Game Report 1054		IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship
PLAYED AT: HarborCenter - Rink 1 Date: Jan 12, 2015 GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS IN OT, SETTLES FOR SILVER AT U18 WORLDS MORGAN BELL BUFFALO, N.Y. – Marlène Boissonnault (Dundee, N.B./Rothesay Netherwood School, CAHS) stood tall, finishing with 38 saves, but Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team was left with the silver medal at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship after a 3-2 overtime loss to the United States in Monday’s gold medal game. The loss ends Canada’s three-year run as world champions; it’s the fourth time in eight years the Canadians have finished as silver medallists at the world championship, along with four gold medals. Shae Labbe (Calgary, Alta./Warner School, JWHL) and Samantha Cogan (Ottawa, Ont./Nepean, PWHL) netted the goals for Canada, which was outshot 41-18, including 35-7 in the final 40 minutes of regulation time. The Canadians jumped out to the early lead, with Labbe taking a pass from Élizabeth Giguère (Quebec City, Que./Limoilou, CEGEP) and beating American goaltender Kaitlin Burt on a breakaway just 3:14 in. Canada held the edge in the first period, but the U.S. pulled even with only 33 seconds left in the opening frame, with American captain Jincy Dunne roofing a backhand over Boissonnault. The U.S. took its first lead at the five-minute mark of the second period off the stick of Alyssa Gorecki, and the Americans pounded Boissonnault with shots in the middle stanza, outshooting Canada 20-2. But Cogan made one of those two shots count, driving hard to the net and beating Burt to tie the game at 8:23. The Canadian penalty-killing unit stepped into the spotlight in the third period, killing off four American power plays in the final 20 minutes, and Boissonnault stopped all 15 shots he faced in the third to get the game to an extra period. Unfortunately for the Canadians, Dunne needed just 51 seconds of overtime to convert on an American man advantage, giving the U.S. its fourth world title, and first since 2011. Canadian forward Sarah Potomak (Aldergrove, B,C,/Pursuit of Excellence, Midget AAA) earned a pair of end-of-tournament awards; Potomak, who led the tournament in scoring with nine points (five goals, four assists), was named Top Forward by the IIHF Directorate, and Most Valuable Player by the media. Potomak and Canadian captain Micah Hart (Saanichton, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) both earned spots on the media all-star team. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: United States
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 10  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 15:48 1   15:48 6:12 2nd 6  2:00  Tripping minor 1:29 1   1:29 0:31 3rd 10  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 3:10 1   3:10 18:50 3rd 2  2:00  Roughing minor 4:15     4:15 17:45 3rd 4  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 9:01 1   9:01 12:59 3rd 17  2:00  (auto) Body Checking minor 12:47 1   12:47 9:13 3rd 22  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 15:14 1   15:14 6:46 3rd 27  2:00  Tripping minor 19:32 1   19:32 2:28	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 1st 24  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 5:54 1   5:54 16:06 2nd 24  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 16:59 1   16:59 5:01 3rd 6  2:00  Roughing minor 4:15     4:15 17:45

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 3:14   14-10-23                         2nd 8:23   17-19-6

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 19:27   3-18-19                         2nd 5:00   23-5-20                         1st OT :11   3-24

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 2 UNITED STATES 0 / 7 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 16 min / 8 inf UNITED STATES 6 min / 3 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts UNITED STATES 3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 Total CANADA 1 1 0 0 2 UNITED STATES 1 1 0 1 3 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off CAN - Boissonnault (64:49) (L) 4 19 15 0 38 /0:00 1st OT/4:49 USA - Burt (64:49) (W) 10 1 5 0 16 /0:00 1st OT/4:49 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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