Game Report 227 IIHF Women's World Championship
PLAYED AT: USA Hockey Arena – A1
Date: Apr 3, 2017
GAME NOTES: CANADA ROUTS RUSSIA FOR FIRST WIN AT WOMEN’S WORLDS JASON LA ROSE PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Jennifer Wakefield (Pickering, Ont./Linköping HC, SWE) scored twice in a four-goal first period, and Canada’s National Women’s Team got into the win column Monday at the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship with an 8-0 victory over Russia. The win leaves the Canadians at 1-2 in preliminary-round play, but they will advance directly to the semifinals if the United States beats Finland in regulation time in the round-robin finale on Monday night. Wakefield added an assist for a three-point afternoon, while Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ont.), Brianne Jenner (Oakville, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) and Sarah Potomak (Aldergrove, B.C./University of Minnesota, WCHA) had a goal and a helper apiece. After an end-to-end opening few minutes, Canada took control in the latter half of the first period. Wakefield got it started at 14:30, wiring a shot through the legs of a Russia defender and through a perfect screen by Haley Irwin (Thunder Bay, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) to put the Canadians ahead for good. Emily Clark (Saskatoon, Sask./University of Wisconsin, WCHA) made it 2-0 57 seconds later, finding a loose puck off the face-off and tucking her shot past goaltender Maria Sorokina, and Wakefield added her second 78 seconds after that, beating Sorokina to a rebound at the side of the net to push the lead to 3-0. Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL) capped the scoring spree at 18:37, redirecting in a shot from Potomak; in all, the Canadians scored four goals in four minutes and seven seconds. Canada clicked again on the power play midway through the second period when Ambrose patiently carried the puck to the face-off dot to the left of Sorokina before snapping in her first national team goal. Canadian netminder Shannon Szabados (Edmonton, Alta./Fort Saskatchewan, CHL) was at her best in the second period, making seven of her 16 saves, including a couple of point-blank stops that kept the Russians off the scoreboard. Jenner made it 6-0 on another Canadian power play just shy of the five-minute mark of the third period, taking a quick pass from Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont./Calgary, CWHL) and going five-hole on Sorokina. That would be all for the Russian puck-stopper, who turned away 29 of the 35 shots she faced. Agosta welcomed Nadezhda Alexandrova to the game with the 7-0 goal less than two minutes after the goaltending change, scoring through traffic in front, and Potomak got her first with the national team on a rebound with 41 seconds left to finish the scoring. Canada finished with a one-sided 41-16 advantage in shots on goal. 		Visiting Team: Russia
 Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G31  Alexandrova, Nadezhda
G69  Sorokina, Maria
G92  Morozova, Nadezhda
 2  Goncharenko, Angelina
 7  Mitrofanova, Elina
 8  Gavrilova, Iya
 9  Vafina, Alexandra
 10  Belyakova, Lyudmila
 11  Ganeyeva, Liana
 12  Lobova, Yekaterina
 13  Pirogova, Nina
 17  Smolentseva, Yekaterina
 18  Sosina, Olga
 21  Shukina, Anna
 22  Batalova, Maria
 24  Malyavko, Lidia
 27  Kadirova, Fanuza
 55  Skiba, Galina
 59  Dergachyova, Yelena
 68  Shtaryova, Alevtina
 70  Shibanova, Anna
 91  Shatalova, Tatyana
 94  Dyupina, Evgenia
 97  Shokhina, Anna
RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st12 2:00 Tripping 3:111 3:115:11
1st21 2:00 Tripping 13:081 13:0814:30
2nd13 2:00 Interference 9:561 9:5611:01
2nd27 2:00 Tripping 18:491 18:490:49
3rd2 2:00 Hooking 1:221 1:223:23
3rd94 2:00 High-Sticking 3:241 3:245:24
3rd55 2:00 Slashing 17:181 17:1819:18
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
CANADA LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Szabados, Shannon
G30  Maschmeyer, Emerance
G31  Lacasse, Geneviève
 2  Agosta, Meghan
 3  Larocque, Jocelyne
 5  Rougeau, Lauriane
 6  Johnston, Rebecca
 8  Fortino, Laura
 9  Wakefield, Jennifer
 12  Mikkelson, Meaghan
 17  Bram, Bailey
 18  Krzyzaniak, Halli
 19  Jenner, Brianne
 21  Irwin, Haley
 23  Ambrose, Erin
 24  Spooner, Natalie
 26  Clark, Emily
 29  Poulin, Marie-Philip
 36  Fast, Renata
 37  Davis, Sarah
 40  Turnbull, Blayre
 43  Stacey, Laura
 44  Potomak, Sarah
   
CANADA PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
2nd12 2:00 Tripping 2:321 2:324:32
2nd26 2:00 Slashing 3:281 3:285:28
2nd17 2:00 Holding 7:461 7:469:46
3rd43 2:00 Holding the Stick 13:541 13:5415:54
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
RUSSIA Goals RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st14:30 PP 9-21-2            
1st15:33  26-6-29            
1st16:51  9-21-18            
1st18:37  24-44            
2nd11:01 PP 23-29-19            
3rd4:56  19-6            
3rd6:41  2-9            
3rd19:19  44-3-12            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
RUSSIA 0 / 4
CANADA 2 / 7
PENALTY SUMMARY
RUSSIA 14 min / 7 inf
CANADA 8 min / 4 inf
POINT SUMMARY
RUSSIA 0 G + A = 0 Pts
CANADA 8 G + 13 A = 21 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
RUSSIA0000
CANADA4138
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
RUS - Sorokina (44:56) (L)1510429/0:003rd/4:56
RUS - Alexandrova (15:04) 0044/4:563rd/20:00
CAN - Szabados (60:00) (W)57416/0:003rd/20:00
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CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF Women's World Championship Game Report.

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