🇨🇦 Canada 8-1 Russia 🇷🇺
Women’s World Championship Preliminary Round
Baqu Arena, Harbin 🇨🇳
Friday, 04 April 2008

Gina Kingsbury scored the eventual game-winning goal at 13:16 of the first period as Canada beat Russia 8-1 on Friday to open the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship.

Kingsbury’s goal came off a hard wrist shot. The puck appeared to hit the crossbar until video review showed that the puck went into the net and quickly came out.

Earlier in the period, Becky Kellar opened the game’s scoring when she took a slap shot that beat Mariya Onolbaeva. Canada led 2-1 after 20 minutes.

Jennifer Botterill and Meghan Agosta scored for Canada in the second period.

And then Canada exploded for four goals in the third, with Cherie Piper, Caroline Ouellette, Hayley Wickenheiser and Agosta finding the back of the net.

Piper and Wickenheiser each finished with a goal and two assists and Kingsbury had a goal and a helper. Botterill finished with two points, giving her 149 in her career with the National Women’s Team. Botterill also reached the 150-game plateau on Friday.

Kim St-Pierre made 10 saves for the win in goal.

Canada (1-0) will practise on Saturday in preparation to take on China on Sunday. That game will be Canada’s last in the round-robin before the qualifying round is held.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:03 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Dyubanok, slashing
08:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sostorics, holding
10:35 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Puzikova, slashing
10:41 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Kellar (Wickenheiser, Ouellette)
13:16 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Kingsbury
15:00 – 🇨🇦 PEN – team, too many players
16:10 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bechard, high sticking
19:57 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Smolentseva (Terentieva, Gavrilova)

2nd Period
22:39 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Ouellette, tripping
24:33 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Timofeeva, interference + 20 min. misconduct
25:42 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hefford, high sticking
32:50 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Botterill (Ouellette, Hefford)
35:05 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Agosta (Kingsbury)

3rd Period
40:55 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wickenheiser, slashing
43:00 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Semenets, holding
43:28 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Vafina, slashing
43:47 – 🇨🇦 PP2 GOAL – Piper (Hefford, Wickenheiser)
50:04 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Smolina, diving
50:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Sostorics, tripping
50:44 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bechard, hooking
54:59 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Dyubanok, hooking
55:07 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Ouellette (Hefford, Piper)
55:59 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Puzikova, hooking
57:15 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Wickenheiser (Botterill, Piper)
57:28 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Agosta (Ferrari)
59:04 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kapustina, hooking

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 St-Pierre (10-11)
L: 🇷🇺 Onolbaeva (18-22), Ostrovlyanchik (11-15)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 11+11+15 = 37
🇷🇺 4+3+4 = 11

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: Mariya Onolbaeva, Valentina Ostrovlyanchik. Defence: Inna Dyubanok, Alexandra Kapustina, Alyona Khomich, Olga Permyakova, Natalya Puzikova, Anna Shukina, Yelena Timofeeva. Forwards: Oxana Afonina, Tatyana Burina, Iya Gavrilova, Yekaterina Lebedeva, Olga Semenets, Marina Sergina, Galya Skiba, Yekaterina Smolentseva, Yekaterina Smolina, Svetlana Terentieva, Alexandra Vafina.

Article Credit: Hockey Canada
Photo Credit: Hockey Canada – IIHF – HHOF – IOC