U.S. Shuts Out Canada, 6-0, in Game Two of U22 Series

By USAHockey.com, 08/22/14, 9:00PM MDT

USA vs. Canada U22 Series Game Two Box Score

CALGARY, ALBERTA — The U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team shutout Canada, 6-0, in the second game of the 2014 Under-22 Series. Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.) tallied two goals and Hannah Brandt (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) picked up three assists.

“We played extremely well today and did the things we needed to do to be successful," said Ken Klee, head coach of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team. "Every line played great and we were certainly happy with our entire team.”

Four minutes into the first period, the U.S. opened the scoring when Brandt stole the puck in the right corner, circled back behind the net and threw the bouncing puck out in front. Alyssa Gagliardi (Raleigh, N.C.) chopped the puck on net, and the Canadian goaltender made the first save, but Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.) slapped the rebound into a nearly empty net.

Team USA went up 2-0 when Brandt fed Lexi Bender (Snohomish, Wash.) as she rushed into the offensive zone. Bender weaved between a pair of Canadians and, from the left circle, slipped in the puck low on the far side after it deflected off a skate.

For the third U.S. goal, Emily Pfazler (Getzville, N.Y.) rushed into the offensive zone on the right wing, carried the puck behind the net and tossed it in front for a waiting Miye D’Oench (New York, N.Y.), who easily finished the play, tucking the puck underneath the goaltender.

On the power play, Michelle Picard (Taunton, Mass.) rimmed the puck around the boards to Brandt behind the Canadians’ net. Brandt one-touched a pass to Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Md.) at the right hash marks, and she wristed in the puck for the 4-0 lead.

The U.S. struck again in the first two minutes of the second stanza on a tic-tac-toe play from Skarupa to Brandt and across the crease to Cameranesi who tapped it home on the left side of the goalmouth for her second of the game.

With seven minutes left in the third period, Annie Pankowski (Laguna Hills, Calif.) fed a pass up the middle of the ice to Paige Savage (John’s Creek, Ga.). Savage blew past three Canadians at the offensive blue line, skated in alone and wired a shot low on the blocker side for the 6-0 final.

U.S. goaltender Alex Rigsby (Delafield, Wis.) faced seven shots, while Team USA tallied six goals on 24 shots.

The third and final game of the series takes place Sunday (Aug. 24) at noon ET.

Game Two of Under-22 Series vs. Canada

2014 Women's U22 Select Roster

Aug. 22 Game Notes

Aug. 22 USA Line Chart

Game Two Highlights

Post-Game Reaction

Schedule for U22 Series

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT/RECAP
Aug. 21	Canada	W, 2-1
Aug. 22	Canada	W, 6-0
Aug. 24	Canada	W, 3-2

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HEINOLA, Finland - The U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team earned a trip to the gold-medal game of the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation U18 Women’s World Championship by defeating the Czech Republic, 10-0, tonight in a semifinal matchup. Fourteen U.S. players recorded points in the victory and Alexis Shaw (Troy, Mich.) made 13 stops for her second shutout of the tournament.

“I thought the first ten minutes we played a bit nervous and not at our best,” said Jeff Kampersal, head coach of Team USA. “Around the 10-minute mark the nerves disappeared and we started to move the puck. I thought the Czech team clogged us up pretty good today and they made us make more bad passes then we’ve done all week, but we picked it up when we needed to.”

Grace Zarzecki (Chicago, Ill.) got the scoring started for the U.S. after picking up a loose puck in the goal crease area and depositing it into the net at 12:06 of the first period. Megan Wolfe (Eagan, Minn.) scored with a rocketing slap shot just 54 seconds later to make it, 2-0. Zarzecki picked up an assist after forcing Czech goalie Kiara Peslarova to direct the puck towards Baylee Wellhausen(Williams Bay, Wis.), who netted a backhander for Team USA’s first of four power-play tallies at 14:59.Kelly Pannek (Plymouth, Minn.) finished scoring in the period with ten seconds left to put the U.S. ahead 4-0 after the opening period.

Schipper scored a second-period power–play goal by picking up Menke’s rebound after Menke lifted a Czech player’s stick, stole the puck, and drove the net. Schipper returned the favor later in the period by assisting on Menke’s goal at 17:12. Cara Piazza (Darien, Ill.) and Pannek picked up their second points of the game on third U.S. goal of the period after Piazza tucked a shot past Czech goalie Barbora Dvorakova, who replaced Peslarova midway through the game. Shaw had her busiest 20 minutes of the game in the second period, turning away nine shots.

In the third period, the U.S. added power-play goals from Dunne and Schipper, and an even-strength tally from Maliya Rodgers (Minnetonka, Minn.), to account for the 10-0 final.

The U.S. will face Canada tomorrow (Jan. 5) at 6:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. EST) in the gold-medal game. The two teams have met in every final since the tournament’s inception in 2008 with the U.S. taking three titles (2008, 2009, and 2011).

NOTES: Cara Piazza was named the U.S. Player of the Game … Forwards Amy Menke (1-3--4) andKatherine Schipper (2-2—4) each contributed four points, while defenseman Jincy Dunne (1-1—2) and Jennifer Ryan (0-2--2) had two points each … Team USA has outscored its opponents, 35-0, in the tournament and is the only team in the tournament that hasn’t been scored upon … Final stats from today’s game can be viewed below.

Game Summary

Scoring by Period 1 2 3 F

CZE 0 0 0 0

USA 4 3 3 10

First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Zarzecki (Cameranesi, Hirschy), 10:26; 2, USA, Wolfe (Schipper, Menke), 13:00; 3, USA, Wellhausen (Zarzecki, Ryan), 14:59 (pp); 4, USA, Pannek (Piazza, Cameranesi), 19:50. Penalties: USA, Morin (tripping), 2:01; CZE, Laskova (body checking), 3:33; CZE, Vanisova (body checking), 7:30; USA, Schipper (interference), 9:13; CZE, Vanisova (tripping), 14:38; USA, Schipper (hooking), 15:02; CZE, Ledlova (interference), 17:41.

Second Period – Scoring: 5, USA, Schipper (Menke, Wolfe), 6:22 (pp); 6, USA, Menke (Schipper, Dunne), 17:12; 7, USA, Piazza (Laing, Pannek), 19:12. Penalties: CZE, Forejtova (tripping), 5:04; CZE, Walicova (body checking), 9:00; USA, Rodgers (interference), 10:06.

Third Period – Scoring: 8, USA, Dunne (Ryan, Zarzecki), 4:31 (pp); 9, USA, Schipper (Menke, Wolfe), 11:30 (pp); 10, USA, Rodgers (Wellhausen, McKenna), 14:24. Penalties: CZE, Pejzlova (high-sticking), 3:38; CZE, Pribylova (tripping), 7:43; CZE, Vopravilova, 10:50.

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total

CZE 1 9 3 13

USA 32 19 25 76

Goaltenders (SV-SH) 1 2 3 Total

CZE, Pesalarova, 32:04 28-32 9-10 - 37-42

CZE, Dvorakova, 27:56 - 7-9 22-25 29-34

USA, Shaw, 60:00 1-1 9-9 3-3 13-13

Power play: CZE 0-4; USA, 4-9
Penalties: CZE 9-18; USA, 4-8

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