PLAYED AT: Markin MacPhail Centre - WinSport Arena
Date: Sep 23, 2017
GAME NOTES: POULIN SCORES TWICE IN THIRD, CANADA EDGES ROYALS AT ICEBREAKER
JASON LA ROSE
CALGARY, Alta. – Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) scored the game-winning goal in the third period and added insurance into an empty net in the last minute, sending Canada’s National Women’s Team to a 3-1 win over the Calgary Royals on Saturday night at the Icebreaker Tournament.
The win means the Canadians will face the Calgary Northstars in the final of the start-of-season tournament on Sunday (5 p.m. MT); the Northstars beat Canada 4-2 in the opener Thursday.
Canada jumped to an early lead thanks to Bailey Bram (Ste. Anne, Man./Calgary, CWHL), who found a rebound in the crease and knocked in the 1-0 goal just 1:45 after the puck dropped.
The Royals ratcheted up their offence in the second period, peppering Canadian goaltender Geneviève Lacasse (Kingston, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) with 16 shots, and tied the game on an Alex Danis goal at 3:22.
Lacasse was perfect from there, making 22 of her 29 saves over the final 40 minutes.
She and Royals counterpart Jack McNaughton made their best stops less than a minute apart late in the middle frame, keeping the game even heading to the third period.
The Canadians took the lead for good with 7:50 to go when Poulin hammered in a one-timer off a cross-ice feed from Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL), who finished with two assists on the night.
Mélodie Daoust (Valleyfield, Que./Montreal, CWHL) did the work on the third goal, carrying the puck deep before finding Poulin alone in front for the tap-in insurance goal with 32.6 seconds remaining.
Canada finished the preliminary round with a 2-1 record against Alberta Midget Hockey League competition; in addition to its win Saturday and loss to the Northstars, it topped the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Friday night. |
Visiting Team: Canada
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Home Team: Calgary Royals
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CANADA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 30 | Maschmeyer, Emerance | G | 31 | Lacasse, Geneviève | | 3 | Larocque, Jocelyne | | 4 | Lacquette, Brigette | | 6 | Johnston, Rebecca | | 7 | Stacey, Laura | | 8 | Fortino, Laura | | 11 | Saulnier, Jill | | 15 | Daoust, Melodie | | 17 | Bram, Bailey | | 18 | Krzyzaniak, Halli | | 19 | Jenner, Brianne | | 20 | Nurse, Sarah | | 23 | Ambrose, Erin | | 24 | Spooner, Natalie | | 26 | Clark, Emily | | 28 | Zandee-Hart, Micah | | 29 | Poulin, Marie-Philip | | 40 | Turnbull, Blayre | | 46 | Potomak, Amy |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 8 | 2:00 | Body-Checking | 5:31 | 1 | | 5:31 | 7:31 | 1st | 17 | 2:00 | Hooking | 12:37 | 1 | | 12:37 | 14:37 | 3rd | 46 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 1:53 | 1 | | 1:53 | 3:53 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CALGARY ROYALS LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Decottignies, Noah | G | 31 | McNaughton, Jack | | 2 | Markarchuk, Josh | | 3 | Bracken, Mitchell | | 5 | Winquist, Tyler | | 6 | Fader, Alec | | 7 | Zloty, Ben | | 9 | Bierd, Nate | | 10 | Bridgewater, Andres | | 11 | Jamernik, Ethan | | 12 | Danis, Alex | | 14 | Clark, Dylan | | 16 | Smiley, Andrew | | 17 | Reed, Caleb | | 18 | Tooth, Reid | | 23 | Zloty, Jackson | | 25 | Turner, Dominic | | 28 | Bracken, Garrick | | 29 | Heal, Alex | | 34 | Bangs, Aiden |
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CALGARY ROYALS PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 17 | 2:00 | Hooking | 7:35 | 1 | | 7:35 | 9:35 | 2nd | 10 | 2:00 | Slashing | 14:34 | 1 | | 14:34 | 16:34 | 2nd | 34 | 2:00 | Tripping | 19:38 | 1 | | 19:38 | 1:38 | 3rd | 23 | 2:00 | High-Sticking | 10:28 | 1 | | 10:28 | 12:28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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