CANADA’S NATIONAL WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT TEAM WINS GOLD AT NATIONS CUP

Canada earns 11th gold medal in 14 years at annual tournament with overtime victory.

For the 11th time in 14 years, Canada’s National Women’s Development Team has won the gold medal at the Nations Cup, besting Finland 4-3 in overtime in Thursday’s gold-medal game at BLZ Arena.

Jamie Lee Rattray (Kanata, Ont./Brampton, CWHL) netted the game-winner for Team Canada just 48 seconds into overtime, in addition to her previous goal and assist in the game. Rebecca Kohler (St. Thomas, Ont./University of North Dakota, WCHA) and Victoria Bach (Milton, Ont./Boston University, HE) also potted goals in the victory.

Amanda Leveille (Kingston, Ont./University of Minnesota, WCHA) earned the win between the pipes, turning away 22 of 25 shots.

“It was amazing, Finland played unbelievable tonight and I thought we did a pretty good job of weathering a lot of storms because we took a lot of penalties and did a good job on the penalty kill,” said Rattray. “It feels good to beat a team like that, they worked hard and played a good game so to come back and stick with it and finish it in the end was a great feeling.”

Canada finished the tournament with a perfect 3-0 record after defeating Sweden (2-1 in a shootout) and Russia (4-2) in the preliminary round to book its spot in the gold-medal game.

The Nations Cup, formerly known as the Air Canada Cup, MLP Cup and Meco Cup, brought together Canada’s National Women’s Development Team and teams from Finland, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland for a four-day international tournament.

Canada is now an 11-time gold-medallist at the tournament, winning gold in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016. It was silver-medallist at the 2009 MLP Cup, and won the bronze medal at the 2012 Meco Cup.

Goaltenders

#
Name
Pos.
Shoots
Height
Weight
Date of Birth
Hometown
Current Team
30 Elaine Chuli G L 5’6” 132 05/16/1994 Waterford, Ont. University of Connecticut (HE)
31 Amanda Leveille G L 5’7” 130 06/10/1994 Kingston, Ont. University of Minnesota (WCHA)

Defencemen

#
Name
Pos.
Shoots
Height
Weight
Date of Birth
Hometown
Current Team
2 Mellissa Channell D L 5’5” 130 12/16/1994 Oakville, Ont. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
3 Cassandra Poudrier D L 5’5” 147 12/05/1992 Lachenaie, Que. Cornell University (ECAC)
4 Brigette Lacquette D R 5’6” 180 10/11/1992 Mallard, Man. Calgary (CWHL)
8 Micah Hart D L 5’8” 152 01/13/1997 Saanichton, B.C. Cornell University (ECAC)
12 Katelyn Gosling D L 5’5” 150 05/10/1993 London, Ont. University of Western Ontario (OUA)
13 Erin Ambrose D R 5’5” 132 04/30/1994 Keswick, Ont. Clarkson University (ECAC)
24 Ivana Bilic D L 5’7” 143 03/21/1994 Coquitlam, B.C. Bemidji State University (WCHA)

Forwards

#
Name
Pos.
Shoots
Height
Weight
Date of Birth
Hometown
Current Team
6 Hanna Bunton F L 5’8” 142 05/07/1995 Belleville, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)
7 Jamie Lee Rattray F L 5’6” 172 09/30/1992 Kanata, Ont. Brampton (CWHL)
10 Kelly Terry F R 5’6” 141 06/06/1992 Whitby, Ont. Toronto (CWHL)
11 Cayley Mercer F L 5’7” 127 01/18/1995 Exeter, Ont. Clarkson University (ECAC)
14 Rebecca Leslie F R 5’5” 118 05/08/1996 Ottawa, Ont. Boston University (HE)
15 Mélodie Daoust F L 5’6” 159 01/07/1992 Valleyfield, Que. McGill University (RSEQ)
17 Shelby Bram F L 5’3” 130 08/20/1993 St. Anne, Man. Buffalo (NWHL)
18 Rebecca Kohler F R 5’11” 172 09/03/1995 St. Thomas, Ont. University of North Dakota (WCHA)
21 Laura Stacey F R 5’10” 143 05/05/1994 Kleinburg, Ont. Dartmouth College (ECAC)
22 Shannon MacAulay F L 5’11” 176 06/22/1994 Mount Herbert, P.E.I. Clarkson University (ECAC)
23 Karly Heffernan F L 5’7” 145 02/06/1996 Sherwood Park, Alta. Harvard University (ECAC)
25 Victoria Bach F L 5’4” 124 07/12/1995 Milton, Ont. Boston University (HE)

 

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