🇨🇦 Canada 5-0 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 7
Place Bell, Laval 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 22 February 2023

Blayre Turnbull led all scorers with two goals as Canada used a four-goal second period to fuel a 5-0 win over the U.S. to claim the Rivalry Series.

Ella Shelton, Marie-Philip Poulin and Victoria Bach added the others for Canada, which won its fourth straight Wednesday to take the series 4-3.

Laura Stacey dished out three assists and Ann-Renée Desbiens earned a 25-save shutout.

Nicole Hensley surrendered three goals on eight shots before Maddie Rooney entered the game in her place. Rooney stopped eight-of-10 shots in 29 minutes of relief for the U.S.

The Canadians were coming off a 5-1 victory on Monday in Trois-Rivières, Québec.

Canada had dropped the first three contests in November after going 3-1-1 against the Americans in last season’s Rivalry Series, which was cut short by the pandemic.

Shelton opened the scoring at 17:02 into the opening frame when Stacey sent a centring pass to Emily Clark, who was stopped. But Shelton came crashing in and tucked the puck into the net despite a scramble in front.

Poulin kick-started a dominant, yet efficient second period for Canada, which scored four goals on just seven shots.

The captain doubled Canada’s lead at 3:41, taking a pass from Jamie Lee Rattray and beating Hensley with a wrist shot.

On the power play, Stacey’s shot from the left faceoff circle was tipped in by Turnbull at 10:26.

Thirty-two seconds later, Stacey found Turnbull with a centring pass and Turnbull scored on a one-timer between two American defenders to make it a 4-0 game.

Bach joined in on the action under two minutes later. Jill Saulnier sprang Bach on a breakaway and she beat Rooney with a backhand shot.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:37 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fast, hooking
14:34 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Gilmore, interference
17:02 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Shelton (Clark, Stacey)

2nd Period
23:41 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Poulin (Rattray, Larocque)
25:33 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Jenner, delay of game
29:21 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Dunne, body checking
30:26 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Turnbull (Stacey, Clark)
30:58 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Turnbull (Stacey, Fast)
32:34 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Bach (Saulnier, Fast)

3rd Period
41:55 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Zandee-Hart, tripping
58:25 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Keller, roughing
58:25 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Poulin, roughing

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Desbiens (25-25)
L: 🇺🇸 Hensley (5-8), Rooney (8-10)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 6+7+5 = 18
🇺🇸 8+8+9 = 25

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer. Defence: Erin Ambrose, Jaime Bourbonnais, Renata Fast, Jocelyne Larocque (A), Ella Shelton, Claire Thompson, Micah Zandee-Hart. Forwards: Victoria Bach, Emily Clark, Jessie Eldridge, Élizabeth Giguère, Brianne Jenner, Sarah Nurse, Kristin O’Neill, Sarah Potomak, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Jamie Lee Rattray, Laura Stacey, Jillian Saulnier, Blayre Turnbull (A).
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Nicole Hensley, Maddie Rooney. Defence: Emily Brown, Jincy Dunne, Kali Flanagan, Skylar Fontaine, Savannah Harmon, Megan Keller, Lee Stecklein (A). Forwards: Hannah Brandt, Sydney Brodt, Alex Carpenter, Clair DeGeorge, Becca Gilmore, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight (A), Kelly Pannek, Abby Roque, Hayley Scamurra, Liz Schepers, Tatum Skaggs, Natalie Snodgrass.

Article Credit: TSN
Photo Credit: Jacksonville Journal-Courier – IIHF – HHOF – IOC