Game Report 2373		IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship
PLAYED AT: Arena 1 Date: Jan 5, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA OPENS U18 WORLDS WITH WIN OVER SWEDEN JESSICA GOWANS OBIHIRO, Japan – Danielle Serdachny (Edmonton, Alta./Pursuit of Excellence, CSSHL) scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal midway through the second period to lead Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team to a 2-1 victory over Sweden on Saturday in the opening game of the 2019 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship. The Canadians hemmed Sweden in its own zone for an extended stretch before Serdachny took the puck from behind the net, walked out to the top of the zone and wired it in through a maze of bodies in front of the net. Daniella Calabrese (Brooklin, Ont./Durham West, PWHL) had the other Canadian goal, and Stephanie Markowski (Edmonton, Alta./Pursuit of Excellence, CSSHL) chipped in two assists. Canada opened the scoring midway through the first period when Calabrese finished off a pretty passing play from Maddi Wheeler (Erinsville, Ont./Nepean, PWHL) and Markowski. The Canadians had chances to extend the lead in the first, including four power-play opportunities, but Swedish netminder Tindra Holm kept the deficit at one after a busy 20 minutes. Sweden’s lone goal came just a few minutes after Serdachny had doubled the Canadian advantage; goaltender Mahika Sarrazin (Gatineau, Que./Limoilou, CEGEP) made the stop on Ronja Mogren’s initital shot, but the rebound bounced right to Gabriella Johansson in the slot for the 2-1 goal. Canada kept its foot on the gas in the third period, outshooting Sweden 18-2 to close out the win. It had a 39-10 edge overall. The Canadians will look to make it two in a row on Monday morning (3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT), taking on the United States in the marquee match-up of the preliminary round. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: Sweden
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Kirk, Raygan G 30   Sarrazin, Mahika   4   Cooper, Kendall   6   Markowski, Stephanie   7   Cote, Laura   8   Gosling, Julia   9   Serdachny, Danielle   10   Guay, Alexie   11   Cherkowski, Anne   12   Shirley, Grace   14   Carter, Megan   16   Naud, Ann-Frédérik   17   Kelly, Nicole   19   Weiss, Rachel   20   Calabrese, Daniella   21   MacEachern, Maggie   24   Trevors, Catherine   25   Snow, Shailynn   26   Gosling, Nicole   28   Wheeler, Maddi	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 17  2:00  Body-Checking 2:30 1   2:30 1st 17  2:00  Goaltender Interference 4:41 1   4:41 1st 8  2:00  Roughing 9:34 1   9:34 2nd 16  2:00  Interference 9:03 1   9:03 3rd 19  5:00  Slashing 5:28 1   5:28 3rd 20  2:00  Tripping 8:50 1   8:50	SWEDEN LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Holm, Tindra G 30   Johansson, Amanda   2   Johansson, Gabriella   4   Aho, Selina   6   Beverin, Maja   7   Olsson, Vendela   8   Lidman, Nathalie   9   Bouveng, Josefin   10   Waxin, Mina   12   Ljungblom, Lina   14   Antonsson, Jenny   15   Mogren, Ronja   16   Blom, Lova   17   Svensson, Elin   18   Grundstrom, Maja   19   Asell, Annie   20   Forsberg, Estelle   21   Thuvik, Hanna   23   Forsgren, Emma   24   Berggren, Malou   26   Lindberg, Maria   27   Nordlund, Felicia   28   Johansson, Thea	SWEDEN PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 14  2:00  Hooking 8:44 1   8:44 1st 12  2:00  Roughing 9:34 1   9:34 1st 28  2:00  Body-Checking 13:25 1   13:25 1st 8  2:00  Holding 15:29 1   15:29 2nd 12  2:00  Holding 1:03 1   1:03 2nd 9  5:00  High-Sticking 7:50 1   7:50 8:51 3rd 24  2:00  Tripping 0:57 1   0:57 3rd 24  2:00  Tripping 16:00 1   16:00

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 8:24   20-28-6                         2nd 8:51  PP  9-8-6

SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 11:57   2-15-20

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 1 / 8 SWEDEN 0 / 6 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 15 min / 6 inf SWEDEN 19 min / 8 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts SWEDEN 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 1 1 0 2 SWEDEN 0 1 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Sarrazin (60:00) (W) 3 4 2 9 /0:00 3rd/20:00 SWE - Holm (60:00) (L) 8 6 18 32 /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 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Game Report.

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