Game Report 1525		IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship
PLAYED AT: Meridian Centre Date: Jan 15, 2016 GAME NOTES: CANADA TAKES SILVER AT U18 WOMEN’S WORLDS WENDY GRAVES ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Jaime Bourbonnais (Mississauga, Ont./Oakville, PWHL) and Daryl Watts (Toronto, Ont./Mississauga, PWHL) scored and Stephanie Neatby (Toronto, Ont./Toronto, PWHL) made 26 saves, but Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team fell 3-2 in overtime to the United States in the gold medal game at the 2016 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship. Natalie Snodgrass scored off a deflection at the side of the net to end things only 1:47 into extra time. It was the fifth time in nine gold medal games– all played between Canada and the United States – that the winner was decided in overtime. Canada’s record is 2-3, and 4-5 overall in gold medal games. This one was witnessed by 5,516 fans, both a new single-game attendance mark for the event and the Meridian Centre. In total, 34,523 spectators took in a game in person, nearly doubling the previous attendance mark set in the Czech Republic in 2012. Penalties were Canada’s undoing four days earlier against the Americans, a 4-1 setback in the preliminary round. The penalty kill was tested early in the rematch, only 5:44 in, and allowed only one shot over the two minutes. (Canada would successfully kill off all four American power play opportunities in the game.) Bourbonnais put Canada on the board first with 2:05 remaining in the first. A teammate’s initial shot was blocked, but the defenceman followed the play to the net and put the puck in from the doorstep. Six minutes into the second Watts made it 2-0. After an American defender cleared the puck off her own player, sending it back toward the net, Watts pounced on the gift, rifling a shot high into the back of the net. But with five minutes left in the middle period, the U.S. got one back when Alex Woken got a step on two defenders and beat Neatby low from the bottom of the face-off circle. The equalizer came eight minutes into the third. Neatby made the initial save on Snodgrass at the side of the net, but the American followed the play behind the net, her wraparound seemingly deflected in. Lindsay Agnew (Oakville, Ont./Mississauga, PWHL), Kristin O’Neill (Oakville, Ont./Stoney Creek, PWHL) and Bourbonnais were named Canada’s top three players of the tournament. Ashton Bell (Deloraine, Man./Westman, MFMHL) was named to the media’s all-star team. Visiting Team: United States Home Team: Canada
UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 29   Gulstene, Alex G 30   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 3rd 7  2:00  Roughing minor 4:56 1   4:56 17:04	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Neatby, Stephanie G 29   Coulombe, Marie-Pier G 30   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 1st 2  2:00  Tripping minor 5:44 1   5:44 16:16 2nd 28  2:00  Tripping minor 2:04 1   2:04 19:56 2nd 6  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 18:19 1   18:19 3:41 3rd 10  2:00  (auto) Delay of Game minor 16:31 1   16:31 5:29

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 15:20   20                         3rd 8:03   10                         1st OT 1:47   10-7-4

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 17:55   14                         2nd 5:58   25

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

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 Total UNITED STATES 0 1 1 1 3 CANADA 1 1 0 0 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off USA - Gulstene (78:13) (W) 7 8 6 0 21 /0:00 1st OT/18:13 CAN - Neatby (78:13) (L) 7 11 7 1 26 /0:00 1st OT/18:13 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 7:30 PM   -  End: 7:30 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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