Emily Clark scored twice, together with the go-ahead aim 5:05 into the third interval, and Canada beat america 3-1 in Recreation 1 of a nine-game pre-Olympic Rivalry Collection between the nationwide ladies’s hockey groups Friday evening.
It was the primary assembly between the cross-border rivals and world’s prime hockey powers since Canada’s 3-2 time beyond regulation victory within the gold medal sport of the ladies’s world championships in Calgary, Alberta, on Aug. 31. The Canadians have received three straight conferences to mark their greatest streak since a five-game run earlier than a 3-2 shootout loss within the gold-medal sport on the 2018 Winter Video games in South Korea.
Clark sealed the end result with an empty-net aim, and Sarah Fillier additionally scored for Canada, which ended the People’ run of profitable 5 consecutive world titles in August. Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 28 pictures, together with 14 within the second interval when the U.S. outshot Canada 15-3. Her greatest cease got here 20 seconds after Clark scored, when she held her floor to show apart Hayley Scamurra’s backhander from in tight off a Canada turnover in its personal finish.
Scamurra scored and Alex Cavallini stopped 16 pictures.
The groups will meet once more in Hartford, Connecticut, on Monday evening.
Clark’s go-ahead aim got here shortly after Canada’s power-play unit did not register a shot on internet with Megan Bozek off for cross-checking. Ella Shelton arrange the play by gaining the American blue line and turning round in the precise circle to feed Clark, who’s shot beat Cavallini by way of a display screen and contained in the close to put up.
The groups traded power-play objectives by way of the primary 40 minutes, with Canada opening the scoring on Fillier’s 13:39 into the primary interval, and 29 seconds after Abby Roque was penalized for tripping.
Off the faceoff within the U.S. zone, Canada labored the puck again to Erin Ambrose, who’s shot from the blue line was tipped in entrance by teammate Rebecca Johnston. Cavallini made the cease, however was unable to regulate the rebound, which dribbled to her left, the place an untouched Fillier swept it into the open aspect.
Scamurra tied it 11:21 into the second interval, when Maschmeyer stopped Caroline Harvey’s level shot. Scamurra spun away from Renata Quick in entrance and roofed the rebound contained in the crossbar.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down ladies’s hockey for 18 months, the outing was Group USA’s first in opposition to a global opponent on U.S. soil in 622 days, courting to a 4-3 time beyond regulation win over Canada in a rivalry collection sport performed at Anaheim, California, on Feb. 8, 2020.
The primary interval wasn’t over earlier than the dangerous blood between the 2 groups turned obvious with U.S. ahead Hilary Knight exchanging shoves with Canada’a Melodie Daoust following a scramble in entrance of the Canadian internet with three seconds remaining.
NOTES: U.S. G Maddie Rooney, who missed the world championship after struggling a decrease physique damage, is being eased again into motion and never anticipated to play till the group travels to play a three-game collection in opposition to Russia in Northern Eire beginning on Nov. 9. … Canada D Blayre Turnbull, who broke her fibula in the course of the gold-medal celerations in August, has resumed skating however there isn’t any timetable for her return. … U.S. captain Kendall Coyne Schofield performed in her one hundred and fiftieth worldwide sport, together with the Beneath-18 and -22 ranges.
