Game Report 1515 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship
PLAYED AT: Meridian Centre
Date: Jan 11, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS IN PRELIMS CLOSER TO U.S. WENDY GRAVES ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Stephanie Neatby (Toronto, Ont./Toronto, PWHL) made 28 saves, but penalty trouble proved to be the undoing for Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team on Monday night, as it allowed three power play goals and fell 4-1 to the United States to close out the preliminary round of the 2016 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship. Julia Edgar (Oakville, Ont./Oakville, PWHL) scored with 3:36 remaining in the third period to prevent Canada from being shut out at the event for the first time. On a night when the event not only set a single-game attendance record (4,016) but also a tournament attendance mark (21,879), the home crowd spent as much time jeering the officials as cheering the home team. Penalties did Canada in early. The team was called for three minors only 8:40 into the game, with the Americans capitalizing on two of those man-advantages. Cayla Barnes’ point shot took a pair of funny bounces en route to the Canadian net, making it only as far as the low slot, where Sydney Brodt slid it under Neatby at the 5:52 mark. Then 3:42 later Gilmore one-timed a pass Barnes sent face-off circle to face-off circle. Canada fell into more penalty trouble early in the second. Back-to-back minors on Kayla Friesen (Winnipeg, Man./St. Mary’s, CAHS) and Malia Schneider (Millarville, Alta./Pursuit of Excellence, CSSHL) left Canada two players down for a minute. The team successfully killed off the first penalty, but not the second. Seconds after a one-timer ringed off the Canadian post, Natalie Snodgrass, waiting in the slot, one-timed a pass from below the goal line to give the Americans a three-goal lead. Emma Maltais (Burlington, Ont./Oakville, PWHL) appeared to score with 10:36 to play in the third, but a quick whistle stopped the play and upon further review it was determined the puck never crossed the goal line. Canada outshot the U.S. 19 to nine in the third period and began putting more bodies in front of the net. But only Edgar’s marker in a sea of bodies down low got past American goaltender Alex Gulstene. Neatby left the net with 1:39 to play in regulation; 13 seconds later Gilmore potted her second of the game into the empty net. Canada next plays in the semifinals on Thursday night (7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT). 		Visiting Team: United States
 Home Team: Canada
UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G29  Gulstene, Alex
G30  Larcom, Beth
 2  Ostertag, Gracie
 3  Brown, Emily
 4  Wethington, Madeline
 5  Norby, Presley
 6  Langei, Makayla
 7  Barnes, Cayla
 8  Bowlby, Grace
 9  Hengler, Crystalyn
 10  Snodgrass, Natalie
 11  Brodt, Sydney
 14  Compher, Jesse
 16  Wente, Taylor
 18  Zumwinkle, Grace
 19  Marshall, Patricia
 20  Woken, Alex
 21  Oden, Emily
 22  Skaja, Catherine
 23  Heise, Taylor
 24  Gilmore, Rebecca
 25  Heising, Natalie
   
UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st21 2:00 Slashing minor 15:341 15:346:26
1st10 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 19:551 19:552:05
2nd14 2:00 (auto) Holding minor 15:251 15:256:35
3rd8 2:00 (auto) Interference minor 10:271 10:2711:33
3rd14 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 19:251 19:252:35
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Neatby, Stephanie
G29  Coulombe, Marie-Pier
G30  D’Astous-Moreau, Édith
 2  Cross, Codie
 5  Howran, Victoria
 6  Edgar, Julia
 7  Tinker, Saroya
 8  Shirley, Sophie
 10  O’Neill, Kristin
 12  Oswald, Sheridan
 13  Friesen, Kayla
 14  Bourbonnais, Jaime
 15  Houston, Ryleigh
 16  Potomak, Amy
 17  Maltais, Emma
 18  Schneider, Malia
 19  Agnew, Lindsay
 21  Frappier, Celine
 23  Berg, Annie
 25  Watts, Daryl
 26  Bell, Ashton
 27  Knowles, Olivia
 28  Elmes, Jalyn
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st28 2:00 (auto) Body Checking minor 1:361 1:360:24
1st16 2:00 (auto) Delay of Game minor 5:061 5:0616:54
1st23 2:00 Slashing minor 8:401 8:4013:20
2nd13 2:00 (auto) Cross-Checking minor 3:271 3:2718:33
2nd18 2:00 (auto) Boarding minor 4:271 4:2717:33
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st5:52 PP 11-4-7            
1st9:34 PP 24-7            
2nd4:27 PP 10-16-24            
3rd18:34  24-16            
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
3rd16:24  6-25            
                
                
                
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
UNITED STATES 3 / 5
CANADA 0 / 5
PENALTY SUMMARY
UNITED STATES 10 min / 5 inf
CANADA 10 min / 5 inf
POINT SUMMARY
UNITED STATES 4 G + 6 A = 10 Pts
CANADA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
UNITED STATES2114
CANADA0011
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
USA - Gulstene (60:00) (W)4111833/0:003rd/20:00
CAN - Neatby (0:00) (L)0000/18:353rd/18:21
CAN - Neatby (58:35) (L)146020/0:003rd/18:35
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 7:30 PM
  -  End: 7:30 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship Game Report.

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