🇨🇦 Canada 8-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Exhibition Game
Slush Puppie Place, Kingston 🇨🇦
Saturday, 30 March 2024

Offence wasn’t a problem for Canada’s national team on Saturday as the squad flattened Finland 8-2 in its lone exhibition tune-up before next month’s IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica, New York.

Canada scored three times in the second period and added five more in the third to beat the team it will face on 04 April at the Worlds in Utica, New York.

Blayre Turnbull paced Canada’s attack with two goals and assist, while Sarah Nurse and Julia Gosling each had a goal and assist.

Renata Fast, Ella Shelton, Kristin O’Neill and Nicole Gosling also scored for Canada, which outshot Finland 47-21.

Sofianna Sundelin and Petra Nieminen scored for Finland, who led 1-0 after the first period, but trailed 3-2 heading into the third.

Finland was 1-for-4 on the power play, while Canada went 0-for-4.

The 10-team Women’s World Championship features Canada in Group A with Czechia, Finland, Switzerland and the United States. China, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Sweden are in Group B.

Canada’s first game at the worlds is 04 April against Finland. They play Switzerland on 05 April, Czechia on 07 April and the U.S. on 08 April.

Gold and Bronze medal games are scheduled for 14 April. The U.S. won Gold in 2023.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:49 – 🇫🇮 PEN – team, too many players
03:18 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Sundelin (Parkkonen)
03:30 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hiirikoski, hooking
03:30 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nieminen, roughing
14:07 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Karvinen, tripping

2nd Period
22:41 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Fast (Maltais, Nurse)
27:03 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Larocque, body checking
31:22 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Fillier, tripping
32:22 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Larocque, hooking
32:51 – 🇫🇮 PP2 GOAL – Nieminen (Savolainen, Tapani)
34:44 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Nurse (Spooner, Maltais)
36:27 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Shelton (Ambrose, Turnbull)

3rd Period
43:38 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – O’Neill (J. Gosling)
45:35 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Turnbull (Stacey, Clark)
46:25 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – J. Gosling (Ambrose, Bell)
46:53 – 🇨🇦 PEN – O’Neill, body checking
57:28 – 🇨🇦 EN GOAL – N. Gosling (Fillier, Rattray)
59:03 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Turnbull (Stacey, Clark)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Desbiens (12-13), Maschmeyer (7-8)
L: 🇫🇮 Ahola (24-25), Keisala (15-21)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 17+15+15 = 47
🇫🇮 6+12+3 = 21

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer. Defence: Erin Ambrose, Ashton Bell, Jaime Bourbonnais, Renata Fast, Nicole Gosling, Jocelyne Larocque, Ella Shelton. Forwards: Emily Clark, Sarah Fillier, Jennifer Gardiner, Julia Gosling, Brianne Jenner (A), Emma Maltais, Sarah Nurse, Kristin O’Neill, Jamie Lee Rattray, Natalie Spooner, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull (A).
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Sanni Ahola, Anni Keisala. Defence: Jenni Hiirikoski (C), Nelli Laitinen, Krista Parkkonnen, Sanni Rantala, Eve Savander, Ronja Savolainen, Siiri Yrjölä. Forwards: Anna-Kaisa Antti-Roiko, Elisa Holopainen, Michelle Karvinen (A), Julia Liikala, Petra Nieminen, Jenniina Nylund, Julia Schalin, Sofianna Sundelin, Susanna Tapani, Noora Tulus (A), Viivi Vainikka, Sanni Vanhanen, Emilia Vesa.

Article Credit: Toronto Star
Photo Credit: Hockey Canada – IIHF – HHOF – IOC