Game Report 687		IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship
PLAYED AT: Ice Center – Rink 1 Date: Mar 29, 2014 GAME NOTES: WILDFANG SCORES OT GAME-WINNER AGAINST RUSSIA; CANADA TO GO FOR THIRD STRAIGHT U18 WORLDS GOLD KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE BUDAPEST, Hungary – Canada will go for gold again at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship. But that fate wasn’t set in a stone, a fact proven by Russia in Saturday’s semifinal, as it took just over 63 minutes until the red and white were finally able to crack the scoreboard at the Budapest Ice Center and earn their berth in Sunday’s gold medal game with a 1-0 victory. Canadian captain Lauren Wildfang (Waterdown, Ont./Toronto, PWHL) scored the game-winner, with assists from Rebecca Leslie (Ottawa, Ont./Ottawa, PWHL) and Karly Heffernan (Sherwood Park, Alta./Pursuit of Excellence, JWHL), although it was hard to tell whose stick the puck went off of as a sea of red and white jerseys crashed the net, and when the puck cross the goal line, piled on top of each other as they celebrated in the Russian end. “That’s all that matters,” Wildfang said of the puck going into the net, rather than who actually put it there. “We were just planning on putting everything to net, and everyone go the net, and then hoping something went it; we knew their goalie was playing really well that game. “We knew that it wasn’t going to necessarily be the prettiest goal,” she added. “All it was, was a shot, a rebound and a shot again, and it trickled in, and that’s all we could ask for.” Russian goaltender Valeria Tarakanova made an incredible 69 saves to help keep Russia in the running and send the game into the extra frame. But Canadian netminder Shea Tiley (Shallow Lake, Ont./Waterloo, PWHL) was just as outstanding between the posts, making some key saves and turning away 24 shots to earn her player of the game honours. Both teams battled hard from the first puck drop until Canada’s OT goal, with the Russians repeatedly denying Canada’s offensive attempts and getting a couple of solid breakaways and two-on-ones that could have easily turned the game into the other direction. But in the end, this semifinal belonged to Canada, which will go for its third straight gold medal tomorrow at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Budapest, with its opponents to be determined by today’s other semifinal between the Czech Republic and the United States. The puck drops on this year’s gold medal game at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT on Sunday. Visiting Team: Russia Home Team: Canada
RUSSIA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Tarakanova, Valeria G 29   Morozova, Nadezhda   2   Batalova, Maria   3   Kadirova, Fanuza   5   Mamatsashvili, Alexandra   7   Kanayeva, Diana   8   Rakhimova, Alsu   10   Vodopyanova, Yelena   11   Ganeyeva, Liana   13   Pirogova, Nina   14   Teryoshkina, Daria   15   Timofeyeva, Anna   16   Neryuyeva, Alexandra   18   Korotkikh, Kristina   19   Shokhina, Anna   22   Bolgareva, Polina   23   Verkhovtseva, Karina   24   Shtaryova, Alevtina   25   Bodrikova, Maria   26   Seredina, Daria   27   Chistyakova, Anastasia   28   Myuller, Ulyana	RUSSIA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 7  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 16:37 1   16:37 5:23 1st 13  2:00  Slashing minor 18:54 1   18:54 3:06 3rd 25  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 7:50 1   7:50 14:10 3rd 23  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 12:29 1   12:29 9:31	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Tiley, Shea G 30   Sauvé, Kassidy   2   Fieseler, Samantha   3   Noronha, Hailey   4   Pinkney, Kaila   6   MacMillan, Ainsley   7   Healey, Jessica   8   Zandee-Hart, Micah   10   Miller, Hannah   12   Bach, Victoria   13   Labelle, Alexandra   14   Wilson-Bennett, Breanne   15   Cogan, Samantha   16   Picard, Éve-Audrey   17   Bellerive, Brielle   18   Stacey, Brooke   19   Leslie, Rebecca   21   Wildfang, Lauren   23   Heffernan, Karly   25   Lalancette, Stéphanie   26   Potomak, Sarah   27   Spring, Lauren	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 14  2:00  (auto) Body Checking minor 12:52 1   12:52 9:08

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     1st OT 3:09   21-19-23

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

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 Total RUSSIA 0 0 0 0 0 CANADA 0 0 0 1 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off RUS - Tarakanova (66:51) (OTL) 22 25 17 5 69 /0:00 1st OT/6:51 CAN - Tiley (66:51) (W) 7 6 9 2 24 /0:00 1st OT/6:51 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 9:00 AM   -  End: 9:00 AM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship Game Report.

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