August 26, 2021 at 8:47 PM EDT
Canada-U.S.: What happened, and what comes next
The most anticipated matchup of the qualifying round ended up being a complete dud.
Canada was clinical and methodical in its dismantling of its arch-rivals tonight, removing any drama surrounding this contest from the outset. The Canadians were aggressive from the opening face-off and the Americans never really counterpunched until it was too late. At one point in this game, Canada had scored five goals — while the Americans had only mustered six shots on net.
The last time Canada beat the U.S. in the world championship was in 2013, a 3-2 win in the preliminary round.
Jamie Lee Rattray was the breakout star of this game, scoring twice and easily filling the gaping hole left by Marie-Philip Poulin. That Canada won this game in dominating fashion without its captain and best player shouldn’t be lost on anybody. But the Americans can hope that the disappointing performance from their top line of Coyne Schofield-Decker-Knight — which was essentially invisible tonight — was merely an aberration. If they meet again with a gold medal on the line, the Americans should be able to bank on a more productive night from their trio of superstars.
But before they can think about a rematch in the gold medal game, these teams still need to win two more games in the knockout stage. Canada will finish as the top seed and will face the loser of Thursday night’s Germany-Japan matchup. The Americans will end up as the No. 2 seed and face the winner of that matchup in their quarterfinal game on Saturday.
Canada’s win should give it an easier path to the gold medal game and should mean it avoids Finland, which shocked the Canadians in the semifinals in this same tournament back in 2019. The Americans will now likely have to deal with Finland in their path to the final, which could make it a little more difficult.
The hockey world is probably hoping for another Canada-USA gold medal matchup next week, and after this underwhelming performance, it’s hard to imagine a meeting between these two teams with less drama and intrigue than what we saw on Thursday night.
August 26, 2021 at 8:42 PM EDT
Kendall Coyne Schofield postgame
August 26, 2021 at 8:30 PM EDT
Players of the game
That’s the game. Team Canada beats Team USA 5-1. Canada finishes No. 1 in Group A heading into the knockout stages on Saturday.
CAN goals: Melodie Daoust, Renata Fast, Jamie Lee Rattray (x2), Sarah Nurse
Players of the game: Lee Stecklein (USA) and Rattray (CAN).
August 26, 2021 at 8:30 PM EDT
FINAL: Canada 5, U.S. 1
I mentally disengaged with this game some time in the second period. If we see the quarterfinal rematch, I’d suggest that the U.S. doesn’t get outshot 13-4 in the first period, and that the top line does … something.
The 27-23 shot total at the end of the game is really, really deceiving. Not close from the jump. Time to do better.
Impressive stuff from Canada, especially without Marie-Philip Poulin. Turning a rivalry matchup like this into an utter dud is always an accomplishment.
August 26, 2021 at 8:04 PM EDT
Save some for this weekend
Many Americans will watch Lee Stecklein’s goal from the point, which cut Canada’s lead to 5-1, and say, “good, now get four more.” Not I. As a proud native of the greatest country on Earth, I say “save your energy for the knockout round.”
August 26, 2021 at 8:02 PM EDT
Watch the U.S. goal
August 26, 2021 at 7:59 PM EDT
GOAL: Canada 5, U.S. 1
August 26, 2021 at 7:58 PM EDT
Shot chart
August 26, 2021 at 7:55 PM EDT
Cammi Granato on Hilary Knight: 'I'm super proud of her'
Fun story at intermission from Cammi Granato, who just watched Hilary Knight break her goal record. Knight attended Granato’s camp after the 1998 Olympics and picked No. 21 because of it.
“I’m super proud of her for breaking my record,” Granato said. “It’s so fitting.”
“Her strength is one of her biggest assets but also her desire to score.”
August 26, 2021 at 7:51 PM EDT
Canada's Sarah Nurse: 'We’re very confident in this group'
Sarah Nurse! You’ve been beamed! Go!
On the first two periods: “We know that we’re playing a good team on the other side of the blue line there, and so if we stick to our habits and our details, we’re very confident in this group and what we have going into the third.”
On her shorthanded goal, one of two for Canada in the game, “We want to play a physical, fast style of hockey. Unfortunately, that’s gonna land us in the penalty box sometimes. Our power kill, as we call, it is something we definitely want to perfect and be very good at. I know on that one it was a rodeo situation. ... I saw (Brianne Jenner), I was gonna do a little pop pass but she looked a little tired, so I thought I’d just take the shot myself.”
On dad Roger’s goal call from the stands, which beat the officials: “I love that he called that goal. He’s a referee himself, so I knew that he’d have that in the stands.”
August 26, 2021 at 7:42 PM EDT
Things are getting chippy
That little skirmish at the end of the second period could very well set the table for an interesting third period. The score is clearly lopsided, but it feels like the temperature has been turned up at various times tonight. This third period could be "message sending" time for their next meeting, which could very well be for the gold medal.
It's going to be crucial that the referees don't let either team get away with too much early in the third period because the conditions are ripe for shenanigans.
August 26, 2021 at 7:40 PM EDT
End of 2: Canada 5, U.S. 0
August 26, 2021 at 7:24 PM EDT
Silver lining?
The U.S. now has more shots than Canada does goals, so that’s neat.
August 26, 2021 at 7:22 PM EDT
Another reviewed goal allowed
That's the second time tonight that the referee on the ice said "no goal" — even though it was clearly in the net. I never would have thought we'd see a scenario where Canada's most lopsided win in the preliminary round was against the Americans. But here we are.
Gentille: Underrated way to rub your opponent's face in it: Somehow find a way to get obvious goals reviewed. Canada is currently 2 for 5. Not fair.
August 26, 2021 at 7:21 PM EDT
GOAL: Canada 5, U.S. 0
August 26, 2021 at 7:15 PM EDT
Watch Canada's fourth goal
August 26, 2021 at 7:14 PM EDT
Things have gotten ugly for the Americans — fast
I guess it’s my turn to talk about Jamie Lee Rattray. She scored. Again. It’s 4-0 Canada after she forced a turnover and put a wrap-around past Alex Cavallini. It’s not her fault that she got pulled, but here we are.
Less than three minutes between the goals. Sheesh.
August 26, 2021 at 7:13 PM EDT
Americans take a timeout, and swap goalies
This timeout by the Americans is a smart call. And the goalie change too. They needed to do something here because this is getting ugly.
August 26, 2021 at 7:12 PM EDT
GOAL: Canada 4, U.S. 0
August 26, 2021 at 7:10 PM EDT
Jamie Lee Rattray's meteoric rise
Jamie Lee Rattray started this tournament as the 13th forward. She played 57 seconds in the first period of the opener against Finland, and was worked her way to Canada’s top line. She’s hard on the forecheck, she puts in the work, and provides a constant spark for Canada. She scores her second of the tournament here to give Canada a 3-0 lead.
Mendes: What a terrific example of 200-foot hockey from Rattray. She forced the turnover from Kendall Coyne-Schofield in her own zone and then came up the ice and set up Brianne Jenner for a mini-breakaway, before scoring on the rebound herself. That is the type of commitment to a full game that should be shown in every hockey school.
August 26, 2021 at 7:06 PM EDT
GOAL: Canada 3, U.S. 0
August 26, 2021 at 7:05 PM EDT
Desbiens looking shaky ... when U.S. can get a chance
Again, there's a little example of potential rustiness from Desbiens in the Canadian net. Nearly a miscue that cost Canada a goal with a giveaway behind her net.
That was a terrific desperation save with her stick, but again, I'm wondering if she's a little shaky.
August 26, 2021 at 7:03 PM EDT
That kind of night for Team USA
That miscue by the Americans — penalized for too many skaters — was a perfect illustration of their game so far tonight. Sloppy and unprepared. They finally had a little momentum with a power play to start the period and they squandered it with a mental mistake.
August 26, 2021 at 6:56 PM EDT
More on that 'beaming up' to the TV booth
I know the "beam up" technology (see previous post for a screenshot) makes people chuckle — especially Americans who haven't seen this before — but I personally don't mind it. It's a COVID necessity and one of those things we'll probably look back and laugh about in a few years. (Provided we're out of the pandemic woods by then.)
August 26, 2021 at 6:53 PM EDT
Canada's Renata Fast: 'That’s probably one of the best periods we’ve had'
Renata Fast, one of the first-period goal-scorers, “beamed up” to the TSN booth — a funny, disorienting bit of technology, by the way — for an intermission interview.
“I don’t often get down to those places,” she said of her greasy goal. She was laughing, for the record.
On the first 20 minutes: “That’s probably one of the best periods we’ve had, especially in this tournament. The energy was so high in the dressing room. We were all really excited for tonight’s game. I think the message was to just play our way, and that’s exactly what we did. We attacked the Americans and put a lot of pressure on their defense, and we were rewarded for it.”
On Canada’s forecheck: “I don’t think they can handle it when we’re coming full speed like that.”
(Screenshot via TSN / NHL Network)
August 26, 2021 at 6:46 PM EDT
End 1: Canada 2, U.S. 0
Couple of thoughts on the first period from me:
» That was a really smart play by Emily Clark to set up Renata Fast on Canada’s second goal. Great job to gain entry into the American zone with a slick pass. I think that got overlooked because the actual goal was so awkward and we were all focused on that.
» The Americans really only had one good scoring chance, and that was Amanda Kessel coming down the right wing. Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped that one — but she didn’t know where the rebound was for a split second. If I was the Americans, I would try and get any shot on goal early in the second period on this power play and hope that Desbiens is a little rusty from the lack of action in the opening period.
August 26, 2021 at 6:36 PM EDT
Watch Canada's second goal
August 26, 2021 at 6:35 PM EDT
Rough start for the Americans
Assuming a 2-0 deficit with two shots on goal in the first 17 minutes isn’t remotely how the U.S. wanted to start things out here.
The Coyne Schofield-Decker-Knight line hasn’t done much of anything; lots and lots of time in their own end. That’ll have to change.
August 26, 2021 at 6:34 PM EDT
GOAL: Canada 2, U.S. 0
That's two odd goals against Alex Cavallini tonight.
Certainly not sure you could blame her on that last one — just a strange bounce. But credit to Canada here. The goals might be a bit strange, but they are full value for the two-goal lead.
The Americans are really on their heels tonight.
Canada goals: 2
American shots: 2
August 26, 2021 at 6:29 PM EDT
Spooner reaches 100 points
With an assist on Melodie Daoust’s goal, Natalie Spooner has officially recorded 100 career points with the senior national team. She becomes only the 14th skater to do so in Canadian national team history.
August 26, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT
Americans get a shot, finally
It took almost 12½ minutes, but we have our first American shot on goal, from Jincy Dunne. Not a surprise that it came after some quasi-sustained pressure from Abby Roque’s line.
August 26, 2021 at 6:21 PM EDT
More on the first goal
U.S. goalie Alex Cavallini didn't have her stick on the play, and I believe Kendall Coyne Schofield gave hers up.
Jocelyn Larocque with the smart play to get it on net, and Daoust goes five-hole. Lots of Canada pressure early on here.
August 26, 2021 at 6:20 PM EDT
GOAL: Canada 1, U.S. 0
You could really feel that goal coming for Team Canada.
What a terrific sequence for them, and it's really felt like they've come to play tonight. I know they've had some slow or pedestrian starts to kick off this tournament, but not tonight. They have been dominant in the first half of this first period.
August 26, 2021 at 6:15 PM EDT
Family support
One of the fun parts of dropping into international tournaments like this is figuring out who is related to whom. We’ve got an obvious one on Team USA. Jesse Compher’s brother, J.T., plays for the Avs.
Jesse is five years younger and, naturally, started out as J.T.’s house goalie. The two work out in the offseason together in the Chicago area at Mom and Dad’s.
“If J.T.’s home, he’ll drag me to most things, which he’s really nice about,” Jesse told The Athletic’s Peter Baugh earlier this year. “Whatever he does in the summer, if he’s home, he’ll bring me with.”
She’s playing in her second consecutive world championship and started the game centering Team USA’s fourth line.
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August 26, 2021 at 6:10 PM EDT
Brianne Jenner wearing the 'C' for Canada
Brianne Jenner is wearing captain’s "C" in the absence of Marie-Philip Poulin, who is still recovering from taking a puck up high on Tuesday.
Jenner also served as Canada’s captain in the 2019 worlds when Poulin missed games with a knee injury.
August 26, 2021 at 6:06 PM EDT
Tonight's lines
Here are your lines for Canada without Marie-Philip Poulin tonight vs the U.S.:
Forwards
Rattray - Bach - Jenner
Daoust - Fillier - Spooner
Johnston - Turnbull - Clark (starting)
Maltais - Nurse - Saulnier
O’Neill
Defense
Larocque - Fast (starting)
Thompson - Ambrose
Shelton - Bell
Bourbonnais
Goaltender
Ann-Renee Desbiens starts
And the U.S. lines:
Forward
Coyne Schofield - Decker - Knight (starting)
Carpenter - Pannek - Kessel
Cameranesi - Roque - Murphy
Scamurra - Compher - Zumwinkle
Curl
Defense
Keller - Barnes (starting)
Harmon - Bozek
Stecklein - Dunne
Harvey
Goaltender
Alex Cavallini starts
August 26, 2021 at 5:43 PM EDT
U.S.-Canada: The best international rivalry in hockey
After reading Hailey's piece on the Canada-USA rivalry, I’m super excited for this game tonight.
When you think of the best sports rivalries of the 21st century, you automatically think of things like Red Sox-Yankees or Brady vs Manning. But I’m not sure we’ve had anything with the staying power of Canada-USA in women’s hockey. Go back to the Nagano Olympics and draw a straight line to where we are today and it’s a toss-up between these two counties. Is there any other rivalry with such an even tug-of-war over this same time period? I don’t think so.
And what has made this even better is that the games have been compelling and dramatic. We’ve seen heroes like Marie Phillip Poulin or the Lamoureux sisters deliver these iconic and signature moments that will live forever.
When I was growing up, Canada and the Soviet Union had the best rivalry in hockey. I think that’s been replaced by Canada-USA on the women’s side. And I'm not even sure it's close right now.
I’m hopeful tonight’s game is an appetizer for a more important meeting later in this tournament.
August 26, 2021 at 5:26 PM EDT
Inside the beautiful (and sometimes ugly) Canada-U.S. women’s hockey rivalry
What better way to kick off our U.S.-Canada live blog than a look back at the countries' women's hockey rivalry?
The Athletic spoke with a dozen women in 2019 who play or have played for Canada and the U.S., then and now, to assess how that rivalry has evolved from hatred to … slightly less hatred.
“It started from early on — we were all young and all starting out new, so I think there was a general dislike for each other on and off the ice,” said Cammi Granato, who was an American star from 1990 to 2005. “We just couldn’t separate it.
“We were too immature and not a lot of us knew each other … and we let it bleed off the ice.”
Retired Canadian star Cassie Campbell-Pascall: “It was pretty fierce. And it could get dirty at times and it was a lot of back and forth and you know it was the game that you trained for and the game that seemed to mean everything, and always seemed to be the biggest game.”
There was mutual respect, she said, but nothing more.
“You just didn’t like each other and that was just the way it was,” said Campbell-Pascall. “There was definitely a hate there.”
Read more about the rivalry's evolution from the 1990s to present here.
(Photo of Marie-Philip Poulin and Tessa Bonhomme in 2010: Alex Livesey / Getty Images)
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