2010-11 National Women's Team

SPECIAL TEAMS COME UP BIG AS BLUE SCORES FIRST ‘W’

CALGARY, Alta. – Chelsea Karpenko (Winnipeg, Man./Cornell University, ECAC) scored once and added an assist and Kim St-Pierre (Châteauguay, Que./Montreal, CWHL) made 27 saves as Blue finally put a notch in the win column at the National Women’s Team evaluation camp, scoring a 3-1 win over Red on Saturday afternoon.

Jessica Wong (Baddeck, N.S./University of Minnesota-Duluth, WCHA) and Ann-Sophie Bettez (Sept-Îles, Que./McGill University, CIS) had the other goals for Blue, which recorded all three of its goals on the power play – it finished 3-for-6 with the man advantage. The penalty kill also did its part, keeping Red off the board on eight PP opportunities, including 64 seconds of 5-on-3 time.

Red’s only goal came off the stick of Sarah Vaillancourt (Sherbrooke, Que./Montreal, CWHL), who scored her third goal in as many games. But that was the only puck to beat St-Pierre, who made 10 of her 27 saves in the third period.

The game meant little in the standings – the teams were already guaranteed to meet Sunday in the third-place game (3 p.m. MT).

Goals/Buts : 
02:26 BLU Chelsea Karpenko (Laura Fortino, Lauriane Rougeau) PP/AN
15:46 BLU Jessica Wong (Chelsea Karpenko, Brittany Haverstock) PP/AN

Penalties/Pénalités : 
02:12 RED Gillian Apps (Hooking/Accrocher)
04:40 BLU Vicki Bendus (Holding/Retenir)
05:59 BLU Haley Irwin (Interference/Obstruction)
14:33 RED Courtney Birchard (Body-checking/Mise en échec corporelle)
14:48 RED Emmanuelle Blais (High-sticking/Bâton élevé)

Goals/Buts : 
10:02 BLU Ann-Sophie Bettez (Brittany Haverstock, Erin Ambrose) PP/AN

Penalties/Pénalités : 
00:06 RED Jennifer Wakefield (Cross-checking/Double-échec)
08:30 RED Sarah Edney (Cross-checking/Double-échec)
12:17 BLU Lauriane Rougeau (Holding the Stick/Retenir le bâton)
13:32 BLU Tessa Bonhomme (Roughing/Rudesse)
19:52 BLU Ashley Cockell (Hooking/Accrocher)