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Vetter Shutout Clinches Four Nations Cup Title

11/10/2012, 12:45pm MST
By USA Hockey

VANTAA, Finland – The U.S. Women’s National team captured the 2012 Four Nations Cup title by defeating Canada, 3-0, tonight at Tikkurila Valtti Arena. 
  
“I’m very happy as to how our team came together this week,” said Katey Stone (Arlington, Mass.), head coach of Team USA. “We played tough, we played smart, we made some adjustments, we had great goaltending, and we played strong (defensively). I’m happy and proud of how (we) played.”   

Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) scored the game-winning shorthanded goal for the U.S. after picking up a loose puck in the neutral zone and burying her chance at 12:46 of the first period.   

Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho) and Anne Schleper (St. Cloud, Minn.) contributed insurance goals for Team USA in the second and third periods, respectively. Both goals were point shots on power play opportunities.  
U.S. goaltender Jessie Vetter (Cottage Grove, Wis.) turned away 26 shots and the Team USA penalty kill denied all seven power play chances for Canada to preserve the shutout.   

NOTES: Kendall Coyne was chosen as Team USA's Player of the Game … The U.S. has now won five Four Nations Cup titles (1997, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012) … Scoresheets for each game of the 2012 Four Nations Cup can be found here … Team USA will next come together for a training camp in late December at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn.  

Game Summary  

Scoring by Period      1  2  3  F  
USA 1 1 1 3  
CAN 0 0 0 0    

First Period – Scoring: 1, USA, Coyne, 12:46 (sh). Penalties: CAN, Ward (body checking), 5:29; CAN, Larocque (delay of game), 8:09; USA, Vetter (delay of game), 11:35; USA, Knight (roughing), 15:16; USA, J. Lamoureux (roughing), 19:46.

Second Period – Scoring: 2, USA, Knight (M. Lamoureux, J. Lamoureux), 14:33 (pp). Penalties: USA, Decker (high-sticking), 4:04; CAN, Watchorn (kneeing), 12:57; USA, Dunne (cross-checking), 17:06; USA, Decker (delay of game), 19:01.

Third Period – Scoring: 3, USA, Schleper (J. Lamoureux), 15:35 (pp). Penalties: USA, Knight (hooking), 6:12; CAN, Wickenheiser (roughing), 14:44.  
 

Shots On Goal       1  2  3  Total  
USA 12 4 6 22  
CAN 9 8 9 26  

Goaltenders (SV-SH)  1  2  3  Total  
USA, Vetter, 60:00 9-9 8-8 9-9 26-26  
CAN, Labonte, 60:00 11-12 3-4 5-6 19-22  

Power play: USA, 2-4; FIN, 0-7
Penalties: USA, 7-14; CAN, 4-8

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FUSSEN, Germany – Eight different players scored and Madison Packer (Birmingham, Mich.) and Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.) each accounted for three points, as the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team blanked host Germany, 11-0, here tonight at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's U18 Championship at the Fussen Arena.

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The U.S. squad opened the game by netting four goals in the first 20 minutes of play. AfterLyndsey Fry (Chandler, Ariz.) potted her third goal of the tournament to give Team USA an early 1-0 lead at 2:50, Kessel doubled the U.S. lead when she stole the puck during a German two-man advantage, skated the length of the ice, switched to her backhand in front of the net and put a shot above goalie Janna Ramajzl's stick side at 6:20.

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The Americans increased their lead to 9-0 with five more goals in the middle frame, starting with a pair of tallies 10 seconds apart in the first minute of play. Taylor Wasylk(Port Huron, Mich.) opened the period scoring at :45, followed 10 seconds later by Packer's second of the outing on a backhand shot. Caroline Campbell (Fordland, Mo.) was next to score for the United States, finding the top left corner with a slap shot from the right point at 11:08. Fry scored a second of her own at 13:26, as she put one between the legs of new German netminder Jule Flotgen. Jackie Young (Medford, Mass.) closed out the stanza with a power-play sniper from the top of the right faceoff circle to make it 9-0.

Wasylk and Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) capped off the scoring in the third period at 8:30 and 13:17, respectively, to account for the 11-0 final score.

Corinne Boyles (Wheaton, Ill.) made eight saves to earn the shutout victory in net for Team USA.

NOTES: Taylor Wasylk was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Team USA out shot Germany, 73-8 ... The United States went 1-for-6 on the power play, while Germany was 0-for-3 ... Amanda Kessel leads the tournament with nine points (4-5) in two games.Madison Packer ranks second with seven points (2-5) ... Joining Mark Johnson on the coaching staff as assistant coaches are Katie King, head women’s ice hockey coach at Boston College, and Jeff Giesen, head women’s ice hockey coach at St. Cloud State University.

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Scoring By Period

USA 4 5 2 -- 11
GER 0 0 0 -- 0

First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Fry (unassisted), 2:50; 2, USA, Kessel (unassisted), 6:20 (3x5sh); 3, USA, Ammerman (Packer), 10:48; 4, USA, Ammerman (Bozek), 14:38. Penalties: GER, Rothemund (hooking), 3:23; USA, Packer (tripping), 5:03; USA, Pelkey (hooking), 5:47; GER, Anwander (hooking), 6:47; GER, Weisser (tripping), 17:33.

Second Period - Scoring: 5, USA, Wasylk (unassisted), :45; 6, USA, Packer (unassisted), :55; 7, USA, Campbell (Dempsey), 11:08; 8, USA, Fry (unassisted), 13:26 (4x4); 9, USA, Young (Kessel), 18:19 (pp). Penalties: USA, Decker (body checking), 13:05; GER, Eisenschmid (body checking), 13:05; USA, Brock (slashing), 13:52; GER, Strohmaier (interference), 17:34.

Third Period - Scoring: 10, USA, Wasylk (Kessel), 8:30; 11, USA, Decker (Packer), 13:17. Penalties: USA, Campbell (tripping), 3:53; USA, Fry (delay of game), 5:52; GER, Pokopec (tripping), 16:46; USA, Packer (slashing), 17:08; GER, Novotny (interference), 17:58.

Shots by Period 1 2 3 Total
USA 22 31 20 73
GER 3 2 3 8       

Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Boyles, 60:00 3-3 2-2 3-3 8-8
GER, Ramajzl, 24:28 22-18 7-5 x-x 29-23
GER, Flotgen, 35:32 x-x 24-21 20-18 44-39

Power Play: USA 1-6; GER 0-5
Penalties: USA 7-14; GER 7-14
Officials: Referee-Marie Picavet (FRA); Linesmen-Annika Floeden (SWE), Evelyn Loretan (SUI)

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