2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

Round Robin
April 2, 2001
Rochester, MN
Rochester Rec. Center

Rochester, MN - Canada's National Women's Team faced Kazakhstan for the first time women's international hockey to open the 2001 Women's Worlds, and welcomed the B Pool Champions to the A Pool by handing them an 11-0 whomping.

Nancy Drolet and Jayna Hefford paced Canada to a 2-0 lead in the span of just over minute of play in the 1st period. Kelly Béchard and Colleen Sostorics added markers as Canada led 4-0 after one period of play.

Canada's special teams came to the fore in the middle frame. Geraldine Heaney got the ball rolling with a powerplay goal at 1:12. Canada added two shorthanded goals in this period, by Dana Antal and Tammy Shewchuk.

Caroline Ouellette also scored in the 2nd period at even strength as Canada held an 8-0 advantage through forty minutes.

Canada added 3 goals in the third, by Jennifer Botterill (2) and Caroline Ouellette, to win 11-0.

Canada next faces Russia on April 3rd, 2001 at 7:30 pm (Central Time).

Box Score	CAN	4	4	3	11
Compte	KAZ	0	0	0	0

First Period/Première période

Scoring/Buts:
1. CAN, Nancy Drolet (Danielle Goyette, Dana Antal) 4:10
2. CAN, Jayna Hefford (Cheryl Pounder) 5:13
3. CAN, Kelly Béchard (Caroline Ouellette, Cheryl Pounder) 12:04
4. CAN, Colleen Sostorics (Danielle Goyette, Nancy Drolet) 16:28

Penalties/Pénalités:
Olga Konycheva KAZ (holding) 6:39
Antonida Asonova, KAZ (holding) 13:04
Natalya Yakovchuk KAZ (hooking) 19:20

Second Period/Deuxième période

Scoring/Buts:
5. CAN, Geraldine Heaney (Tammy Shewchuk) 1:12 PPG
6. CAN, Dana Antal (Geraldine Heaney) 5:20 SHG
7. CAN, Caroline Ouellette (Correne Bredin) 13:05
8. CAN, Tammy Shewchuk (Jennifer Botterill) 18:22 SHG

Penalties/Pénalités:
Colleen Sostorics, CAN (charging) 3:40
Oxana Taikevich, KAZ (hooking) 7:27
Oxana Taikevich, KAZ (slashing) 10:40
Jayna Hefford, CAN (tripping) 16:27

Third Period/Troisième période

Scoring/Buts:
9. CAN, Jennifer Botterill (Kelly Béchard, Geraldine Heaney ) 7:35
10. CAN, Jennifer Botterill (Kelly Béchard ) 10:58
11. CAN, Caroline Ouellette (Therese Brisson) 18:33

Penalties/Pénalités:
Olga Konycheva, KAZ (high stick) 8:31
Oxana Taikevich, KAZ (body checking) 3:31
Olga Konycheva, KAZ (slash)1:03

Goaltenders	CAN	Sami Jo Small 3/3 Kim St. Pierre 3rd per. 3/3
Gardiennes de but	KAZ	Natalya Trunova 43/35 Anna Akimbetyeva

Shots on Goal	Team	First	Second	Third	Final
Shots on Goal	CAN	21	22	24	67
Tirs au but	KAZ	0	3	3	6

Officials	Referee/Arbitres		KNIGHT, Krista
Officiels	Linesmen/Judges des lignes		SUBAN, Johanna - LISCHETTI, Sandra

Attendance/Assistance	-,---

2001 IIHF Women's World Championship

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