🇺🇸 United States 11-1 Switzerland 🇨🇭
Twelve Nations Tournament
Vierumäki Ice Arena, Vierumäki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 27 August 2011

Monique Lamoureux-Kolls, Jocelyne Lamoureux and Kelli Stack each posted three points as the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Switzerland, 11-1, in its third game of the International Ice Hockey Federation Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series. With the win, the U.S. improved to 3-0 in the tournament.

“We had a young line-up tonight,” said Katey Stone, head coach of the 2011 U.S. Women’s National Team. “It was fun to watch all of those kids share the puck and create a lot of offence. It was one of those games where we were able to work on a lot of different things, which was good for us.”

Lamoureux-Kolls opened the scoring with a shorthanded tally at 4:47 in the first period. Switzerland recorded its lone goal of the game less than a minute later on the power play. But the U.S. reclaimed the lead six seconds later, as Meghan Duggan lit the lamp at 5:28.

Hilary Knight scored back-to-back goals at 5:55 and 6:12 of the first period, with her second tally coming on the power play. Amanda Kessel followed suit with a power-play marker at 8:01 and Duggan struck for her second goal of the night en route to earning U.S. Player of the Game honours. Lamoureux-Kolls recorded her second goal of the game at 15:32 to give the U.S. a 7-1 lead. With 42 seconds remaining in the first period, Brianna Decker notched a power-play goal to put the U.S. ahead 8-1 at the end of the opening frame.

The U.S. held a 10-1 lead at the second intermission thanks to goals from Jen Schoullis and Lamoureux in the middle frame. Stack scored the lone goal in the third period at 12:22 to secure the U.S. victory.

U.S. netminder Jessie Vetter made 11 saves in the win.

The U.S. Women’s National Team next plays Canada Sunday, 28 August in its fourth of six games at Vierumäki Arena.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:28 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Bellamy, interference
03:41 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Stanz, tripping
03:59 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stack, interference
04:47 – 🇺🇸 SH GOAL – M. Lamoureux (Sherry)
05:22 – 🇨🇭 PP GOAL – Bullo
05:28 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Duggan (Bellamy)
05:41 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Thalmann, hooking
05:55 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Knight (Coyne, Pucci)
06:12 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Knight (Coyne, Stack)
06:24 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Thalmann, hooking
06:24 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Marty, kneeing
08:01 – 🇺🇸 PP2 GOAL – Kessel (Bellamy, Pucci)
10:54 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Lehmann, hooking
12:02 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Stack, hooking
14:07 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Duggan (Stack)
15:32 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux)
16:33 – 🇺🇸 PEN – McMillen, interference
17:19 – 🇨🇭 PEN – team, too many players
19:18 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Decker (J. Lamoureux)
19:32 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Marty, holding
19:32 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Thalmann, boarding

2nd Period
21:44 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Schoullis, hooking
23:52 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Schoullis
24:25 – 🇨🇭 PEN – S. Marty, interference
24:38 – 🇨🇭 PEN – J. Marty, tripping
29:02 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Thalmann, holding
30:22 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Knight, interference
35:32 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – J. Lamoureux (M. Lamoureux)
39:34 – 🇨🇭 PEN – S. Marty, hooking

3rd Period
41:16 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Thalmann, interference
43:42 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Schoullis, slashing
44:08 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Boucher, hooking
45:44 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Kessel, hooking
47:32 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Thalmann, tripping
52:22 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Stack
52:51 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Schoullis, tripping
52:55 – 🇺🇸 PEN – McMillen, interference
59:59 – 🇨🇭 PEN – Raselli, holding

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇺🇸 Vetter (11-12)
L: 🇨🇭 Anthamatten (74-85)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇺🇸 35+26+24 = 85
🇨🇭 2+6+4 = 11

ROSTERS
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Molly Schaus, Jessie Vetter. Defence: Kacey Bellamy, Kasey Boucher, Lisa Chesson, Molly Engstrom, Milica McMillen, Josephine Pucci, Sasha Sherry. Forwards: Hannah Brandt, Julie Chu, Kendall Coyne, Brianna Decker, Jillian Dempsey, Meghan Duggan, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Monique Lamoureux, Jenny Schmidgall, Jen Schoullis, Kelli Stack.
🇨🇭 Goaltenders: Sophie Anthamatten, Florence Schelling, Dominique Slongo. Defence: Sarah Forster, Angela Frautschi, Jana Heuscher, Julia Marty, Rahel Michielin, Sandra Thalmann, Sabrina Zollinger. Forwards: Nicole Bullo, Andrea Fischer, Kathrin Lehmann, Darcia Leimgruber, Stephanie Marty, Katrin Nabholz, Evelina Raselli, Nicole Schneider, Andrea Schranz, Phoebe Stanz, Anja Stiefel, Monika Waidacher.

Article Credit: USA Hockey