🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
United Center, Chicago 🇺🇸
Saturday, 05 January 2002

Team Canada dropped a 3-1 decision to Team USA at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops Canada’s 2001-2002 record to 11-6.

In the first period, Krissy Wendell put Team USA up 1-0 with her first goal of the game at the 3:44 mark, taking advantage of a Canadian miscue by goaltender Kim St-Pierre. Wendell grabbed a loose puck and put it into an empty Canadian net. The period ended with Canada down by a goal.

The Canadians rebounded in the second after Jayna Hefford took a feed from Vicky Sunohara and scored her fourth goal of the season on a breakaway at 3:11. Hefford went from her forehand to her backhand and then put the puck in with one hand, to even things up at 1-1. Team USA regained the lead on Wendell’s second goal of the game at 9:53. Canada went to the dressing room trailing 2-1.

Team USA used an early third period power play to take a 3-1 lead thanks to Natalie Darwitz’s goal at the 1:36 mark. Darwitz’s goal finished the scoring for the game, as Canada fell to Team USA 3-1.

Vicky Sunohara played today in her 100th all-time game with Canada’s National Women’s team.

St-Pierre took the loss for Canada, stopping 32 of 35 shots. She was also named Canada’s player-of-the-game. Krissy Wendell took the honours for the Americans.

Both teams will travel to Detroit, Michigan for a game Sunday afternoon at Joe Louis Arena. The “Final Faceoff” for Canada will take place on Tuesday, 8 January 2002 in Vancouver, BC when they will face Team USA for the final time before the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:23 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Antal, body checking
02:02 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hefford, body checking
03:44 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Wendell (Darwitz)
07:11 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bredin, body checking
11:15 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bechard, holding

2nd Period
23:11 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Hefford (Sunohara)
28:54 – 🇺🇸 PEN – King, roughing
28:54 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Shewchuk, roughing
29:53 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Wendell (Granato)
32:44 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Chartrand, cross checking
35:23 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Wall, interference
37:37 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bye, slashing
40:00 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hefford, cross checking

3rd Period
40:58 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sostorics, body checking
41:36 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Darwitz (Mounsey, Bye)
44:31 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Drolet, body checking
46:26 – 🇺🇸 PEN – King, cross checking
51:14 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Baker, hooking

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Tueting (19-20)
L: 🇨🇦 St-Pierre (32-35)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 15+12+8 = 35
🇨🇦 3+8+9 = 20

ROSTERS
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Sara DeCosta, Sarah Tueting. Defence: Chris Bailey, Karyn Bye, Courtney Kennedy, Sue Merz, Allison Mleczko, Tara Mounsey, Angela Ruggiero, Nicole Uliasz, Lyndsay Wall. Forwards: Laurie Baker, Julie Chu, Natalie Darwitz, Tricia Dunn, Brandy Fisher, Cammi Granato, Annamarie Holmes, Kathleen Kauth, Andrea Kilbourne, Katie King, Shelley Looney, Jenny Schmidgall, Krissy Wendell, Carisa Zaban.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Charline Labonté, Sami Jo Small, Kim St-Pierre. Defence: Correne Bredin, Thérèse Brisson, Isabelle Chartrand, Delaney Collins, Geraldine Heaney, Becky Kellar, Cheryl Pounder, Colleen Sostorics. Forwards: Dana Antal, Gillian Apps, Kelly Bechard, Amanda Benoit, Jennifer Botterill, Cassie Campbell, Nancy Drolet, Lori Dupuis, Danielle Goyette, Jayna Hefford, Caroline Ouellette, Cherie Piper, Tammy Lee Shewchuk, Vicky Sunohara, Hayley Wickenheiser.

Article Credit: Hockey Canada