🇺🇸 United States 7-4 Canada 🇨🇦
Olympic Preliminary Round
Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Saturday, 14 February 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:38 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Merz, interference
03:01 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Dupuis (Sunohara)
05:43 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Heaney, interference
11:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Dunn, tripping
11:44 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Dupuis, body checking
14:20 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Mleczko, body checking
17:17 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Diduck, holding
19:20 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Granato
2nd Period
21:53 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Ruggiero, checking from behind + 10 min. misconduct
22:14 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Goyette, roughing
26:24 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Campbell, holding
27:40 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Brisson, body checking
37:05 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bailey, body checking
39:56 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Movsessian, high sticking double minor
3rd Period
41:24 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Dupuis (Brisson)
43:48 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Baker, tripping
44:31 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Ruggiero, body checking
45:28 – 🇨🇦 PP2 GOAL – Hefford (Dupuis)
45:53 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Brisson (Wilson, Wickenheiser)
47:05 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Baker (King)
48:08 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bye, high sticking
49:02 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hefford, body checking
50:35 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Brisson, slashing
50:57 – 🇺🇸 PP2 GOAL – Granato (Ulion, Mounsey)
52:25 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Schmidgall (Granato)
52:48 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Dunn (Mleczko)
55:06 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Diduck, body checking
57:06 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Brown (Mleczko)
58:58 – 🇺🇸 EN GOAL – Baker
GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Tueting (9-10), DeCosta (22-25)
L: 🇨🇦 Reddon (23-29)
SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 6+11+13 = 30
🇨🇦 6+8+21 = 35
ROSTERS
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Sara DeCosta, Sarah Tueting. Defence: Chris Bailey (A), Colleen Coyne, Sue Merz, Tara Mounsey, Vicki Movsessian, Angela Ruggiero. Forwards: Laurie Baker, Alana Blahoski, Lisa Brown, Karyn Bye (A), Tricia Dunn, Cammi Granato (C), Katie King, Shelley Looney, A.J. Mleczko, Jenny Schmidgall, Gretchen Ulion, Sandra Whyte.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Lesley Reddon, Manon Rhéaume. Defence: Thérèse Brisson (A), Cassie Campbell, Judy Diduck, Geraldine Heaney, Becky Kellar, Fiona Smith. Forwards: Jennifer Botterill, Nancy Drolet, Lori Dupuis, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Kathy McCormack, Karen Nystrom, Laura Schuler, France St-Louis, Vicky Sunohara (A), Hayley Wickenheiser, Stacy Wilson (C).
| 🇺🇸 UNITED STATES | vs. | CANADA (C) 🇨🇦 |
| new champion (previous 28 Jan 1998) |
Last Title | reign ends (since 28 Jan 1998) |
| 14 | All-Time Wins |
60 |
| 11 wins | Head-To-Head |
18 wins |
| First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA) 🇨🇦 CAN 2-1 USA 🇺🇸 – 21 Apr 1987 – WWT – North York 🇨🇦 |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA) 🇨🇦 CAN 4-2 USA 🇺🇸 – 28 Jan 1998 – EX – Colorado Springs 🇺🇸 |
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| Last IHLC Game 🇨🇦 CAN 4-2 FIN 🇫🇮 – 12 Feb 1998 – OG – Nagano 🇯🇵 |
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| Next IHLC Game 🇺🇸 USA 3-1 CAN 🇨🇦 – 17 Feb 1998 – OG – Nagano 🇯🇵 🏅 |
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Photo Credit: Collections Canada – IIHF – HHOF – IOC
