Game Report 1779

NWT - Olympic Centralization

PLAYED AT: Markin MacPhail Centre - WinSport Arena
Date: Oct 3, 2017
GAME NOTES: CANADA ROLLS PAST BISONS TO OPEN ESSO SERIES JEMMA YOUNG CALGARY, Alta. – An offensive outburst from Canada’s National Women’s Team led it to a 9-1 victory over the Airdrie Bisons on Tuesday night in the opener of the Esso Series at the Markin MacPhail Centre. Jill Saulnier (Halifax, N.S./Calgary, CWHL) and Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) paced the offence with two goals each, while Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL) added a goal and two helpers. Four minutes into the first period, Saulnier opened the scoring for Canada with a bar-down bullet from the blue-line, with the lone assist going to Spooner. A power play goal from Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.) made it 2-0 at 7:06, followed by a pretty tip-in from Johnston that brought the Canadians to a 3-0 lead after the first 20 minutes. Caleb Willms capitalized on an Airdrie power play to put the Bisons on the board early in the second period, but it was all Canada after that with three more goals in the middle frame. Spooner sniped in a wrist shot to restore the three-goal lead before the Nova Scotians – Saulnier and Blayre Turnbull (Stellarton, N.S./Calgary, CWHL) scored 28 seconds apart to put Canada up 6-1 after two. Ann-Renée Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que./University of Wisconsin, WCHA) started the third period in net for Canada, taking over for Geneviève Lacasse (Kingston, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) who stopped 14 of 15 through 40 minutes. Desbiens kept the Bisons off the scoreboard in the final stanza despite four Airdrie power plays. Brigette Lacquette (Mallard, Man./Calgary, CWHL) and Johnston added goals within 32 seconds of each other midway through the third before Jennifer Wakefield (Pickering, Ont./Linköping HC, SWE) capped the scoring with 6:25 left. The Esso Series is an Olympic Winter Games tune-up that includes 25 games against Alberta Midget Hockey League teams through Jan. 21, 2018. Up next, Canada will travel north to face the Grande Prairie Storm on Friday night (7 p.m. MT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Airdrie

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	31	Lacasse, Geneviève
G	35	Desbiens, Ann-Renée
	2	Agosta, Meghan
	3	Larocque, Jocelyne
	4	Lacquette, Brigette
	6	Johnston, Rebecca
	7	Stacey, Laura
	8	Fortino, Laura
	9	Wakefield, Jennifer
	11	Saulnier, Jill
	12	Mikkelson, Meaghan
	15	Daoust, Melodie
	18	Krzyzaniak, Halli
	19	Jenner, Brianne
	20	Nurse, Sarah
	23	Ambrose, Erin
	24	Spooner, Natalie
	28	Zandee-Hart, Micah
	29	Poulin, Marie-Philip
	40	Turnbull, Blayre
	46	Potomak, Amy

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	29	2:00	Tripping	8:55	1		8:55	10:55
2nd	9	2:00	Tripping	5:01	1		5:01	5:22
2nd	4	2:00	Hooking	5:47	1		5:47	7:47
2nd	2	2:00	Hooking	10:55	1		10:55	12:55
3rd	3	2:00	Interference	3:56	1		3:56	5:56
3rd	29	2:00	Body-Checking	7:55	1		7:55	9:55
3rd	23	2:00	Interference	14:22	1		14:22	16:22
3rd	4	2:00	Slashing	15:58	1		15:58	17:58

AIRDRIE LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Mitchell, Braeden
G	31	Bacovsky, Steven
	4	Shoemaker, Joel
	5	Bauer, Tyrel
	6	Wade, Jackson
	7	Willms, Caleb
	8	Jensen, Luke
	9	Cathcart, Jacob
	10	de Beurs, Nickolas
	11	Agyeman, Damon
	12	Zinck, Kory
	14	Klemen, Ethan
	15	Zachary, Mark
	17	Ries, Ryan
	18	LeGrandeur, Brett
	19	Strang, Ethan
	20	Jones, Jett
	21	Augustine, Cayde
	22	Petrie, Jake
	23	Lambert, Tristan

AIRDRIE PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	8	2:00	Slashing	6:06	1		6:06	8:06
1st	18	2:00	Tripping	16:00	1		16:00	18:00
2nd	10	2:00	Tripping	14:04	1		14:04	16:04
2nd	22	2:00	Slashing	15:46	1		15:46	17:46
3rd	19	2:00	Slashing	0:42	1		0:42	2:42
3rd	15	2:00	Body-Checking	9:14	1		9:14	10:08

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

AIRDRIE PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st