BLAINE, Minn. - The United States Women's National Under-18 Team fell to Canada in a shootout today, 5-4, in the final contest of a three-game series between the two teams. "It was a game of momentum and it was an exciting finish," said Jeff Kampersal, head coach of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team. "We showed a lot of heart and passion to come back and I thought both countries represented themselves well this weekend." Team USA scored the game's opening goal for the third-straight time in the series when Taylar Cianfarano(Oswego, N.Y.) picked up the rebound from teammate Jenny Ryan's (Victor, N.Y.) point shot and scooted the puck to Amy Menke (Shakopee, Minn.), who then banged it in from close range. Canada scored with 4:21 to play in the first period, sending the game into the second stanza knotted at one goal apiece. Canada gained a 2-1 edge just 1:20 into the middle period that stood going back into the locker room. In the third period, Canada took a 4-1 lead on goals three minutes apart at 6:29 and 9:50, but the United States rallied for three goals in the final five minutes to send the game to overtime. Jincy Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo.) lifted the U.S. offense with an unassisted blast from the point with 4:53 to play and Gracen Hirschy (Fort Wayne, Ind.) put Team USA within one goal 1:29 later on a pass from Kate Schipper (Brooklyn Park, Minn.). Captain Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.) found the net with help fromSydney Daniels (Southwick, Mass.) and Ryan with just 1:40 left on the clock. In the five-minute, four-on-four overtime, neither team scored. The U.S. had two shots to Canada's one. Canada went first in the shootout, scoring just once - in the second round -- in the standard three-round showdown. Dunne equalized the effort in dramatic fashion scoring for the U.S. in the third round with a hard wrist shot that hit the post and went in to send the shootout into extra rounds. Karly Heffernan eventually got the game winner for Canada in the seventh round. The U.S. finishes the 2012 series with a 1-0-1-1 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record and is now 8-7-3 all-time vs. Canada in six years of the event's existence. The team will regroup this December for the 2013 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship, held in Finland from Dec. 29, 2012 to Jan. 5, 2013. NOTES: Series history can be viewed by clicking here ... Dani Cameranesi and Jincy Dunne tied with a Canadian player for most goals in the series (2) ... Cameranesi, Grace Zarzecki, and Jenny Ryan tied for the series lead in points (3). Game Summary: | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | F | CAN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | USA | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Menke (Cianfarano, Ryan), 5:01; 2, CAN, Brykaliuk (Clark, Capizzano), 15:39. Penalties: None. Second Period - Scoring: 3, CAN, Miller (Dubois) 1:20. Penalties: USA, Daniels (elbowing), 3:47; CAN, Capizzano (hooking), 12:58; USA, Daniels (roughing), 14:16; CAN, Bunton (roughing), 14:16; CAN, Ottenbreit-Daunheimer (hooking), 17:10. Third Period - Scoring: 4, CAN, Krzyzaniak (Brykaliuk, Clark), 6:29 (pp); 5, CAN, Carels, 9:50; 6, USA, Dunne, 15:57; 7, USA, Hirschy (Schipper), 16:51; 8, USA, Cameranesi (Daniels, Ryan), 18:20. Penalties: USA, Wolfe (interference), 1:02; USA, Schipper (slashing), 12:56; CAN, Ranahan (interference), 5:23. Overtime - Scoring: None. Penalties: None. Shootout -CAN, Baumgardt ( miss) ; USA, Zarzecki (miss) ; CAN, Brykaliuk (goal); USA, Cianfarano (miss); CAN, Dubois (miss); USA, Dunne (goal); CAN, Miller (miss); USA, Padalis, (miss); CAN, Clark (miss); USA, Dunne (miss); CAN, Brykaliuk (miss); USA, Schipper (miss); CAN, Heffernan (goal); USA, Cameranesi (miss) . Shots by Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total | CAN | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 26 | USA | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 36 |
Goaltenders (SV/SH ) | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total | CAN, Newell, 65:00 | 11-12 | 12-12 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 32-36 | USA, Shaw, 29:54 | 6-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-12 | Peters 35:06 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 12-14 |
Power Play: CAN, 1-2; USA, 0-2
Penalties: CAN, 3-6; USA, 3-6 |
