Poulin scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Desbiens made 31 saves to help Canada take the series lead
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ST. LOUIS, Mo.
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Canada’s National Women’s Team got a pair of goals from captain Marie-Philip Poulin (Beauceville, Que.) to earn a 2-1
overtime victory over the United States on Wednesday night at the Centene
Community Ice Center.
• Poulin
scored the game-winner at 3:51 of overtime. She opened the scoring with
power-play goal at 8:44 of the second period.
• Erin Ambrose (Keswick, Ont.), Rebecca Johnston (Sudbury, Ont.)
and Jocelyne Larocque (Ste. Anne, Man.) recorded an
assist each.
• Ann-Renée Desbiens (La Malbaie, Que.)
turned aside 31 shots.
• The U.S. outshot Canada 32-26.
Next Game:
Canada vs. United States – Friday, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
Quotes:
“At the start we looked a little bit slow and sloppy, but as we got our
legs under us, I thought the game started to come together. Our…