🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 United States 🇺🇸
Rivalry Series, Game 5
Credit Union Place, Summerside 🇨🇦
Saturday, 08 February 2025

Jennifer Gardiner scored at 13:16 of the third period to snap a 1-1 tie and lifted Canada to a 3-1 victory over the United States in the fifth and deciding game of the 2024-25 Rivalry Series on Saturday at Credit Union Place.

Brianne Jenner gave Canada a 1-0 lead at 6:48 in the second period. Kelly Pannek tied the game at 3:03 of the third, setting up Gardiner’s heroics. Laura Stacey scored an insurance marker for Canada with 1:19 left in the game. Danielle Serdachny assisted on the first two Canadian goals.

Canadian netminder Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 28 of 29 shots, while U.S. goalie Aerin Frankel stopped 40 of 43 shots.

“It was good game overall. I thought we played well and outplayed them. It would have been nice to score a couple of goals early, so it took us awhile to get going,” said Canadian coach Troy Ryan.

“I thought we made a couple of adjustments after the first period, and we finally took the game over from there.”

Gardiner, from Surrey, British Columbia, was thrilled to play in the final and make a difference.

“It is pretty incredible. Just to put the jersey on is a huge honour, but to get on the scoreboard just felt like one of the most incredible feelings. I couldn’t even explain it really — it felt like I blacked out for a second,” said Gardiner.

“The whole sequence of events, doing it on home soil in Canada and with the group we have in the locker room is incredible. With all the love and support from the staff and players, it has been a night I’ll never forget, that’s for sure.”

The Americans defeated Canada 7-2 on 06 November 2024, in San Jose, California, and 2-1 in a shootout on Thursday in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Canada won 5-4 in a shootout on 08 November 2024, in West Valley City, Utah, and 4-1 on 10 November 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

It was the third consecutive year in which the best-of-five series went the distance.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Murphy, tripping

2nd Period
26:48 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Jenner (Serdachny, Watts)
32:19 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Turnbull, faceoff violation

3rd Period
43:03 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Pannek (Coyne, Compher)
53:16 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Gardiner (Serdachny, Rattray)
58:41 – 🇨🇦 EN GOAL – Stacey

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇨🇦 Maschmeyer (28-29)
L: 🇺🇸 Frankel (40-42)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇨🇦 15+16+12 = 43
🇺🇸 11+8+10 = 29

ROSTERS
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Ann-Renée Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer. Defence: Erin Ambrose, Renata Fast, Sophie Jaques, Jocelyne Larocque, Ella Shelton, Claire Thompson, Micah Zandee-Hart. Forwards: Emily Clark, Sarah Fillier, Jennifer Gardiner, Julia Gosling, Brianne Jenner, Emma Maltais, Kristin O’Neill, Marie-Philip Poulin (C), Jamie Lee Rattray, Danielle Serdachny, Laura Stacey, Blayre Turnbull (A), Daryl Watts.
🇺🇸 Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel, Gwenyth Philips. Defence: Sydney Bard, Cayla Barnes, Savannah Harmon, Megan Keller (A), Ally Simpson, Anna Wilgren. Forwards: Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne, Britta Curl, Izzy Daniel, Clair DeGeorge, Taylor Heise, Gabbie Hughes, Hilary Knight (C), Mannon McMahon, Maureen Murphy, Kelly Pannek.

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