Game Summary

IMAI’S OVERTIME WINNER KEEPS B.C’S HOPES ALIVE

Kaitlin Imai scored her second goal of the game 3:29 into overtime, giving British Columbia a huge 4-3 win over Ontario Blue and keeping them in the running for a semi-final spot on Saturday at the National Women’s Under-18 Championship.

Kathleen McDonald and Alannah Kedra-McCormack also scored for B.C. (1-1-1), who now await the outcome of the Quebec vs. Team Atlantic match-up. A win by Team Atlantic moves the Westerners to Saturday’s fifth-place game, while a Quebec win leaves it up to the mathematicians to decide who moves on in the quest for gold.

Imai finished off a scramble in front of the Ontario Blue goal, pushing the puck past Nicole Paniccia moments after the Ontario Blue goaltender had turned away an opportunity from Elana Lovell, setting off a raucous celebration in the goal crease as B.C. mobbed Imai, who picked up Player of the Game honours for her heroics.

Jenna McParland – her team’s Player of the Game – scored twice and Jamie Lee Rattray added one goal for Ontario Blue (0-3), who will play the fourth-place finisher from Group A in Saturday morning’s seventh-place game (10:00 a.m. ET).

Game Information
Game Number	10	Round	Preliminary
Arena	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium	City, Country	Kitchener, Ont., Canada
Month / Day / Year	11/09/2007	Time (local)	01:00 PM
Attendance	656	Game Status	Final in Overtime

Box Score	1	2	3	OT1	Total
British Columbia (BC)	0	3	0	1	4
Ontario Blue (ON-B)	0	2	1	0	3

Goals/Penalties

First Period

Goals:

Penalties:
04:30 BC 12 Elana Lovell (Cross Checking)
08:52 ON-B 81 Kathryn Miller (Holding Opp. Stick)

Second Period

Goals:
   04:25 BC 22 Kaitlin Imai (10 Dominique Goutsis)
   08:54 BC 11 Kathleen McDonald (2 Kaleigh Fratkin) PP
   10:50 ON-B 66 Jamie Lee Rattray (91 Kailey Chappell) PP
   11:42 BC 18 Alannah Kedra-McCormack (4 Rayna Cruickshank)
   18:39 ON-B 19 Jenna McParland (16 Isabel Menard, 66 Jamie Lee Rattray)

Penalties:
   07:07 ON-B 87 Sarah Worthington (Hooking)
   09:03 BC 8 Stefanie Klein (Interference)
   13:19 BC 12 Elana Lovell (Holding)
   15:37 ON-B 6 Shannon Doyle (High Sticking)
   19:05 ON-B 14 Krista Dermott (Hooking)

Third Period

Goals:
13:16 ON-B 19 Jenna McParland (14 Krista Dermott) PP

Penalties:
   00:31 ON-B 66 Jamie Lee Rattray (Slashing)
   01:19 BC 19 Alisa Baumgartner (Cross Checking)
   05:24 ON-B 4 Ally Tarr (Slashing)
   08:59 BC 6 Taylor McLeod (Hooking)
   12:00 BC 22 Kaitlin Imai (Holding)
   14:50 BC 10 Dominique Goutsis (Holding)
   18:29 BC 17 Katie Little (Hooking)

Overtime

Goals:
03:29 BC 22 Kaitlin Imai (12 Elana Lovell )

Goaltenders

British Columbia

30 Stephanie Ney

On 1/00:00

Off 4/03:29

Ontario Blue

37 Nicole Paniccia

On 1/00:00

Off 4/03:29

Shots on Goal	1	2	3	OT1	Total
British Columbia	17	12	10	3	42
Ontario Blue	9	17	17	0	43

Player of Game
British Columbia	22 Kaitlin Imai
Ontario Blue	19 Jenna McParland
Officials
Referee	Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Lines People	Ashley Desjardines, Jodie Wight-Mcewan