HOCKEY CANADA
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2019 IIHF Women's World Championship
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CANADA WINS BRONZE AT WOMEN’S WORLDS
JASON LA ROSE
ESPOO, Finland – Loren Gabel (Kitchener, Ont./Clarkson University, ECAC) scored a pair of goals to lead a balanced offence, and Canada’s National Women’s Team earned bronze at the 2019 IIHF Women’s World Championship with a 7-0 win over Russia on Sunday.
The Canadians have medalled at all 19 women’s worlds – 10 gold, eight silver and one bronze.
Seven different players finished with multi-point performances, and 11 put their names on the scoresheet.
Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL), Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL), Erin Ambrose (Keswick, Ont./Montreal, CWHL) and Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, Ont./Markham, CWHL) had a goal and an assist each, while Renata Fast (Burlington, Ont./Toronto, CWHL) and Sarah Nurse (Hamilton, Ont./Toronto, CWHL) contributed two helpers apiece.
Geneviève Lacasse (Kingston, Ont./Montreal, CWHL) made six saves to record the shutout.
Spooner was first on the board, beating Russian goaltender Nadezhda Morozova with a wraparound at 6:08, and Bourbonnais hammered home a slap shot at 15:31 to send the Canadians to the dressing room up 2-0.
Canada held the Russians without a shot in the second period, but could only get one of their 12 past Morozova; Johnston took a short pass from Nurse and went five-hole midway through the middle frame.
The floodgates opened in the third, starting with Gabel taking advantage of a miscue by Morozova to slip home the 4-0 goal just past the four-minute mark.
A shot from Ambrose banked off the leg of Rattray and in at 8:13, and Ambrose gathered in a loose puck and went upstairs on Morozova at 14:21 to stretch the lead to six.
Gabel capped the scoring in style just 49 seconds later, racing in on a breakaway and wiring in her sixth of the tournament. She finished tied with Spooner for the team lead, and just one back of U.S. forward Hilary Knight for most in the tournament.
Spooner was Canada’s top scorer with 10 points, one ahead of Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) and two up on Nurse.
Play-by-Play
Team
Description
Time
1st Period
GOAL
Goal: Natalie Spooner
Assists: Rebecca Johnston, Renata Fast
06:08
GOAL
Goal: Jaime Bourbonnais
Assists: Sarah Nurse, Natalie Spooner
15:31
PENALTY
Penalty: Diana Kanaeva
Body-Checking (2:00)
15:57
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Sarah Nurse
Tripping (2:00)
01:13
GOAL
Goal: Rebecca Johnston
Assists: Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse
09:38
PENALTY
Penalty: Yekaterina Nikolayeva
Closing Hand on Puck (2:00)
09:59
PENALTY
Penalty: Rebecca Johnston
Tripping (2:00)
10:32
PENALTY
Penalty: Nina Pirogova
Interference (2:00)
12:51
PENALTY
Penalty: Maria Batalova
Hooking (2:00)
13:24
PENALTY
Penalty: Yelena Dergachyova
Hooking (2:00)
18:55
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Loren Gabel
Assists: Renata Fast
03:09
PENALTY
Penalty: Yekaterina Nikolayeva
Body-Checking (2:00)
06:33
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Jamie Lee Rattray
Assists: Erin Ambrose, Melodie Daoust
08:13
PENALTY
Penalty: Nadezhda Morozova (Served by Anna Timofeyeva)
Tripping (2:00)
08:37
PENALTY
Penalty: Maria Batalova
Hooking (2:00)
12:44
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Erin Ambrose
Assists: Jamie Lee Rattray, Brigette Lacquette
14:21
GOAL
Goal: Loren Gabel
Assists: Ann-Sophie Bettez, Jocelyne Larocque
15:10
GOALTENDER CHANGE
Goaltender Change: Anna Prugova
15:10
PENALTY
Penalty: Nina Pirogova
Body-Checking (2:00)
19:31
Goaltenders
| Name | Team | Mins | SA | SVS | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneviève Lacasse | CAN | 60 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Nadezhda Morozova | RUS | 55 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 0.816 |
| Anna Prugova | RUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
