Team USA dominated the first Women's Rivalry Series game, defeating Team Canada 7-2 at Tech CU arena in San Jose.
Team USA dominated the first Women's Rivalry Series game, defeating Team Canada 7-2 at Tech CU arena in San Jose.
Team USA dominated the first Women's Rivalry Series game, defeating Team Canada 7-2 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose.
Abbey Murphey and Lacey Eden each scored twice for Team USA, and Aerin Frankel made 26 saves. USA led 5-0 at the end of the first period. Savannah Harmon, Hannah Bilka, and Alex Carpenter also scored for the Americans.
Blayre Turnbull and Sarah Nurse, cousin of Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse, scored for Team Canada. Kristen Campbell gave up five goals in the first and made 12 saves. She was replaced by Ann-Renee Desbiens, who made ten saves.
This was the first time San Jose held a women's hockey event, and the turnout was solid. Just over 3,000 people attended, and many San Jose Sharks players and staff were in the crowd.
Team Canada Women's hockey legend Marie-Philip Poulin was in the lineup. PWHL 2024 first-overall pick Sarah Fillier played for Canada as well. Hilary Knight did not play for Team USA but is on the roster.
Joe Thornton, Will Smith, Nico Sturm, Luke Kunin, Thomas Bordeleau, and Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky are just some of the Sharks who were found.
Abbey Murphy fires a slap shot that goes bar-down and beats the goalie to give USA a 1-0 lead.
Savanna Harmon gets one past Kristen Campbell to extend USA's lead to 2-0.
Lacey Eden tips home USA's third goal of the first period.
Eden gets her second straight goal with a flukey shot that gets through Campbell.
Alex Carpenter made it a 5-0 game with 24.9 left in the first with a sweet backhand goal.
Hannah Bilka gets in on the fun for Team USA, making it 6-0 with a one-timer from the right circle on the powerplay.
Blayre Turnbull gets Canada on the board with a tap-in goal in front.
Sarah Nurse finds some open ice on the powerplay to make it a 6-2 game.
Murphey gets her second of the game to extend USA's lead to 7-2.
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