2011 Winter Universiade: Bettez nets pair for Canada in rout over Great Britain
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ERZURUM, Turkey (CIS) - Candice Styles scored four goals and McGill's Ann-Sophie Bettez of Sept-ÃŽles, Que., tallied twice as defending champion Canada easily improved to 3-0 in women's hockey at the 25th Winter Universiade with a 14-0 shutout of Great Britain, Sunday morning, Cemal Gursel Arena.
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IIHF game summary:
Team Canada website:
2011 Winter Universiade website:
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The Canadians dominated their rivals from start to finish and were ahead 4-0 after the opening period and 8-0 after two, before adding six goals in the final 20 minutes. The CIS all-star cast outshot Great Britain 48-4 including a 13-0 advantage in the first, 15-2 in the middle frame and 20-2 in the third.
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Breanne George and Andrea Boras tallied five points apiece.
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Styles, a Wilfrid Laurier University forward from Orangeville, Ont., made it 8-0 Canada midway through the second period before adding three goals in a span of 11 minutes in the third.
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George, a University of Saskatchewan student from Saskatoon, also had a hat-trick with a goal in each period, and added a pair of assists. Boras, a University of Alberta rearguard from Calgary, amassed five helpers.
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Three other players tallied at least three points including Dalhousie's Jocelyn Leblanc of Moncton, who had two goals and two assists, York's Courtney Unruh of Fort St. John, B.C., who finished with a goal and two helpers, and Laurier's Alicia Martin of Etobicoke, Ont., who set up three scoring plays.
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Also finding the back of the net for Canada was York's Kelsey Webster of Duncan, B.C., and Montreal's Kim Deschênes of Saint-Quentin, N.B., who both had singles.
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Deschênes scored the game-winner just 79 seconds into the contest and the Canadians were up 3-0 after only 5:14 of play.
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In a game that featured only one penalty - to Great Britain - all of Canada's goals were scored at even strength.
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Laurier netminder Liz Knox recorded her first shutout and her second win of the tournament. The Soutffville, Ont., native was in net for Canada's 2-1 shootout victory over Finland on Thursday.
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Lita-Lee Jarrold took the loss despite a 34-save effort.
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With two games remaining in the preliminary round, Canada is the only undefeated team in the six-country field and has a one-point lead over Finland (2-0-1) in the standings. The top four teams advance to the semifinals.
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Canada wraps up round-robin play with duels against the United States (1-2) Monday at 11 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET) and Turkey (0-2) Wednesday at 8 p.m. local (1 p.m. ET).
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SCORING SUMMARY
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Canada 14, Great Britain 0
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FIRST PERIOD
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SCORING:
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1. CAN Kim Deschênes (1) (Alicia Martin), 1:19
2. CAN Breanne George (2) (Jenna Downey), 4:15
3. CAN Ann-Sophie Bettez (1) (Jacalyn Solis, Andrea Boras), 5:14
4. CAN Ann-Sophie Bettez (2) (Andrea Boras), 14:45
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PENALTIES:
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Georgina Farman (GBR) body checking, 10:11.
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SECOND PERIOD
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SCORING:
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5. CAN Courtney Unruh (1) (Breanne George, Jocelyn Leblanc), 7:55
6. CAN Breanne George (3) (Courtney Unruh, Jocelyn Leblanc), 8:05
7. CAN Kelsey Webster (1) (Erin Lally), 9:45
8. CAN Candice Styles (1) (unassisted), 12:13
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PENALTIES:
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None
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THIRD PERIOD
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SCORING:
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9. CAN Breanne George (4) (Alicia Martin), 2:09
10. CAN Candice Styles (2) (Andrea Boras), 3:57
11. CAN Jocelyn Leblanc (1) (Courtney Unruh), 8:55
12. CAN Candice Styles (3) (Erin Lally, Breanne George), 10:51
13. CAN Candice Styles (4) (Alicia Martin, Andrea Boras), 15:19
14. CAN Jocelyn Leblanc (2) (Andrea Boras), 17:58
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PENALTIES:
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None
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GOALS (by period)
CAN: 4-4-6:14
GBR: 0-0-0:0
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SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
CAN: 13-15-20: 48
GBR: 0-2-2:4
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POWER PLAY:
CAN: 0-1
GBR: 0-0
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GOALTENDERS
CAN - Liz Knox (W, 2-0, 4 shots, 4 saves, 0 GA, 60:00)
GBR - Lita-Lee Jarrold (L, 48 shots, 34 saves, 14 GA, 60:00)
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REFEREE: Zuzanna Findorova (SVK)
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LINESMEN: Jenni Herranen (FIN), Merve Sarimert (TUR)
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ATTENDANCE: 322
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START: 11:00
END: 12:51
LENGTH: 1:51
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PRELIMINARY ROUND STANDINGS (each team plays 5 games)
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GPÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý WÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý LÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý GFÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý GAÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý PTS
1. CanadaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 0ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 19ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 8
2. FinlandÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 10ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 7
3. SlovakiaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 5ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 4ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3
4. USAÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 17ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 8ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3
5. Great BritainÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 3ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 1ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 10ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 20ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2
6. TurkeyÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 0ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 2ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 0ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 25ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 0
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TEAM CANADA SCHEDULE & RESULTS (local time)
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Thursday, Jan. 27: Canada 2, Finland 1 (1-0 in shootout)
Friday, Jan. 28: Canada 3, Slovakia 0
Sunday, Jan. 30: Canada 14, Great Britain 0
Monday, Jan. 31, 11:00: Canada vs. USA
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 20:00: Canada vs. Turkey
Friday, Feb. 4, 16:00: Semifinal #1 (3 vs. 2)
Friday, Feb. 4, 20:00: Semifinal #2 (4 vs. 1)
Saturday, Feb. 5, 9:30: Bronze
Saturday, Feb. 5, 13:00: Final
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For more information contact:
Ari Grossman (on site in Turkey)
Communications Officer
Team Canada
2011 Winter Universiade
Cell (in Turkey): 011-90-537-704-91-13
agrossman [at] wlu.ca
Michel Bélanger
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger [at] universitysport.ca
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