VIERUMAKI, Finland – The U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team recorded a 7-0 victory over Russia today in the team’s opening game of the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women’s Under-18 Championship. Katherine Schipper(Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Megan Wolfe (Eagan, Minn.) each recorded three points (1-2—3) in the win to lead a Team USA offense that featured seven different goal scorers.
“I thought it was a good opening win,” said U.S. Head Coach Jeff Kampersal(Pennington, N.J.). “We haven’t had much practice time (but) our kids came together and I thought we played fairly well.”
The U.S. opened scoring on the power play at 9:03 of the first period when Sidney Morin(Chanhassen, Minn.) found the back of the net with a shot from the left point. Wolfe’s tap-in off feeds from Schipper and Maddie Rolfes (West Des Moines, Iowa) at 16:11 andMaliya Rodgers’ (Minnetonka, Minn.) tally from the slot at 17:15 gave Team USA a three-goal lead heading into the first intermission.
Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, N.Y.) and Grace Zarzecki (Chicago, Ill.), who each had an assist in the first period, picked up their second points of the game when Cianfarano netted a shot from the left side at 8:54; Team USA’s only goal of the second period.
The U.S. tacked on three more goals to the final score in the last 20 minutes of the game, scored by Schipper, captain Danielle Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.), and Jincy Dunne(O’Fallon, Mo.). Schipper’s goal was the second power-play goal of the contest for Team USA, while Dunne’s tally was the second goal by a U.S. defenseman.
Team USA will play its second game of the tournament tomorrow (Dec. 30) against Czech Republic at 2 p.m. local time (7 a.m. EST) in Heinola, Finland.
NOTES: Katherine Schipper was named Team USA’s player of the game … Kelly Pannek (Plymouth, Minn.) celebrated her 17th birthday today … Thirteen different U.S. players recorded at least one point in the game and five players gave multiple-point efforts … Team USA goaltender Sidney Peters (Geneva, Ill.) recorded seven saves in the shutout … The U.S. went 2-for-4 on the power play and was 1-for-1 on the penalty kill … Final stats can be viewed below.
Game Summary
Scoring by Period 1 2 3 F
RUS 0 0 0 0
USA 3 1 3 7
First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Morin (Cianfarano, Zarzecki), 9:03 (pp); 2, USA, Wolfe (Schipper, Rolfes), 16:11; 3, USA, Rodgers (Laing, Kent), 17:15. Penalties: RUS, Bocharova (body checking), 8:03.
Second Period – Scoring: 4, USA, Cianfarano (Zarzecki, Wellhausen), 8:54. Penalties: Bulatova (interference), 19:25.
Third Period – Scoring: 5, USA, Schipper (Wolfe), 6:45 (pp); 6, USA, Cameranesi (Dunne, Pannek), 13:07; 7, USA, Dunne (Wolfe, Schipper), 16:01. Penalties: RUS, Nikolayeva (cross-checking), 6:12; USA, bench (too many players), 8:35; RUS, Vorontsova (head contact), 18:50; RUS, Vorontsova (misconduct), 18:50.
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total
RUS 4 2 1 7
USA 18 6 24 48
Goaltenders (SV-SH) 1 2 3 Total
RUS, Morozova, 46:45 15-18 5-6 10-11 30-35
RUS, Shukina, 13:15 - - 11-13 11-13
USA, Peters, 60:00 4-4 2-2 1-1 7-7
Power play: RUS, 0-1; USA, 2-4
Penalties: RUS, 5-18; USA, 1-2
Tag(s): 2013
