Game Report 2908		NWT - Series vs. USA
PLAYED AT: UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex Date: Nov 8, 2019 GAME NOTES: CANADA BEATS U.S. IN SERIES OPENER JASON LA ROSE CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Victoria Bach (Milton, Ont.) scored a pair of goals and Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que.) added a goal and an assist, leading Canada’s National Women’s Team to a 4-1 win over the United States on Friday in the first of two games between the long-time rivals. The game marked the 148th meeting between the North American neighbours since 1990; Canada improved its record to 83-64-1 with the victory. Bach needed just over six minutes to get Canada going, taking a feed from Poulin on a two-on-one and tucking a backhand around U.S. goaltender Maddie Rooney. Sarah Fillier (Georgetown, Ont.) doubled the advantage four minutes later, going under the arm of Rooney from the slot, but Hilary Knight batted a tipped puck past Canadian netminder Ann-Renee Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que.) before the end of the opening period. After outshooting the U.S. 10-5 in the first period, Canada continued its offensive push early in the second and was rewarded with a pair of early goals. Poulin was first, forcing a turnover at the Canadian blue-line and racing away to roof a backhand on a shorthanded breakaway at 4:12, and Bach got a shot through a maze of bodies and past Rooney just over two minutes later to make it a 4-1 game. That would be it for scoring as the goaltenders closed the door the rest of the way despite a handful of power plays each way over the final 30 minutes; Desbiens made 22 saves to record the win, while Rooney stopped 19 of 23 in defeat. The series wraps up Sunday afternoon (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT) at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Visiting Team: Canada Home Team: United States
CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Lacasse, Geneviève G 35   Desbiens, Ann-Renée   3   Larocque, Jocelyne   5   Rougeau, Lauriane   7   Stacey, Laura   10   Fillier, Sarah   14   Fast, Renata   15   Daoust, Melodie   20   Nurse, Sarah   23   Ambrose, Erin   24   Spooner, Natalie   26   Clark, Emily   28   Zandee-Hart, Micah   29   Poulin, Marie-Philip   36   Gabel, Loren   39   Bettez, Ann-Sophie   40   Turnbull, Blayre   43   O’Neill, Kristin   51   Bach, Victoria   52   Shelton, Ella   53   Thompson, Claire   54   Maltais, Emma	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 14  2:00  Cross-Checking 16:15 1   16:15 18:15 2nd 43  2:00  Holding 3:31 1   3:31 5:31 2nd 54  2:00  Roughing 9:45 1   9:45 11:45 2nd 40  2:00  Tripping 10:20 1   10:20 12:20 3rd 15  2:00  Slashing 14:49 1   14:49 16:49 3rd 3  2:00  Body-Checking 16:05 1   16:05 18:05	UNITED STATES LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 33   Cavallini, Alex G 35   Rooney, Maddie G 41   Burt, Kaitlin   2   Stecklein, Lee   3   Barnes, Cayla   5   Keller, Megan   6   Flanagan, Kali   7   Lamoureux-Morando, Monique   8   Matheson, Emily   9   Bozek, Megan   11   Shaver, Sophie   12   Pannek, Kelly   15   Brodt, Sydney   16   Scamurra, Haley   17   Lamoureux-Davidson, Jocelyne   20   Brandt, Hannah   21   Knight, Hilary   22   Bellamy, Kacey   24   Cameranesi, Dani   25   Carpenter, Alex   26   Coyne Schofield, Kendall   27   Pankowski, Annie   28   Kessel, Amanda	UNITED STATES PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 15  2:00  Body-Checking 10:48 1   10:48 12:48 2nd 17  2:00  Roughing 9:45 1   9:45 11:45 3rd 3  2:00  Interference 4:51 1   4:51 6:51 3rd 20  2:00  Interference 9:56 1   9:56 11:56 3rd 16  2:00  Holding 14:49 1   14:49 16:49 3rd 5  2:00  Roughing 19:50 1   19:50 20:00

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 6:03   51-29                         1st 10:04   10-36-15                         2nd 4:12  SH  29                         2nd 6:27   51

UNITED STATES Goals UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 14:31   21-24-8

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES CANADA 0 / 6 UNITED STATES 0 / 6 PENALTY SUMMARY CANADA 12 min / 6 inf UNITED STATES 12 min / 6 inf POINT SUMMARY CANADA 4 G + 3 A = 7 Pts UNITED STATES 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total CANADA 2 2 0 4 UNITED STATES 1 0 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off CAN - Desbiens (60:00) (W) 4 12 6 22 /0:00 3rd/20:00 USA - Rooney (60:00) (L) 8 3 8 19 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start:   -  End:   -  Attendance:

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