DAY 4 Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship
April 1, 2016
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upcoming
games DATE
TIME
PHASE
VENUE
GAME
GAME 13
Friday, April 1
1:00 pm
Relegation
McArthur Island Sport & Event Centre
SUI < VS > JPN
GAME 14
Friday, April 1
3:30 pm
Quarter-final
Sandman Centre
SWE < VS > RUS
GAME 15
Friday, April 1
7:30 pm
Quarter-final
Sandman Centre
CZE < VS > FIN
GAME 16
Sunday, April 3
1:00 pm
Relegation
McArthur Island Sport & Event Centre
TBA < VS > TBA
GAME 17
Sunday, April 3
3:00 pm
Semi-final
Sandman Centre
TBA < VS > TBA
GAME 18
Sunday, April 3
5:00 pm
5th Place
McArthur Island Sport & Event Centre
TBA < VS > TBA
GAME 19
Sunday, April 3
7:30 pm
2nd Semi-final
Sandman Centre
TBA < VS > TBA
MAR 31ST GAME
RESULTS
game 9 - group b
game 10 - group a
3-2
8-0
CZE < VS > JPN
USA < VS > RUS
game 11 - group b
game 12 - group a
2-1
6-1
SWE < VS > SUI
CAN < VS > FIN
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Marie-Philip Poulin (29) and Natalie Spooner (24) helped Canada to a 6-1 win over Finland last night, sending the Canadians into Sunday’s semifinal round.
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canada tops finns 6-1 Jennifer Wakefield has certainly taken to her linemates. The Canadian winger had two goals and two assists last night as Canada downed Finland 6-1 at Sandman Centre. The trio of Wakefield, Brianne Jenner and Rebecca Johnston has been Canada’s most potent offensive threat at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Kamloops this week. “It has been amazing,” Wakefield said of her line after the game. “They’re two really fast players and they’re big bodies, so it has just been a super easy transition to use each other and we have fed off each other well. I played with Jenner last world championship and we seem to have taken a step forward from last year.” The line has combined for a tournament-high 18 points. Johnston leads the competition in scoring with seven points, including two goals. Wakefield is hot on her tail, with six points, including three goals, through the first three games. Jenner is fifth in scoring with five points, including a goal. “Her shot is unbelievable,” Natalie
Spooner said of Wakefield. “We just need her to use it more and she was tonight, so it was helping us out.” It was Marie-Philip Poulin who opened the scoring for Canada against the Finns, but Wakefield picked up her first point of the night on a Rebecca Johnston goal to start the second period. The trio combined for Canada’s third and fifth goals in the second — one Jenner’s, the other Wakefield’s — sandwiching Jillian Saulnier’s first marker of the tournament. Wakefield added her second goal, and fourth point, with time winding down in the third, giving Canada the 6-1 victory. With the win, the Canadians booked their ticket to Sunday’s semifinals and will await the results of today’s quarter-final action before learning their opponent. “I think with these last couple games, we have a lot of confidence going forward,” Canadian goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer said, looking to the semis. Starting her second game of the
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SHOOTOUT THURSDAY AT WORLD TOURNEY Klara Hymlarova scored on the 15th breakaway in the shootout round Thursday as the Czech Republic edged Japan 3-2 to end the teams’ preliminary play. The game at McArthur Island featured plenty of action as the teams combined for 61 shots on goal — with the Czechs holding a 33-28 lead. Klara Peslarova was in net for the Czechs, while Nana Fujimoto tended goal for Japan. Prior to the winning shootout marker, the Czechs overcame a 1-0 Japan lead in the second period with a goal from Alena Polenska and a third-period tally by Aneta Tejralova. Japan’s goals came from Chiho Osawa in the first and Mika Hori in the third. • The United States dominated from the start in its 8-0 win over Russia yesterday to finish preliminary-round play. Kendall Coyne had three points and Monique Lamoureux and Hilary Knight had two goals each in the victory, in which the Americans outshot the
Russians 39-16. Nicole Hensley secured the shutout in the U.S. net and became the third of three United States goalies to play in the three opening games, while Maria Sorokina and Nadezhda Morozova shared goaltending duties for Russia. • Anna Borgqvist scored the winner in the shootout last night as Sweden defeated Switzerland 2-1 to remain
undefeated and to send the Swiss into a relegation series against Japan. Sweden fired 39 shots at Swiss netminder Florence Schelling, while Swedish goaltender Sara Grahn faced 22 shots in her crease. Switzerland opened the scoring in the first period on a goal by Evelina Raselli, while Sweden’s Lisa Johansson tied the game in the second.
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LUNCH BUFFET Russia is playing in Group A for the third time in four years and is hoping to play in its third consecutive bronze-medal game in the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Kamloops. The European nation faced off against Finland in the third-place game in both 2015 in Malmö, Sweden, and 2013 in Ottawa, capturing the nation’s second world championship bronze in Canada’s capital. Russia has won the bronze medal twice in women’s world championship action — the 2013 victory in Ontario and a 2001 win in Minneapolis. The nation has brought a mixture of youth and experience to Kamloops for the world championship and is a club that relies on technical skill, discipline and structure, according to head coach Mikhail Chekanov. Veteran forwards Yekaterina Smolentseva and Tatyana Burina — 34 and 36 years old, respectively — wore the Russian uniform for both of the nation’s world championship bronze medals and have each taken part in four Olympic Winter Games. But it’s assistant captain Iya Gavrilova, one of just four Russian players based in North America, who has led the nation offensively in Kamloops thus far. The 28-year-old forward plays her university hockey for the Calgary Dinos of Canadian Interuniversity Sport and won the Canada West scoring race with 43 points, including 20 goals, in 28 games. She was also named the conference’s most valuable player. Alexandra Vafina, Gavrilova’s 25-year-old teammate with both Russia and the Dinos, finished second in Canada West scoring with 35 points, including 14 goals, in 28 games. Meanwhile, Olga Sosina, who led the Russian championship in scoring, and Alevtina Shtaryova, who has been playing professional hockey since she was 15, are also expected to contribute this weekend. Defensively, captain Anna Shukina will lead the nation in its bid for a medal, as well as for Olympic qualification for the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Russia was ranked No. 6 in the world heading to Kamloops, with the top five teams — re-ranked after the world championship ends in Kamloops — heading directly to the Olympics, along with host Korea. The world’s sixth- and seventh-place teams will play in further Olympic qualification tournaments.
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2016
STANDINGS GP
G R O U P A
USA CAN FIN RUS
G R O U P B
SWE CZE SUI
JPN
W
L
OTW OTL
PTS
3 3 0 0 0 9
3 2 1 0 0 6
3 1 2 0 0 3
3 0 3 0 0 0
3
2
0
1
0
8
3
1
1
1
0
5
3 1 2 0 1 4
3
0
2
0
1
1
THREE POINT SYSTEM - For all games points shall be awarded as follows: • 3 points for the winning team at the conclusion of regulation time • 1 point for both teams at the conclusion of regulation time if the game is tied • 0 points for the team losing the game in regulation time • An additional point earned for the team winning the game in a 5-minute overtime period, or the game winning shots (shootout)
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2016 SCORING
LEADERS
Player
Pos GP
G
A
Pts
JOHNSTON Rebecca F 3 2 5 7 WAKEFIELD Jennifer F 3 3 3 6 KNIGHT Hilary
F 3 5 0 5
HUENI Christine
F 3 2 3 5
JENNER Brianne
F
3
1
4
5
LAMOUREUX Monique D 3 2 2 4 DECKER Brianna
F
3
1
3
4
LAMOUREUX-DAVIDSON Jocelyne F
3
1
3
4
GAVRILOVA Iya
F 3 3 0 3
NISKANEN Tanja F 3 2 1 3
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CANADA, U.S. OFF TO SEMIFINALS; JAPAN, SWISS IN RELEGATION BATTLE Canada and the United States are through to semifinal play at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship in Kamloops. The Americans finished atop Group A action last night, defeating the Russians 8-0 to finish the preliminary round undefeated. The Canadians, meanwhile, prevailed 6-1 against Finland to clinch second place in the world championship’s top group and will also have a bye through the quarter-final round. In those quarter-finals today, Russia will take on Sweden and Finland will face off against the Czech Republic. The Russians, who finished third in Group A, were outscored 21-4 in group play and failed to secure a win in games against Canada, the United States and Finland. They will be looking to capture a win against undefeated Sweden, which claimed its pool with a 2-1 shootout win over the Swiss last night. The Swedes also defeated Japan and the Czech Republic in preliminaryround play. In the today’s other quarter-final, Finland, which finished third in Group A, will play the Czech Republic, which
finished second in Group B after its 3-2 shootout triumph over Japan yesterday. The Finns finished the tournament at 1-2, winning their only preliminary round game against Russia, while the Czechs and their 2-1 record were a surprise in Kamloops, with the nation playing in the elite division for only the second time in its history in women’s hockey. Meanwhile, Germany will be back in the elite division of the IIHF Women’s World Championship in 2017. The European nation, which has played at the top level of world competition in 12 of 16 all-time tournaments, booked its ticket to the top flight of play on Tuesday in Aalborg, Denmark, winning its first four games in the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship Division 1 Group A. The Germans were relegated following the 2015 world championship in Malmö, Sweden, losing a pair of overtime decisions to Japan. Germany outscored its competition 16-7 in Denmark, racking up wins against Slovakia, Denmark, Norway and France and losing its only game to Austria.
On Tuesday, a 5-0 victory against their rivals from France — who finished second in the tournament — guaranteed the Germans’ return to the elite division in 2017. The 2017 world championship will be played in Plymouth, Mass. Germany will replace the loser of a relegation series between Switzerland and Japan, which is being contested in Kamloops this weekend. Game 1 of the relegation series goes today at 1 p.m. Game 2 will be played on Sunday at 1 p.m. and Game 3, if necessary, will take place Monday at noon. With Switzerland finishing third in Group B and Japan fourth, the loser of a best-of-three series being played on McArthur Island will drop down to Division 1 Group A in 2017. Facing relegation is a huge blow for the Swiss, who had medal aspirations in Kamloops, having won the Olympic bronze medal in Sochi two years ago. The Japanese, meanwhile, will play in the relegation series for the second consecutive year since returning to the elite division play in 2015.
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After the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Jennifer Wakefield felt the need to do something different. The Canadian forward had basically done it all in North America, winning Olympic gold, 4 Nations gold, under-22 gold and world championship gold with the women’s national team. She also competed for the Clarkson Cup in Canadian Women’s Hockey League action and played in the NCAA Frozen Four three times as a college player. With the Olympics in the rearview mirror and a gold medal around her neck, she hopped on a plane and landed in Europe. “Initially, I kind of just wanted to do something different after the Olympics,” Wakefield told KTW. “After going to a huge Games, you don’t really want that huge letdown after. I decided to go to Sweden and just continue playing. I liked it so much I haven’t really been back.” The 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship is Wakefield’s first major tournament in North America since the 2013 4 Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. Instead of playing her club hockey in the North American CWHL like most of her Canadian teammates, Wakefield has elected to play professionally in Sweden, putting in two seasons with Linköping HC of the Riksserien, the country’s women’s professional league. She won the Riksserien championship in 2014-2015, leading her team in playoff scoring. In 2015-2016, she helped Linköping HC to again reach the championship and was second in the league in goals, with 38. Wakefield said her time in Europe has made her a more complete player. In her first year overseas, she put in half a season in the men’s league, too, and has plans to return to the women’s league for 2016-2017.
“I’ve really enjoyed it,” she said. “I feel like I’ve grown a lot playing overseas. It’s a different style. Just taking what I learned in Canada and then in college and then in Sweden, combining them all together, I think it has been the best of both worlds, to experience something new.” Canada faced off against Sweden in pre-tournament action in Kamloops and fans were witness to a physical game at Sandman Centre. Wakefield said the play was typical of the game in Sweden and, though it was surprising to some of her teammates, she expected it. She scored twice in Canada’s 9-0 victory. “It’s really competitive,” Wakefield said of the Riksserien. Linköping HC boasts some of the elite talent at the 2016 worlds, with Swiss goaltender Florence Schelling manning the team’s crease, Sweden’s top defence pairing of Emilia Ramboldt and Anna Kjellbin patrolling the blue line and Swedish goal scorer Pernilla Winberg up front. “We play as a five-man unit, different than North America,” Wakefield continued. “Having four out of the five as national team players, you can’t really ask for anything better.” However, playing overseas has led to long absences from her hometown of Pickering, Ont., and less time playing with members of Canada’s national team program. Being in Europe has helped Wakefield to better cherish the moments she does have wearing the Maple Leaf, skating in front of a stadium filled with red and white jerseys. She’s hoping her return to Canada can bring with it gold. “Especially for me, you never take it for granted anymore, seeing these girls,” Wakefield said. “It’s just awesome and the group of girls we have this year is just such a fun group and you really want to play for each other and really sacrifice to get the win.”
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