๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-1 United States ๐บ๐ธ
Exhibition Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
After golden years for the United States, the last 12 months were Canadaโs months in womenโs hockey. Gold at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Womenโs World Championship on home ice in Calgary last August, Olympic Gold in Beijing last February and again Gold at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Womenโs World Championship on American ice in Madison, Wisconsin.
Almost exactly half a year since Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals including the game-winner en route to a 3-2 victory in the Gold medal game of Beijing 2022, these two teams met again in Herning renew their rivalry.
Just an exhibition game it was on paper, however, the fierce rivalry and intensity could be seen and heard throughout the KVIK Hockey Arena during each and every shift and gave the local fans a good foretaste of whatโs to come in the battle for Gold when the tournament starts on Thursday.
Team USA got on the scoreboard first at 5:50. Lacey Eden tried to score from the right into the almost empty net and saw her shot blocked in the last moment but Lee Stecklein capitalized on the rebound.
Canada tied the game 2:28 into the middle frame when Blayre Turnbull got the puck at the blueline, skated towards the American net and beat Nicole Hensley with a high shot and when Abby Roque was sent to the penalty box the Canadians pushed for the second goal but to no avail but a few minutes later they converted another penalty against Savannah Harmon. After a long shot from Kristin OโNeill, Jessie Eldridge was in the slot for the rebound and directed the puck into the net via the skate of U.S. defender Rory Guilday.
Midway the third period Sarah Fillier converted a diagonal pass from Poulin to double the margin and give Canada a 3-1 victory with two days to go until the start of the event.
Tuesday eveningโs game was the last of a series of exhibition games. All teams have played at least one game while Finland, the recent Bronze medallist at the Womenโs Worlds and Olympics, was busiest playing five games during the past four weeks with a 4-1 record. Earlier today Switzerland beat Sweden 2-1 on a shootout in Herning and Germany edged Czechia 3-2.
The 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Womenโs World Championship, played with a ten-team format with two tiered groups of five teams each, starts on Thursday. Japan-USA and Finland-Canada will be the first two games of Group A in Herning while Switzerland will start on Friday against Japan. In Group B in Frederikshavn Germany will play Hungary in the afternoon and host Denmark will take on neighbouring country Sweden in the evening. Czechia will enter the tournament on Friday against Hungary.
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:50 – ๐บ๐ธ GOAL – Stecklein (Eden, Zumwinkle)
18:16 – ๐จ๐ฆ PEN – Clark, slashing
2nd Period
22:27 – ๐จ๐ฆ GOAL – Turnbull
24:00 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Roque, holding
29:29 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Harmon, tripping
31:10 – ๐จ๐ฆ PP GOAL – Eldridge (O’Neill)
39:45 – ๐จ๐ฆ PEN – Fillier, tripping
3rd Period
46:56 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Zumwinkle, interference
48:44 – ๐จ๐ฆ PP GOAL – Fillier (Poulin, Ambrose)
53:29 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Bilka, body checking
55:27 – ๐บ๐ธ PEN – Barnes, cross checking
GOALTENDERS
W: ๐จ๐ฆ Desbiens (7-8), Campbell (12-12)
L: ๐บ๐ธ Hensley (7-9), Rooney (4-5)
SHOTS ON GOAL
๐จ๐ฆ 3+6+5 = 14
๐บ๐ธ 7+3+10 = 20
ROSTERS
๐จ๐ฆ Goaltenders: Kristen Campbell, Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens. Defence: Erin Ambrose, Ashton Bell, Renata Fast, Jocelyne Larocque (A), Meaghan Mikkelson, Ella Shelton, Micah Zandee-Hart. Forwards: Victoria Bach, Emily Clark, Jessie Eldridge, Sarah Fillier, Brianne Jenner, Emma Maltais, Sarah Nurse, Kristin O’Neill, Sarah Potomak, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Jamie Lee Rattray, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull (A).
๐บ๐ธ Goaltenders: Nicole Hensley, Maddie Rooney. Defence: Cayla Barnes, Jincy Dunne, Rory Guilday, Savannah Harmon, Caroline Harvey, Megan Keller, Lee Stecklein (A). Forwards: Hannah Bilka, Hannah Brandt, Alex Carpenter, Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne (C), Lacey Eden, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight (A), Kelly Pannek, Abby Roque, Hayley Scamurra, Grace Zumwinkle.
๐จ๐ฆ CANADA (C) |
vs. | UNITED STATES ๐บ๐ธ |
current champion (since 15 Dec 2021) |
Last Title | 15 Dec 2021 |
245 | All-Time Wins |
145 |
96 wins | Head-To-Head (+ 1 tie) |
71 wins |
First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA) ๐จ๐ฆย CAN 2-1 USAย ๐บ๐ธย โ 21 Aprย 1987ย โ WWTย โ North Yorkย ๐จ๐ฆ |
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Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA) ๐จ๐ฆย CAN 3-2 USAย ๐บ๐ธย โ 17 Feb 2022 โ OG โ Beijingย ๐จ๐ณย ๐ |
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Last IHLC Game ๐จ๐ฆ CAN 14-1 DEN ๐ฉ๐ฐ โ 20 Aug 2022 โ EX โ Rรธdovre ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
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Next IHLC Game ๐จ๐ฆ CAN 4-1 FIN ๐ซ๐ฎย โ 25 Aug 2022 โ WWC โ Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
Article Credit: IIHF
Photo Credit: USA Hockey – HHOF – IOC