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CALGARY, AB – Canada’s National
Women’s Under-18 Team has won the
silver medal at the 2008 IIHF World
Women’s Under-18 Championship after
dropping a 5-2 decision to the USA
in Saturday night’s gold medal game.
Carolyne Prevost (Sarnia, ON) and
Jess Jones (Picton, ON) scored goals
for Canada, who were unable to
recover from a 4-0 second-period
deficit. Prevost also added an
assist, while Delayne Brian
(Winnipeg, MB) made 22 saves.
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Natalie Spooner (Scarborough, ON), Marie-Philip
Poulin (Beauceville, QC) and Canadian captain
Lauriane Rougeau (Beaconsfield, QC) were named
Canada’s Top Three Players, while Rougeau (Top
Defenseman) and Poulin (Top Forward) also took home
IIHF Directorate awards.
The Czech Republic took the Bronze Medal with a 4 -2
win over Sweden. In the other games for 5th
spot it was Germany over Finland with a final 4 - 1
and in the final game for 7th spot it was
Switzerland defeating Russia with a final score of 4
- 1.
The 2008 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship is
the first-ever world championship held at the
women’s Under-18 level, with eight teams – Canada,
the United States, Sweden, Finland, Germany,
Switzerland, Russia and the Czech Republic – taking
part in the six-day tournament from January 7-12 at
Father David Bauer Arena and Norma Bush Arena.
Canada
vs USA
Goals/Penalty Summary
First period
Goals:
12:12 USA 19 Meagan Mangene (12 Brooke Ammerman )
18:48 USA 12 Brooke Ammerman (14 Brianna Decker )
Penalties:
01:08 USA 2 Blake Bolden (High Sticking-2
minutes)
01:20 CAN 4 Lauriane Rougeau (Interference-2
minutes)
06:25 CAN 2 Samantha Watt (Delay of Game-2
minutes)
Second Period
Goals:
02:29 USA 11 Kendall Coyne (16 Sarah Erickson )
08:14 USA 14 Brianna Decker
18:17 CAN 14 Carolyne Prevost (4 Lauriane Rougeau
) PP
Penalties:
04:07 USA 15 Sasha Sherry (Interference-2
minutes)
08:42 USA 8 Kelly Wild (Holding-2 minutes)
13:22 CAN 10 Marie-Philip Poulin (Cross
Checking-2 minutes)
16:12 USA 2 Blake Bolden (Interference-2 minutes)
17:18 USA 1 Alyssa Grogan (Tripping-2 minutes)
Third Period
Goals:
02:20 CAN 6 Jessica Jones (14 Carolyne Prevost )
12:16 USA 18 Amanda Kessel PP
Penalties:
05:26 CAN Team (Too Many Men-2 minutes)
10:25 CAN 10 Marie-Philip Poulin (Hooking-2
minutes)
18:15 CAN 2 Samantha Watt (Tripping-2 minutes)
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