2002 Olympic Winter Games (Women)

Canada 11 - Sweden 0

Canada's Women's Olympic hockey team completed the preliminary round of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games with a perfect 3-0 record after a convincing 11-0 victory over Sweden on Saturday at the Peaks Ice Arena in Provo, Utah.

Despite a slow start, leading 1-0 after one period, Canada exploded for four goals in the second period and six more in the third to earn the victory. Jayna Hefford lead the attack for Canada, scoring her first goal of the tournament and adding three assists. Jennifer Botterill was also an offensive threat for Canada, scoring a pair of goals and adding an assist.

Kim St-Pierre recorded the win in goal for Canada, notching her second consecutive shutout at the 2002 games. St-Pierre stopped all 22 shots she faced, recording her 31st all-time National Women's Team victory in front of 6,306 fans at the Peaks Ice Arena .

Canada will now have two days to practice before facing Finland in Tuesday's semi-final match-up. Tuesday's game will be at the E Center at 11:00am (MT). With a win, Canada will advance to the gold medal game on Thursday at 5:00pm (MT) at the E Center in Salt Lake City.

Game Information
Game Number	12	Round	Preliminary
Arena	E Center	City, Country	Salt Lake City, USA
Date	Saturday, February 16, 2002	Time (MT)	7:00 PM

Box Score	1	2	3	Final
CAN	1	4	6	11
SWE	0	0	0	0

Goals & Penalties
First Period
Goals: 10:26 CAN Jennifer Botterill (Tammy Lee Shewchuk, Kelly Bechard) Penalties: 07:19 CAN Lori Dupuis (High Stick)
Second Period
Goals: 26:01CAN Cherie Piper 29:12 CAN Jennifer Botterill (Geraldine Heaney, Jayna Hefford) PP 32:06 CAN Hayley Wickenheiser (Cassie Campbell, Danielle Goyette) 37:18 CAN Cassie Campbell (Danielle Goyette) Penalties: 22:37 SWE Maria Roth (Cross Checking) 27:18 SWE Maria Roth (Cross Checking) 32:41 SWE Nanna Jansson (kneeing)
Third Period
Goals: 42:42 CAN Caroline Ouellette 43:05 CAN Jayna Hefford (Lori Dupuis) 46:52 CAN Lori Dupuis 55:21 CAN Vicky Sunohara(Jayna Hefford) 59:37 CAN Dana Antal (Jennifer Botterill, Therese Brisson) 59:54 CAN Isabelle Chartrand (Jayna Hefford, Caroline Ouelette) Penalties: 53:26 CAN Therese Brisson (Holding the stick) 54:48 SWE Team (Too many men) 56:26 SWE Annica Ahlen (Tripping) 57:37 SWE Gunilla Andersson (Misconduct) 58:47 SWE Maria Roth (Cross checking)