Canada rolls by U.S.A
Charline Labonte made 38 saves and Canada continued its recent dominance over the United States with a 2-1 exhibition victory Wednesday night. Colleen Sostorics had a goal and an assist, and Haley Irwin also scored for Canada, which has beaten Team USA in six of the past seven exhibitions. Karen Thatcher scored for the Americans, and Molly Schaus made 24 saves. Team USA was 0 for 5 on the power play, the final one coming with 1:15 to play.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Charline Labonte made 38 saves and Canada continued its recent dominance over the United States with a 2-1 exhibition victory Wednesday night.
Colleen Sostorics had a goal and an assist, and Haley Irwin also scored for Canada, which has beaten Team USA in six of the past seven exhibitions.
Karen Thatcher scored for the Americans, and Molly Schaus made 24 saves.
Team USA was 0 for 5 on the power play, the final one coming with 1:15 to play.
The Americans peppered Labonte with 18 shots in the final period, including a handful in the closing seconds. But Labonte came up huge every time.
The two teams will meet one final time before the Vancouver Games, on Friday in Ottawa. And Canada has delivered a message that it will be the team to beat come February.
Canada struck first when Sostorics fluttered a wrist shot from the point that Irwin deflected through Schaus’ pads just over 2 minutes into the game.
After failing to register a shot on goal in the first 10 minutes of the second period, the Americans tied it up when Labonte kicked a shot by Erika Lawler into the slot, where Thatcher tipped in the rebound.
Crosby, Brodeur to lead Canada’s Olympic team
TORONTO — Sidney Crosby wasn’t about to get snubbed again.
The youngest captain in NHL history to win a Stanley Cup was chosen Wednesday for Canada’s Olympic hockey team, four years after being left off the underachieving squad that finished a disappointing seventh in Turin, Italy.
Crosby, of the Pittsburgh Penguins, was among the easiest picks for executive director Steve Yzerman, the longtime Red Wings captain whose choices have been debated and evaluated for months in hockey-obsessed Canada, which virtually shut down for the announcement.
Among the top selections were goaltender Martin Brodeur, who recently set the NHL record with his 104th career shutout; defensemen Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger; forward Jarome Iginla, the star of Canada’s 2002 gold-medal winning team; Joe Thornton, the NHL scoring leader; and Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, a pair of 24-year-old Anaheim Ducks teammates.
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