🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
Exhibition Game
Baqu Arena, Harbin 🇨🇳
Wednesday, 02 April 2008

Hayley Wickenheiser had three goals in the first period – one at even strength, one on the power play and one shorthanded – as Canada downed Sweden 6-1 in exhibition play on Wednesday.

The game was Canada’s last tuneup prior to the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship, which starts on Friday. Canada opens the event against Russia.

Colleen Sostorics opened the scoring at 3:39 of the first period. Less than a minute later, Wickenheiser found an opening and streaked down the right side, beating Kim Martin with a snap shot to the far side.

Wickenheiser’s second of the game came on the power play at 15:13 and she completed the natural hat trick with a shorthanded goal at 18:41.

Cherie Piper had a goal and three assists for Canada. Piper scored in the third period to make it 5-1 and Jennifer Botterill concluded the scoring when she finished a nice play set up by Piper and Jayna Hefford.

Elin Holmlöv scored Sweden’s lone goal. Kim St-Pierre started the game in net for Canada, with Charline Labonté coming in at the 10:15 mark of the second period. Canada outshot Sweden 50-15.

Team Canada will practise on Thursday in preparation for its first game of the World Women’s Championship.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:39 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Sostorics
04:28 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Wickenheiser (MacLeod, Mikkelson)
05:16 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sostorics, high sticking
15:03 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Asserholt, high sticking
15:13 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Wickenheiser (Vaillancourt, Piper)
16:31 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Holmlöv
17:27 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sostorics, hooking
18:41 – 🇨🇦 SH GOAL – Wickenheiser (Piper)

2nd Period
20:47 – 🇨🇦 PEN – MacLeod, slashing
22:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Östberg, interference
24:49 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Apps, interference
25:57 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Asserholt, interference
25:57 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wickenheiser, interference
28:01 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Asserholt, interference
36:36 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Piper, roughing
36:36 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eliasson, interference

3rd Period
12:03 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Piper (Vaillancourt)
14:29 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Collins, interference
16:55 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Botterill (Piper, Hefford)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 St-Pierre (7-8), Labonté (7-7)
L: 🇸🇪 Martin (44-50)

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Charline Labonté, Kim St-Pierre. Defence: Delaney Collins, Gillian Ferrari, Becky Kellar, Carla MacLeod, Meaghan Mikkelson, Colleen Sostorics. Forwards: Meghan Agosta, Gillian Apps, Kelly Bechard, Jennifer Botterill, Jayna Hefford, Rebecca Johnston, Gina Kingsbury, Caroline Ouellette, Cherie Piper, Sarah Vaillancourt, Katie Weatherston, Hayley Wickenheiser.
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Sara Grahn, Kim Martin. Defence: Emilia Andersson, Jenni Asserholt, Emelie Berggren, Ann-Louise Edstrand, Emma Eliasson, Frida Nevalainen, Emma Nordin. Forwards: Tina Enström, Elin Holmlöv, Erika Holst, Isabelle Jordansson, Angelica Lorsell, Klara Myrén, Maria Rooth, Danijela Rundqvist, Katarina Timglas, Pernilla Winberg, Cecilia Östberg.

Article Credit: Hockey Canada