HOCKEY CANADA
2009-10 National Women's Under-22 Team
Game Summary
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White 4 - Sweden 0
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| KESSLER BLANKS SWEDEN AS WHITE EARNS U22 WIN CALGARY, Alta. – It wasn’t an offensive showcase like the camp opener one night earlier, but Canada White has joined Canada Red in the win column at the National Women’s Under-22 Team selection camp. Twenty-four hours after Red used a high-powered offense to hand Sweden a 6-4 loss, White did it with defense, getting 25 saves from Christina Kessler in a 4-0 blanking of the Swedes. Courtney Birchard opened the scoring three minutes in for White, which protected its one-goal lead for close to 30 minutes before third-period goals from Bailey Bram, Chelsea Karpenko and Natalie Spooner gave the Canadian side a little breathing room. Hoping to jump to an early lead, just as Red had on Sunday night, White got on the board at the 3:01 mark when Birchard redirected a perfect pass from Stefanie McKeough past 16-year-old Swedish goaltender Josephin Lennström. The game was a defensive struggle through the first two periods, with both goaltenders coming up big to keep it a one-goal game. Kessler made her best save of the night just shy of the midway point of the second period, robbing Erika Holst with a glove save after the Swedish captain teed up a one-timer from the slot. Sweden, playing its second game in as many nights just five days after a cross-Atlantic flight and an eight-hour time change, tired in the third period and White was there to pounce, as Bram doubled the lead 1:43 into the frame with an individual effort. Karpenko and Spooner combined to again double the Canadian lead later in the frame – first it was Karpenko cashing in a rebound off a Spooner shot to make it 3-0 before Spooner finished off a Karpenko set up just 2:45 later for the game’s final goal. The Swedes enjoy a night off Tuesday, while Red and White will meet in an all-Canadian battle of unbeatens, with puck drop at Father David Bauer Olympic Arena set for 7 p.m. MT. |
| Game Information/Reseignements sur le match | |||
| Event/Événement | NWTU22 Selection Camp | Location/Emplacement | Calgary, Alta. |
| Date | Mon. Aug. 10, 2009 | Arena/Aréna | Father David Bauer Olympic Arena |
| Time/Heure | 19:00 MT | Attendance/Assistance | -,--- |
| Round/Ronde | Exhibition | Game #/No. match | - |
| Box Score/Compte |
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3
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Final
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| WHT |
1
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0
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3
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4
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| SWE |
0
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0
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0
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0
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| Goals/Penalties |
| First Period/Première période |
| Goals/Buts: 03:01 WHT Courtney Birchard (Stefanie McKeough, Laura Fridfinnson) Penalties/Punitions: 00:35 SWE Frida Svedin Thunström (Slashing/Coup de bâton) 16:24 WHT Saige Pacholok (Hooking/Accrocher) 16:51 SWE Danijela Rundqvist (Interference/Obstruction) |
| Second Period/Deuxième période |
| Goals/Buts: none/aucun Penalties/Buts: 05:04 SWE Danijela Rundqvist (Holding/Retenir) 19:10 WHT Alley Bero (Delay of Game/Retarder le match) |
| Third Period/Troisième période |
| Goals/Buts: 01:43 WHT Bailey Bram 10:07 WHT Chelsea Karpenko (Natalie Spooner, Laura Fridfinnson) 12:52 WHT Natalie Spooner (Chelsea Karpenko) Penalties/Punitions: 05:35 WHT Bailey Bram (Tripping/Faire trébucher) |
| Goaltenders | WHT | Christina Kessler | |||
| Gardiens de but | SWE | Josephin Lennström | |||
| Shots on Goal | Team | 1 p | 2 p | 3 p | Ttl |
| Shots on Goal | WHT | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| Tirs au but | SWE | 6 | 11 | 8 | 25 |
| Referee/Arbitre | --- | ||||
| Linesmen/Juges des lignes | --- | ||||
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For more information: Kalli Quinn Director, Female National Teams | Équipes nationales féminines |
