Game Report 91

NWT - 4 Nations Cup

PLAYED AT: Järvenpää Arena
Date: Nov 5, 2016
GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS TO U.S. IN 4 NATIONS GOLD MEDAL GAME JASON LA ROSE JÄRVENPÄÄ, Finland – Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que./Montreal, CWHL) opened and closed the scoring, but the United States scored five of the six in between, handing Canada’s National Women’s Team a 5-3 loss Saturday in the gold medal game at the 2016 4 Nations Cup. It’s the second year in a row the Americans have beaten Canada in the final. Overall, the Canadians still lead the all-time gold medal count, 14 to seven. Riding the momentum of their preliminary-round win on Friday, the Canadians jumped out to a quick lead just 3:40 after the puck dropped when Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, Ont./Toronto, CWHL) found Poulin in front for the 1-0 goal. But Emily Pfalzer brought the U.S. even at 16:51, and Hilary Knight streaked down the right wing to beat Canadian netminder Emerance Maschmeyer (Bruderheim, Alta./Calgary, CWHL) only 79 seconds after that, sending the Americans to the dressing room with a 2-1 lead after one period. The U.S. had the edge in a scoreless second period, outshooting Canada 13-4, but strong play from Maschmeyer kept it a one-goal game through 40 minutes. Laura Stacey (Kleinburg, Ont./Brampton, CWHL) tied it for the Canadians with her first international goal just shy of the six-minute mark of the third period, wiring a wrist shot past U.S. netminder Alex Rigsby. Unfortunately for Canada, an offensive burst by the Americans all but put the game away shortly after. Brianna Decker found the puck in the slot and hammered a slap shot past Maschmeyer just 53 seconds after the Stacey goal, Knight drove to the net for her second of the game at 9:46 and Kelli Stack finished a set-up from Alex Carpenter at 11:47, capping a three-goals-in-five-minutes spurt that made it a 5-2 game. Poulin got a consolation goal with 40 seconds left, but two goals would be as close as Canada would get. The captain finished as Canada’s leading scorer at the tournament, scoring three times and adding three assists in four games, two points up on Laura Fortino (Hamilton, Ont./Brampton, CWHL), who added her fourth helper of the tournament on the opening goal.

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: United States

CANADA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	30	Maschmeyer, Emerance
G	31	Lacasse, Geneviève
	2	Agosta, Meghan
	3	Larocque, Jocelyne
	4	Lacquette, Brigette
	6	Johnston, Rebecca
	8	Fortino, Laura
	14	Kessel, Courtney
	15	Daoust, Melodie
	17	Bram, Bailey
	19	Jenner, Brianne
	20	Kohanchuk, Jenelle
	21	Irwin, Haley
	23	Ambrose, Erin
	24	Spooner, Natalie
	26	Campbell, Jessica
	29	Poulin, Marie-Philip
	36	Fast, Renata
	37	Davis, Sarah
	43	Stacey, Laura

CANADA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	29	2:00	Hooking	19:49	1		19:49	1:49
2nd		2:00	Too Many Players	3:52	1		3:52	5:52
2nd	36	2:00	Interference	12:24	1		12:24	14:24
2nd	29	2:00	Slashing	14:55	1		14:55	16:55

UNITED STATES LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	29	Hensley, Nicole
G	33	Rigsby, Alex
	2	Stecklein, Lee
	5	Keller, Megan
	7	Lamoureux-Morando, Monique
	8	Pfalzer, Emily
	9	Bozek, Megan
	10	Duggan, Meghan
	11	Skarupa, Haley
	14	Decker, Brianna
	15	Schleper, Anne
	16	Stack, Kelli
	17	Lamoureux-Davidson, Jocelyne
	20	Brandt, Hannah
	21	Knight, Hilary
	22	Bellamy, Kacey
	25	Carpenter, Alex
	26	Coyne Schofield, Kendall
	27	Pankowski, Anne
	32	Trivigno, Dana
	37	Pelkey, Amanda

UNITED STATES PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	9	2:00	Slashing	4:11	1		4:11	6:11
1st	2	2:00	Hooking	10:04	1		10:04	12:04
1st	37	2:00	Tripping	13:44	1		13:44	15:44
2nd	16	2:00	Hooking	8:48	1		8:48	10:49

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

3:40

29-24-8

3rd

5:50

43-26

3rd

19:20

29-21-6

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st