Game Report 1036		IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship
PLAYED AT: HarborCenter - Rink 1 Date: Jan 5, 2015 GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS TO U.S. IN SHOOTOUT IN WORLDS OPENER MORGAN BELL BUFFALO, N.Y. – Sarah Potomak (Aldergrove, B.C./Pursuit of Excellence, Midget AAA) tied the game midway through the third period, but Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team fell 2-1 in a shootout to the United States in its opening game Monday at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship. It’s the first time Canada has lost a preliminary round game at the world championship, although this is the first year the format has been changed to have the top four teams from the previous year play in the same round-robin group. After five minutes of overtime couldn’t break a 1-1 tie, the teams headed to a shootout; Canadian forwards Ryleigh Houston (Winnipeg, Man./Balmoral High School, JWHL) and Élizabeth Giguère (Quebec City, Que./Limoilou, CEGEP) missed their attempts, while Jincy Dunne and Abby Roque made good on their chances to give the host Americans the victory. The U.S. got the pro-American crowd at HarborCenter into it early when Grace Bizal’s quick shot from in front of the net beat Canadian goaltender Marlène Boissonnault (Dundee, N.B./Rothesay Netherwood School, CAHS) for a 1-0 lead just 5:06 in. That would be the lone goal of the first two periods, and Canada managed just eight shots on goal in the opening 40 minutes before coming alive in the third. The Canadians pressured right from the puck drop to start the final frame, but couldn’t find a way past American goaltender Kaitlin Burt, who wasn’t busy early but was good when she had to be. Minutes after going awkwardly into the boards – leading to an unsuccessful Canadian power play – Potomak pulled the Canadians even with 10:59 to go, off a set-up from Houston and Kristin O’Neill (Oakville, Ont./Stoney Creek, PWHL). Canada had plenty of advantages to go ahead in the dying minutes of the third but couldn’t convert as Burt turned away seven of eight shots in the final period. The U.S. outshot Canada 20-16. The Canadians are right back to action on Tuesday, taking on Russia in their second of three preliminary round games; puck drop is set for 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT. Visiting Team: United States Home Team: Canada
UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 29   Burt, Kaitlin G 30   Bugalski, Brittany G 35   Gulstene, Alex   2   Gardner, Mikaela   3   Dunne, Jincy   5   Norby, Presley   6   Samoskevich, Melissa   7   Barnes, Cayla   8   Bowlby, Grace   9   Skarzynski, Sophie   11   Lonergan, Caitrin   12   Mauermann, Alexis   15   Shaver, Sophie   16   Davis, Samantha   17   Voight, Paige   18   Roque, Abby   19   Marshall, Patricia   20   Woken, Alex   21   Prater, Kenzie   22   Steffen, Mekenzie   23   Gorecki, Alyssa   24   Gilmore, Rebecca   25   Bizal, Grace   31   Snodgrass, Natalie   32   Wenczkowski, Taylor   33   Brown, Emily   34   Kremer, Dominique	UNITED STATES PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 6  2:00  (auto) Boarding minor 5:34 1   5:34 16:26 3rd 23  2:00  (auto) Body Checking minor 5:04 1   5:04 16:56 3rd 2  2:00  (auto) Body Checking minor 14:20 1   14:20 7:40 3rd 23  2:00  (auto) Cross-Checking minor 18:29     18:29 3:31	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Boissonnault, Marlène G 29   Jackson, Carly G 30   Campbell, Kristen   2   O’Neill, Kristin   4   Eastwood, Lindsay   5   Hunt, Melissa   6   Gebhard, Jaycee   8   Zandee-Hart, Micah   9   Sucharda, Stephanie   10   Giguère, Élizabeth   14   Labbe, Shae   15   Houston, Ryleigh   17   Cogan, Samantha   18   Quaranta, Sarah   19   Agnew, Lindsay   21   Higham, Christian   22   Matteau, Alyson   23   McGill, Rhyen   24   Coutu-Godbout, Sarah-Eve   25   Tse, Kaitlin   26   Potomak, Sarah   27   Pozzebon, Josiane   28   Field, Madison	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 26  2:00  Slashing minor 3:05 1   3:05 18:55 1st 2  2:00  Tripping minor 9:18 1   9:18 12:42 2nd 6  2:00  Slashing minor 8:42 1   8:42 13:18 2nd 18  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 14:07 1   14:07 7:53 2nd 4  2:00  (auto) Kneeing minor 15:58 1   15:58 6:02 3rd 26  2:00  Roughing minor 18:29     18:29 3:31

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 5:06   25-11

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     3rd 9:01   26-15-2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES UNITED STATES 0 / 5 CANADA 0 / 3 PENALTY SUMMARY UNITED STATES 8 min / 4 inf CANADA 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY UNITED STATES 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts CANADA 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 OT2 SO Total UNITED STATES 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 CANADA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 OT2 Tot. On Off USA - Burt (70:59) (W) 3 5 7 0 0 15 /0:00 1st OT/10:59 CAN - Boissonnault (70:59) (SL) 5 9 0 1 0 15 /0:00 1st OT/10:59 SHOOTOUT UNITED STATES shoots first for each round. UNITED STATES CANADA #  SHOOTER  3   Jincy Dunne  Goal  18   Abby Roque  Goal #   SHOOTER    --   15    Ryleigh Houston    --   10    Élizabeth Giguère TOTALS:  2  0 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 7:00 PM   -  End: 7:00 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship Game Report.

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