Canada wins 3rd straight to send Rivalry Series to decisive Game 7, beating US 3-0 in Regina
Natalie Spooner opened the scoring on a power play 58 seconds into the third period and Canada won its third straight to send the Rivalry Series to a decisive seventh game, beating the United States 3-0 on Friday night
REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — Natalie Spooner opened the scoring on a power play 58 seconds into the third period and Canada won its third straight to send the Rivalry Series to a decisive seventh game, beating the United States 3-0 on Friday night.
Emerance Maschmeyer made 27 saves, and Emily Clark and Sarah Nurse added goals. Game 7 is Sunday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
“We have a very special group, staff down to players and I think being able to lean on past experience is huge for us and our confidence,” Clark said. “Obviously, rosters are different, but there’s definitely a core group and core experience that you can lean on and just a belief that this group has done it before.”
Twenty-six seconds after U.S. defender Megan Keller was penalized for body-checking, Spooner took a centering pass from Marie-Philip Poulin on a rush, cut right to the slot and fired a wrist shot to the far side past goalie Aerin Frankel.
