Blayre Turnbull scored twice in a span of 32 seconds halfway by way of the second interval and Canada overcame a three-game deficit to win the Rivalry Collection, beating the USA 5-0 in Sport 7 on Wednesday night time within the ladies’s hockey showdown.
Turnbull scored on an influence play with 9:34 left within the second to chase U.S. goalkeeper Nicole Hensley, then shortly beat Maddie Rooney to make it 4-0.
Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin (29) and Blayre Turnbull have a good time after defeating the USA in Rivalry Collection hockey in Laval, Que., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.
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Ann-Renee Desbiens made 25 saves for Canada.
Ella Shelton opened the scoring with 2:58 left within the first interval, and Marie-Philip Poulin made it 2-0 at 3:41 of the second. After Turnbull’s targets, Victoria Bach scored on a breakaway with a quarterback for a five-goal lead with 7:26 left within the second.
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Canada evened the collection — which started Nov. 15 in Kelowna, British Columbia — with a 5-1 victory Monday night time in Trois-Rivieres.
The USA gained the primary recreation 4-3 in a shootout, then gained the second recreation 2-1 in Kamloops, British Columbia on November 17 and the third 4-2 in Seattle on November 20. victory in Sport 4 in Henderson, Nevada, on December 15 and a 3-2 additional time victory in Los Angeles on December 19.
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