“It’s amazing,” said Canadian defender Claire Thompson. “It’s what we work towards. It’s our goal every time we come to the tournament. We’re excited to come out tomorrow and compete hard.”
Recording a goal and an assist in this semi-final win, captain Marie-Philip Poulin broke Hayley Wickenheiser’s all-time Canadian scoring record (86 points) at the Women’s Worlds as she hit 88 points. The Quebec-born superstar leads this tournament with 11 points (4+7=11).
“It’s amazing and so well-deserved,” said linemate Laura Stacey. “I think you can see her work ethic day in and day out. To see her break that record is pretty special. I think it’s countless hours, countless years of hard work, and obviously she’s the best to ever do it, so we’re pretty lucky to have her on our team.”
Daryl Watts scored a pair of goals, and Thompson had a goal and two assists. Danielle Serdachny notched a goal and an assist, and Erin Ambrose, Emily Clark and Sarah Nurse also scored for Canada. Stacey and Jennifer Gardiner chipped in two assists apiece.
Captain Michelle Karvinen had the lone goal for the Finns. Czechia downed Finland 4-2 in round-robin play. Karvinen left the game in the third period after taking a high hit from Watts, who got a five-minute major and a game misconduct.
A disappointed Noora Tulus reflected: “Honestly, I don’t really know what happened. We were too easy to score on. We need to check it afterward and get better. But we also need to take all the good things we did today. Tomorrow’s coming fast and we need to look forward.”
Final shots favoured Canada 34-20. Goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens also set a new record with 22 all-time Women’s Worlds wins, surpassing Switzerland’s Florence Schelling (21). Czech goalie Klara Peslarova equalled Schelling’s old mark with her two shutouts versus Switzerland.
Poulin hailed Desbiens’ accomplishment: “She had a little break a couple years back and to see the fire in her eyes now that she’s back, there’s no better person it could happen to, and I’m not surprised [she’s got the record]. She’s a warrior, she fights. She’s coming back from injury, she wanted to be here, and…
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