BOUGHN, SAUVE SHARE SHUTOUT IN WHITE’S 3-0 WIN OVER RED

ROCKLAND, Ont. – Amelia Boughn (Toronto, Ont./Mississauga, PWHL) started between the posts, and Kassidy Sauve (Brooklin, Ont./Durham, PWHL) took the crease midway through Saturday’s game, with the netminders stopping a combined 37 shots en route to White’s shutout over Red during the final intrasquad game of Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team selection camp at CIH Academy.

Hannah Miller (Vancouver, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) got the scoring started for White just over three minutes into the first, on an assist from Taytum Clairmont (Waterloo, Ont./Cambridge, PWHL). Red skated hard in an attempt to crack the scoreboard before the first was up, but a few penalties slowed them down and they just couldn’t seen to find the back of the net before the buzzer sounded on the period.

Being sent to the box cost Red again in the second, with White capitalizing on some stellar offensive chances, and Nadine Edney (Mississauga, Ont./Mississauga, PWHL) picking the puck up off a rebound and putting it into the back of the net to make it 2-0 at just under four minutes into the period. Josiane Poozzebon (Bourget, Ont./Nepean, PWHL) got the initial shot off, while Lauren Williams (Windsor, Ont./Whitby, PWHL) also had an assist on the goal.

Despite getting a couple of penalties themselves in the middle frame, the momentum continued to stay in White’s favour, with Karly Heffernan (Sherwood Park, Alta./Edge School for Athletes, JWHL) notching the third and final goal of the game at 12:26 in the second period, for the final 3-0 win over Red.

The final roster for Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team will be announced Sunday, Aug. 18. The team will then head south of the border to Lake Placid, N.Y., to face off in a three-game series against the under-18 women’s team from the United States.