BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Youth kept pace with experience on Team Canada this week, as 21-year-old forward Sarah Fillier made her presence felt at the Olympic women’s ice hockey preliminary group round in Beijing.
The youngest woman to wear the maple leaf at the tournament is looking more like a veteran in her Olympic debut, putting the puck in the net four times in two games, including a pair in Canada’s 11-1 slaughter of Finland on Saturday. read more
“I’ve wanted to be here for the past four years,” said Fillier. “To be able to come out and just gel with my linemates right away and put some pucks in the back of the net is really special. It’s just really cool to be here.”
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The Princeton Tiger scored Canada’s opening two goals in their 12-1 trouncing of Switzerland on Thursday and roared past Finland’s defences Saturday, scoring 61 seconds into the affair before landing a sublime backhanded goal in the second period.
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