Game Report 1848		Olympic Winter Games - Women
PLAYED AT: Kwandong Hockey Centre Date: Feb 11, 2018 GAME NOTES: CANADA GETS SHUTOUT WIN IN OLYMPIC OPENER JASON LA ROSE GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) and Mélodie Daoust (Valleyfield, Que./Montreal, CWHL) scored two goals apiece, sending Canada's Women's Olympic Team to a 5-0 win over the Olympic Athletes from Russia in its opening game Sunday at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Johnston added an assist for a three-point performance, while captain Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) chipped in with three helpers in the win. Ann-Renée Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que./University of Wisconsin, WCHA), one of nine Canadians who made their Olympic debuts, stopped all 18 shots she faced to earn the shutout between the pipes. Canada controlled the puck in the first period, holding a 15-5 advantage in shots on goal over the Russians, but couldn't find a way past goaltender Nadezhda Morozova, who kept the game scoreless after 20 minutes. The best chance of the opening period belonged to Jennifer Wakefield (Pickering, Ont./Linköping HC, SWE), who wired a shot off the crossbar behind Morozova with just under eight minutes left in the first. Johnston needed less than two minutes of the second period to open the scoring; Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) poked the puck into the slot, where Johnston beat Morozova just inside the post. Haley Irwin (Thunder Bay, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) doubled the lead at 4:13, getting her stick on a Johnston shot for a power-play goal, and Daoust converted a pretty pass from Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.) late in the middle frame to make it a 3-0 game. The Canadians came out firing in the third period, racking up half of their 48 shots on goal in the final stanza. Johnston added her second goal of the game on the power play at 8:41, absolutely roofing a short-side shot past Morozova, and Daoust poked in a Poulin rebound just over two minutes later to cap the scoring. The victory runs Canada's Olympic winning streak to 21; it has not lost on the biggest stage in sports since the gold medal game at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. It will look to make it 22 on Tuesday when it faces off against Finland (2:30 a.m. ET/11:30 p.m. PT) in the second of three preliminary-round games at the Kwandong Hockey Centre. Visiting Team: Olympic Athletes from Russia Home Team: Canada
OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Aleksandrova, Nadezhda G 92   Morozova, Nadezhda   2   Goncharenko, Angelina   10   Belyakova, Lyudmila   11   Ganeyeva, Liana   12   Lovova, Yekaterina   13   Pirogova, Nina   15   Pavlova, Valeria   17   Kadirova, Fanuza   18   Sosina, Olga   22   Batalova, Maria   27   Chistyakova, Anastasia   28   Kanayeva, Diana   34   Tkachyova, Svetlana   44   Starovoitova, Alyona   59   Dergachyova, Yelena   68   Shtaryova, Alevtina   73   Kulishova, Viktoria   76   Nikolayeva, Yekaterina   88   Smolina, Yekaterina   94   Dyupina, Evgenia   97   Shokhina, Anna	OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 2  2:00  Cross-Checking 1:09 1   1:09 3:09 1st 10  2:00  Tripping 11:00 1   11:00 13:00 2nd 12  2:00  Body-Checking 4:05 1   4:05 4:13 2nd 13  2:00  Body-Checking 9:25 1   9:25 11:25 2nd 17  2:00  Holding 19:54 1   19:54 1:54 3rd 22  2:00  Cross-Checking 7:07 1   7:07 8:41 3rd 2  2:00  Delay of Game 8:17 1   8:17 10:17	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Szabados, Shannon G 35   Desbiens, Ann-Renée   2   Agosta, Meghan   3   Larocque, Jocelyne   4   Lacquette, Brigette   5   Rougeau, Lauriane   6   Johnston, Rebecca   7   Stacey, Laura   8   Fortino, Laura   9   Wakefield, Jennifer   11   Saulnier, Jill   12   Mikkelson, Meaghan   14   Fast, Renata   15   Daoust, Melodie   17   Bram, Bailey   19   Jenner, Brianne   20   Nurse, Sarah   21   Irwin, Haley   24   Spooner, Natalie   26   Clark, Emily   29   Poulin, Marie-Philip   40   Turnbull, Blayre	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 6  2:00  Body-Checking 16:58 1   16:58 18:58 3rd 20  2:00  Tripping 2:44 1   2:44 4:44

OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA Goals OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 1:55   6-19-11                         2nd 4:13  PP  21-6                         2nd 15:58   15-2-29                         3rd 8:41  PP  6-4-29                         3rd 10:44   15-29

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 0 / 2 CANADA 2 / 7 PENALTY SUMMARY OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 14 min / 7 inf CANADA 4 min / 2 inf POINT SUMMARY OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA 5 G + 8 A = 13 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total OLYMPIC ATHLETES FROM RUSSIA 0 0 0 0 CANADA 0 3 2 5 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off OAR - Morozova (50:44) (L) 15 6 12 33 /0:00 3rd/10:44 OAR - Aleksandrova (9:16) 0 0 10 10 /10:44 3rd/20:00 CAN - Desbiens (60:00) (W) 5 7 6 18 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official Olympic Winter Games - Women Game Report.

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