United States 5-4 Canada  (SO)
Exhibition Game
E Center, West Valley City 
Saturday, October 25, 1997

BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:04 –  PEN – Bailey, body checking
13:39 –  GOAL – Hefford (Brisson, Wickenheiser)
16:05 –  GOAL – Looney

2nd Period
23:03 –  PEN – Brown, body checking
23:40 –  PEN – Dupuis, interference
24:31 –  PP GOAL – Sobek (Mounsey)
24:58 –  PEN – Smith, interference
25:28 –  PP GOAL – Ruggiero (Merz, Bye)
28:02 –  PEN – Bye, hooking
28:22 –  PP GOAL – Hefford (Wickenheiser, Schuler)
32:09 –  PEN – Dupuis, slashing
32:49 –  SH GOAL – Hefford
33:25 –  PEN – Ruggiero, charging
33:25 –  PEN – Smith, cross checking
36:06 –  PEN – Sunohara, cross checking
37:00 –  PP GOAL – Dunn (Granato, Ruggiero)

3rd Period
40:42 –  GOAL – Brisson

Overtime
67:20 –  PEN – Merz, body checking
68:11 –  PEN – Bye, slashing

Shootout
 Granato
 none

GOALTENDERS
W:  Tueting (25-29)
L:  Dubé (12-15), Reddon (20-22)

SHOTS ON GOAL
 10+10+14+3+1 = 38
 7+13+4+5+0 = 29

ROSTERS
 Goaltenders: Sara DeCosta, Sarah Tueting, Erin Whitten. Defence: Chris Bailey, Colleen Coyne, Sue Merz, Tara Mounsey, Vicki Movsessian, Kelly O’Leary, Angela Ruggiero. Forwards: Laurie Baker, Alana Blahoski, Lisa Brown, Karyn Bye, Tricia Dunn, Barb Gordon, Cammi Granato, Katie King, Shelley Looney, Allison Mleczko, Stephanie O’Sullivan, Jenny Schmidgall, Jeanine Sobek, Gretchen Ulion, Sandra Whyte.
 Goaltenders: Danielle Dubé, Lesley Reddon, Manon Rhéaume, Sami Jo Small. Defence: Thérèse Brisson, Cassie Campbell, Judy Diduck, Rebecca Fahey, Geraldine Heaney, Angela James, Becky Kellar, Carol Scheibel, Fiona Smith. Forwards: Dana Antal, Jennifer Botterill, Nancy Drolet, Lori Dupuis, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Luce Letendre, Kathy McCormack, Karen Nystrom, Laura Schuler, Tammy Lee Shewchuk, France St-Louis, Vicky Sunohara, Hayley Wickenheiser, Stacy Wilson.

UNITED STATES	vs.	CANADA (C)
new champion (previous 10/27/1996)	Last Title	reign ends (since 10/27/1996)
6	All-Time Wins	47
5 wins	Head-To-Head	11 wins
First IHLC Meeting (USA vs. CAN)  CAN 2-1 USA  – 04/21/1987 – WWT – North York
Previous IHLC Meeting (USA vs. CAN)  CAN 4-3 USA  (OT) – 04/06/1997 – WWC – Kitchener
Last IHLC Game  CAN 6-1 SWE  – 10/20/1997 – EX – Melfort
Next IHLC Game  CAN 3-2 USA  – 11/07/1997 – EX – Bathurst