🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 5
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon 🇨🇦
Wednesday, 07 February 2024

Ashton Bell and Renata Fast scored in a 2:38 span of the third period and Canada stayed alive in the Rivalry Series, rallying to beat the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in Game 5.

Canada cut the Americans’ series lead to 3-2 with two games left. They will remain in Saskatchewan for Game 6 in Regina on Friday night and complete the competition Sunday at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Bell tied it with 8:31 left and Fast connected with 5:53 to go.

The U.S. opened the series in November with a 3-1 victory in Tempe, Arizona, and a 5-2 decision in Los Angeles. In December, the Americans won 3-2 in Kitchener, Ontario, and Canada outlasted the U.S. 3-2 in a shootout in Sarnia, Ontario.

Brianne Jenner and Laura Stacey, into an empty net in the final minute, also scored for Canada. Ann-Renée Desbiens made 14 saves.

Grace Zumwinkle and Gabbie Hughes scored for the United States. Nicole Hensley stopped 24 shots.

Zumwinkle opened the scoring at 2:44 of the first period. Jenner tied it on a power play at 47 seconds of the second, and Hughes put the U.S. back in front with 6:14 left in the second.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:44 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Zumwinkle (Pannek, Scamurra)
11:08 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Ambrose, body checking
14:58 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fast, interference
16:44 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Roque, cross checking
19:11 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Zumwinkle, slashing

2nd Period
20:47 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Jenner (Spooner, Ambrose)
33:46 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Hughes (Roque, Buchbinder)
35:39 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Stacey, cross checking
38:22 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Zumwinkle, hooking

3rd Period
51:29 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Bell (Poulin, Jenner)
54:07 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Fast (Maltais, Larocque)
59:06 – 🇨🇦 EN GOAL – Stacey (Poulin)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Desbiens (14-16)
L: 🇺🇸 Hensley (24-27)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 11+8+9 = 28
🇺🇸 5+6+5 = 16

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer. Defence: Erin Ambrose, Ashton Bell, Jaime Bourbonnais, Renata Fast, Jocelyne Larocque, Ella Shelton, Micah Zandee-Hart. Forwards: Victoria Bach, Emily Clark, Maggie Connors, Jessie Eldridge, Brianne Jenner (A), Emma Maltais, Sarah Nurse, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Jamie Lee Rattray, Sophie Shirley, Natalie Spooner, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull (A).
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel, Nicole Hensley. Defence: Madison Bizal, Emily Brown, Natalie Buchbinder, Maggie Flaherty, Kali Flanagan, Savannah Harmon, Megan Keller (A). Forwards: Alex Carpenter (A), Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne, Becca Gilmore, Taylor Girard, Taylor Heise, Gabbie Hughes, Hilary Knight (C), Maureen Murphy, Kelly Pannek, Abby Roque, Hayley Scamurra, Grace Zumwinkle.

Article Credit: TSN
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