ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Despite Molly Schaus' (Natick, Mass.) 49 saves, the U.S. Women's Select Team was edged by Canada, 3-2, on a power-play goal in overtime of the championship game at the 2010 Women's Four Nations Cup here tonight at Mile One Centre. Team USA finished the tournament with a 2-1-1-0 record to garner second place.
"We played our hearts out and put everything on the ice," said Katey Stone, head coach for Team USA. "It was a great hockey game."
The U.S. came out strong in the first period, jumping out to a 10-5 advantage in shots despite being down a player for four minutes of the early part of the frame. Canada gained momentum from a goal at 16:46 and a late power-play opportunity, and evened the shots at 10-10 by the end of the 20 minutes. Rebecca Johnston was the goal-scorer for the Canadians, as her shot from the slot flipped up and over Schaus.
In the second period, Team USA scored back-to-back goals at 9:07 and 10:24 to take a 2-1 lead before Canada evened the tally at 18:11.
Julie Chu (Fairfield, Conn.) beat Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados with a backhanded shot after a give-and-go with Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) for the first U.S. goal, then Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) scored 1:17 later off a feed across the goalmouth from Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (Grand Forks, N.D.).
Meaghan Mikkelson netted a rebound power-play goal for Canada at 18:11 to knot the game at 2-2 heading into the second intermission.
The score remained tied throughout the third period, with Schaus making 20 saves in net for the U.S. to force a 20-minute four-on-four sudden-death overtime session.
In overtime, Kacey Bellamy (Westfield, Mass.) was whistled for tripping as she tried to stop a rushing Canadian player in front of the U.S. net. As she was called, she went down with an injury and had to be taken off the ice before play resumed. Canada then scored on the power play at 6:25 to claim the tournament championship.
NOTES: Canada outshot the U.S. by a 52-26 margin ... The U.S. was 0-for-6 on the power play, while Canada was 2-for-9 ... Molly Schaus was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.) finished as Team USA's top scorer with five points (3-2).
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
| USA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 -- | 2 |
| CAN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 -- | 3 |
First Period - Scoring: 1, CAN, Johnston (Irwin, Agosta), 16:46. Penalties: USA, Lamoureux-Kolls (hooking), 5:22; USA, Bellamy (body checking), 7:20; CAN, Guay (interference), 10:01; USA, Cahow (cross checking), 18:01.
Second Period - Scoring: 2, USA, Chu (Lamoureux), 9:07; 3, USA, Coyne (Lamoureux-Kolls, Potter), 10:24; 4, CAN, Mikkelson (Irwin, Agosta), 18:11 (pp). Penalties: CAN, Mikkelson (interference), 2:10; USA, Engstrom (holding), 5:03; USA, Chu (hooking), 10:50; USA, Cahow (interference), 17:31; CAN, Wickenheiser (hooking), 19:22.
Third Period - Scoring: None. Penalties: CAN, Agosta (slashing), 3:39; CAN, Larocque (tripping), 7:07; USA, Chu (holding), 7:17; CAN, Poulin (hooking), 16:48; USA, Bellamy (body checking), 19:43.
Overtime - Scoring: 5, CAN, Johnston (Mikkelson, Irwin), 6:25 (pp). Penalties: USA, Bellamy (tripping), 4:58.
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| USA | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| CAN | 10 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 52 |
| Goaltenders (SH/SV) | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| USA, Schaus, 66:25 | 10-9 | 11-10 | 20-20 | 11-10 | 52-49 |
| CAN, St-Pierre, 66:25 | 10-10 | 5-3 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 26-24 |
Power Play: USA 0-6; CAN 2-9
Penalties: USA 9-18; CAN 6-12
Officials: Referee-Melanie Bordeleau; Linesmen-Vanessa Stratton, Denise Gaughey
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