🇨🇦 Canada 5-1 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Agganis Arena, Boston 🇺🇸
Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Canada scored once shorthanded and once on the man advantage, and successfully killed off nine American power play opportunities to notch a 5-1 victory and even its six-game series with the United States at one win each.

Natalie Spooner led the way with two goals. Meghan Agosta, Laura Fortino and Marie-Philip Poulin also scored for Canada.

Geneviève Lacasse was outstanding in net, turning aside 37 shots in picking up the win. The goaltender improved her record to 6-1 all-time against the U.S.

Coming off a disappointing performance and result in the opener, Canada didn’t get the start it hoped for in Game 2. Spending four of the first six minutes killing penalties, Canada couldn’t find its offensive presence.

Finally fully settled – and back at full strength – the Canadians opened the scoring seven minutes in, with Agosta driving down the boards and feeding Spooner in front.

The U.S. drew even less than four minutes later, when Emily Pfalzer scored on her own rebound.

Shorthanded, Canada retook the lead five minutes into the second period, with Fortino converting a pass from Jillian Saulnier on the rush.

Incredibly, it was the team’s only shot of the second until the 15-minute of the period. Over the final five of the frame, though, the team fired off six more, two of which found the back of the net to take control of the game.

On the power play, Spooner scored her second, pouncing in front on a rebound from a Meaghan Mikkelson shot. And 1:22 later, Jennifer Wakefield sent a quick pass to Agosta in the slot; Agosta rang the puck off the post and in.

Alex Rigsby relieved Natalie Hensley in the American net to start the third period.

Canada got the only goal of the third. Poulin intercepted a pass in the offensive zone and rifled a shot from the circle top shelf, short side.

After two games in four days, the series steps aside for the 2017 Four Nations Cup, 07-12 November in Tampa, where Canada and the U.S. could play two more times. The series resumes on 03 December in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:53 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bram, tripping
07:08 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Spooner (Agosta)
10:55 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Pfalzer
14:46 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Potomak, roughing
14:46 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Duggan, roughing
18:06 – 🇺🇸 PEN – M. Lamoureux, interference

2nd Period
21:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Turnbull, body checking
23:31 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Jenner, holding
24:52 – 🇨🇦 SH GOAL – Fortino (Saulnier)
26:32 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fast, hooking
31:03 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Turnbull, body checking
37:34 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Decker, elbowing
38:23 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Spooner (Mikkelson, Poulin)
39:45 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Agosta (Wakefield)

3rd Period
41:38 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Potomak, holding
42:11 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Cameranesi, hooking
44:24 – 🇨🇦 PEN – team, too many players
50:10 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Clark, cross checking
55:06 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Poulin
58:16 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wakefield, body checking

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Lacasse (37-38)
L: 🇺🇸 Hensley (12-16), Rigsby (6-7)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 8+8+7 = 23
🇺🇸 17+11+10 = 38

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Geneviève Lacasse. Defence: Renata Fast, Laura Fortino, Jocelyne Larocque, Meaghan Mikkelson, Lauriane Rougeau (A), Micah Zandee-Hart. Forwards: Meghan Agosta, Bailey Bram, Emily Clark, Brianne Jenner (A), Rebecca Johnston, Amy Potomak, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Jillian Saulnier, Natalie Spooner, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull, Jennifer Wakefield.
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Nicole Hensley, Alex Rigsby. Defence: Kacey Bellamy (A), Megan Bozek, Kali Flanagan, Megan Keller, Monique Lamoureux (A), Gigi Marvin, Emily Pfalzer, Lee Stecklein. Forwards: Hannah Brandt, Dani Cameranesi, Alex Carpenter, Kendall Coyne, Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan (C), Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Annie Pankowski, Kelly Pannek, Amanda Pelkey.

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