 5. SOSTORICS, Collen) 3- 04.20 - 0 - 3 - PP1 - CAN - 27. KINGSBURY, Gina (8. WEATHERSTON, Katie 34. COLLINS, Delaney) Penalties/Pénalités: 02.57 2 min SWE 12. JORDANSSON, Isabella HOOK 03.35 2 min SWE 2. HOLMLÖV, Elin P-OUT 05.47 2 min CAN 23. WAKEFIELD, Jennifer TRIP 09.38 2 min CAN 22. WICKENHEISER, Hayley CROSS 15.28 2 min SWE 7. ROOTH, Maria INTRF

Second Period/Deuxième période

Scoring/Buts: 4- 21.39  - 0 - 4  - PP1 CAN  - 12. GARLAND, Martine (16. HEFFORD, Jayna, 13. OUELLETTE, Caroline) 5- 23.31  - 0 - 5 EQ  - CAN  - 22. WICKENHEISER, Hayley (24. BÈCHARD, Kelly) 6- 32.03  - 0 - 6  - EQ CAN  - 22. WICKENHEISER, Hayley (6. JOHNSTON, Rebecca) Penalties/Pénalités: 20.48 2 min SWE 16. WINBERG, Pernilla TRIP 26.14 2 min SWE 17. EDSTRAND, Ann-louise SLASH

Third Period/Troisième période

Scoring/Buts: 7- 51.40 - 0 - 7 EQ - CAN - 26. VAILLANCOURT, Sarah (22. WICKENHEISER, Hayley, 6. JOHNSTON, Rebecca) 8- 52.40 - 0 - 8 EQ - CAN - 17. BOTTERILL, Jennifer (13. OUELLETTE, Caroline 34. COLLINS, Delaney) Penalties/Pénalités: -

Goaltenders	SWE	GRAHN, Sara MARTIN, Kim - 4:20 1st
Gardiens de but	CAN	SMALL, Sami jo
Shots on Goal	Team	1 p	2 p	3 p	Ttl
Shots on Goal	SWE	2	4	6	12
Tirs au but	CAN	16	14	10	40
Referee/Arbitre	Persson, HåGe
Linesmen/Juges des lignes	Björkman, Therese Flödén, Annica
Attendance/Assistance	n/a

 

 

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