Wednesday, August 18 | 4 p.m. MT | Calgary, Alberta | Pre-Tournament
GAME NOTES: Canada vs. Finland (August 18)
TV: TSN | TSN Direct
Finally. It’s game day. After 557 days,
Canada’s National Women’s Team gets back to international competition when it faces off with Finland in
pre-tournament action ahead of the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship.
LAST GAME
You have to go all the way back to Feb. 8, 2020 for the last official Team
Canada game.
That night in Anaheim, Jill Saulnier and Loren Gabel scored first-period goals and Mélodie
Daoust gave the Canadians a lead in the second, but the U.S. closed out the
Rivalry Series with a 4-3 overtime win. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down the
world a month later.
The Finns’ last game also came Feb. 8, 2020; they closed out the Euro
Hockey Tour with a 4-0 win over the tournament hosts in Tranås, Sweden.
Michelle Karvinen scored twice, Jenni Hiirikoski and Ronja Savolainen had
one each and Noora Räty made 21 saves for…