Canada – USA. The rivalry is evident. Game time 1pm today!
The Lanyski/Franski duo was early to get to the rink today. Obviously we had a quick stop at the Prisma on our way – the team wanted more bananas for the post-game snacks. Then we took a few minutes to post the gocanadago@ringette.ca messages. Keep ‘em coming the athletes are loving it!
It set the tone for the team’s arrival. Before they headed up for the team warm-up, a few athletes took the time to pose for some photos. Hagan on the zamboni! Petey, the Flash and Hagan posed for the official ‘best hair of the team’ photo. An athlete from Manitoba awarded them this title in one of the GoCanadaGo emails. They were pretty excited for this award. The team would also like to award an honourable mention to Jenna McBride. They feel she should also have been considered for this award. See Halloween photos. Here are the official results: 1st place – Bobbi Mattson, 2nd place – Ashley Peters, 3rd place – Colleen Hagan, Honourable Mention – Jenna McBride
Now we are ready for the game! The Canadian duo, Nat Fortin and Kevin Lee, were assigned to the Canada USA game.
Now we are ready for the game! The Canadian duo, Nat Fortin and Kevin Lee, were assigned to the Canada USA game.
A very intense starts to this ‘canadian style’ game. The flow of the game was more similar to an NRL game than all the other games we have seen here so far this week. It was a great game, lots of shot, lots of big saves. Given the composition of these two teams we saw many teammates facing off against each other in this international competition. The Mission, the WAM! and the RATH all had athletes competing on both squads today.
After 30 minutes of play Canada was up by 6 (the score was 7-1). Pittaway was in net for Canada and stopped 24 of the 25 shots she faced. Mattson was in for the second half of the game.
Our half-time interview was with our attaché Suski today. She has been an amazing help to our team this week! Given that she is a native of Tampere, she can’t help but partially cheer for the Finns. But I think that we have done a good god of converting here to our side... Red mittens, Red scarf. She has assured us that she will be cheering for both teams. Fair enough.
The final score Canada 14, USA 4. Well done ladies! That wraps up Round Robin play!
Here is the game summary.
Player of the game for Canada : Jacqueline Gaudet 1 Goal and 6 assists.
Jenn Wakefield tied Megan Todd today as Canada’s all time leading scorer. She is on pace to surpass this record at this tournaments. Keep it up Jenn!
Post game interviews :
Looking for a way to take in the action back home? In addition to tuning into the webcast, you can download Full of regret by Danko Jones and play it as loud as you can every time Canada scores. The song is our team’s official song here at the event, so it plays every time Canada scores here. We have heard it many times. So if you want to feel like you are here that song is part of it.
Tommorow is the start of the medal series:
Game #1 – Bronze Series – USA vs SWE @ 15h00 EET
Game #1 – Gold Series – Canada vs Finland à 18h30 EET
Game #1 – Gold Series – Canada vs Finland à 18h30 EET
Please consult our website www.ringette.ca for today’s official press release – to be posted later today.
Don’t forget!! CAN vs FIN game will be live tomorrow via webcast. That's18h30 EEThere,which means 1:30pm Maritimes, 12:30pm in Ontario/Québec, 11:30am in Manitoba, SK never know which time zone you are in lol , 10:30am in Alberta and 9:30am in BC.
See you tomorrow!
GO CANADA GO!
-Franski.
Hi to Anik, Kenda and Emily back at the RC office in Ottawa. Just checking in to make sure you are all reading the blog!
