(Kingston, Ont., Canada) The Canadian women’s hockey team let slip a two-goal lead in the third period before seeing the Americans flee with a 3-2 overtime victory on Sunday in the Rivalry Series .
Hilary Knight was the heroine of the game, scoring the game-winning goal just 54 seconds after the start of extra time. She also had the tying goal in the third.
Hayley Scamurra had sounded the charge of rallying the Americans earlier at the start of the third period.
Marie-Philip Poulin, on the power play, and Sarah Fillier scored Canada’s goals in the second period.
In net, United States goaltender Nicole Hensley made 18 saves while Canada goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer blocked 21 shots.
Both teams are using the series as preparation for the Beijing Olympics and evaluation to finalize their 23-player roster for the tournament.
The fourth duel in the series will take place Tuesday in Ottawa. The Rivalry Series will then travel south of the border for three games on December 15 and 17 in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as on December 20 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Canada leads the series 2-1 with wins of 3-2 in Hartford, Conn. And 3-1, in Allentown, Pa.
“I think we showed great resilience,” said United States head coach Joel Johnson. I don’t think we changed the way we played between the first, second and third periods and it was impressive to see that we continued to fight. ”
“Usually, we will see a little panic and the players try to do too much by leaving their role and I was happy to see that we continued to play the same way to finally find a way to put the puck. in the net. ”