🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 4
Progressive Auto Sales Arena, Sarnia 🇨🇦
Saturday, 16 December 2023

Marie-Philip Poulin scored in a shootout as Canada finally got into the win column in the women’s hockey Rivalry Series with a 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday at Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, Ontario.

The U.S. jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Megan Keller scored a short-handed goal at 8:19 of the second period. The U.S. went ahead 2-0 when Alex Carpenter scored at 4:46 of the third period.

Danielle Serdachny got one back for Canada with a goal at 10:06, and Ella Shelton scored to tie the game at 12:39.

In overtime, Abbey Murphy of the U.S. (unsportsmanlike conduct) and Poulin (roughing) were both sent off for minor penalties as both teams pushed for the winner.

Canada outshot the U.S. 26-24, and went 0-for-5 on the power play. The U.S. went 0-for-2 on the power play.

“Our team had a nice response tonight. We have to give a lot of credit to Ann-Renée (goalie Desbiens) because she kept us in the game and gave us a chance to come back,” said Canadian coach Troy Ryan.

“I thought we played a more complete game on Thursday, but we could not find a way to win that game, and today we were able to battle back. Our players knew that if we got one (goal) we would be right back in it, so it was a nice way to end this part of the Rivalry Series.”

Desbiens said it was a “team win” and that her teammates showed plenty of character.

“This team has a lot of character and we showed that today. It would have been easy to give up when we were down by two and down 3-0 in the series, but it was important for us to get a win in front of Canadian fans,” said Desbiens.

“We did everything we could and kept fighting to create chances late in the game. We were able to get two big goals in the third period, and then (Poulin) gets another important game-winner in a big moment for us.”

“The game (Saturday) was such a back-and-forth contest,” U.S. coach John Wroblewski said. “It was a physical contest and a classic U.S.-Canada game.”

The U.S. opened the series last month with a 3-1 victory in Tempe, Arizona, and a 5-2 decision in Los Angeles. The series shifts to Saskatchewan for games in Saskatoon on 07 February and Regina on 09 February. Game 7 is set for Saint Paul, Minnesota on 11 February.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
none

2nd Period
23:18 – 🇨🇦 PEN – J. Gosling, body checking
27:49 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Heise, roughing
28:19 – 🇺🇸 SH GOAL – Keller (Pannek, Scamurra)
31:21 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Keller, delay of game

3rd Period
44:46 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Carpenter (Barnes, Bilka)
46:06 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Barnes, cross checking
46:37 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Guilday, body checking
50:06 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Serdachny (Fast, Larocque)
50:24 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bell, boarding
52:39 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Shelton (O’Neill, Stacey)
54:28 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Barnes, holding

Overtime
61:06 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Poulin, roughing
61:06 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Murphy, unsportsmanlike conduct

Shootout
🇺🇸 Knight stopped
🇨🇦 Serdachny missed
🇺🇸 Simms stopped
🇨🇦 Maltais stopped
🇺🇸 Heise missed
🇨🇦 Poulin scored
🇺🇸 Carpenter missed
🇨🇦 Cherkowski stopped
🇺🇸 Murphy stopped

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Desbiens (22-24)
L: 🇺🇸 Hensley (24-26)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 12+5+7+2+1 = 27
🇺🇸 9+8+5+2+0 = 24

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Kristen Campbell, Ann-Renée Desbiens. Defence: Ashton Bell, Jaime Bourbonnais, Renata Fast, Nicole Gosling, Sophie Jaques, Jocelyne Larocque, Ella Shelton. Forwards: Anne Cherkowski, Emily Clark, Loren Gabel, Jennifer Gardiner, Julia Gosling, Brianne Jenner (A), Emma Maltais, Sarah Nurse, Kristin O’Neill, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Danielle Serdachny, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull (A).
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel, Nicole Hensley. Defence: Cayla Barnes, Rory Guilday, Savannah Harmon, Caroline Harvey, Megan Keller (A), Ally Simpson, Haley Winn. Forwards: Hannah Bilka, Alex Carpenter (A), Britta Curl, Lacey Eden, Taylor Heise, Tessa Janecke, Hilary Knight (C), Abbey Murphy, Casey O’Brien, Kelly Pannek, Abby Roque, Hayley Scamurra, Kirsten Simms.

Article Credit: TSN
Photo Credit: TSN – IIHF – HHOF – IOC