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Winter Universiade: Canada vs. Russia for gold: Part II

February 12, 2015

GRANADA, Spain (CIS) – Canada’s women’s hockeyteam will shoot for its fourth gold medal in as many WinterUniversiade tournaments later today, but will do so against theonly team to have ever beaten them in FISU competition, Russia.

The game can be watched live at 2:30 p.m. EST (8:30 p.m. localtime) at http://www.livefisu.tv/

The contest will be a rematch of last Sunday’s Pool Bfinale where Russia (3-0) prevailed 3-1 to hand Canada (2-1) itsfirst-ever Universiade loss in women’s hockey, and also ofthe 2013 final in Trentino, Italy, where the Canucks scored aconvincing 5-0 win.

The Red and White is 23-1 overall since women’s hockeymade its FISU Games debut in 2009.

Canada advanced to the gold medal final thanks to a 5-2 victoryover Japan (3-1) in Wednesday’s semifinal. Alternate captainMorgan McHaffie (Guelph, Ont.) of the Queen’s UniversityGaels notched a pair of goals in the victory and has a team-leadingthree goals in three games heading into the final.

Also scoring for Canada were defenceman Julie Flinton (WilliamsLake, B.C.) of the University of Saskatchewan, StFX forward AlexNormore (Bedford, N.S) and University of Alberta forward TessHouston (Winnipeg), who picked up the game-winner by scoring on ashorthanded breakaway.

The Russians, however, are bolstered by an offence that countsfour of the top five Universiade scoring leaders among its ranks,including CIS leading scorer Iya Gavrilova of the University ofCalgary, who has 10 points in three games. Gavrilova is one ofeight Olympians on the Russian roster.

NOTES: In previous Universiade gold medalfinals, the Canadians defeated China 3-1 (2009), Finland 4-1 (2011)and Russia 5-0 (2013)... Four members of the 2015 team return fromthe 2013 championship squad, including goaltender ÉlodieRousseau-Sirois from the University of Montreal, defencemanBrittney Fouracres from McGill, as well as forwards Laura Brookerfrom Wilfrid Laurier and Alex Normore from StFX.

Team Canada website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/winter/2015/index

Granada 2015 website: http://www.granada2015.org/en/

TEAM CANADA SCHEDULE & RESULTS (all times local / 6 hoursahead of EST)

Tuesday, Feb. 4 (20:30): Canada 7 Kazakhstan 1

Sunday, Feb. 8 (20:30): Russia 3, Canada 1

Wednesday, Feb. 11 (13:30): Canada 5, Japan 2 (semi-final)

Thursday, Feb. 12 (20:30): Canada vs. Russia (final / www.fisu.tv)

TEAM CANADA ROSTER

Name University Elig. Hometown AcademicProgram

Goaltenders

NicoleKesteris Toronto 5 Aurora,Ont. Human Geography

ÉlodieRousseau-Sirois Montreal 4 Pohenegamook, Que. Architecture

Defence

SarahCasorso UBC 5 Kelowna,B.C. Arts

JuliaFlinton Saskatchewan 4 WilliamsLake, B.C. Agriculture &Bioresources

Brittney Fouracres McGill 4 Calgary,Alta. Chemical Engineering

KatelynGosling Western 4 London,Ont. Social Science

ÉlizabethMantha Montreal 5 Longueuil,Que. Industrial Relations

KeirstenVisser UPEI 5 Crapaud,P.E.I. Science

Forwards

ArianeBarker Montreal 4 Napierville, Que. Communications

LauraBrooker Wilfrid Laurier 5 Fergus,Ont. English

JessicaFickel Brock 5 Fort Erie,Ont. Kinesiology

Tess Houston Alberta 4 Winnipeg,Man. Nursing

JessicaKampjes Alberta 3 SturgeonCounty,Alta. Native Studies

Breanna Lanceleve SaintMary’s 2 LowerSackville, N.S. Science

Maggie Litchfield-Medd Manitoba 5 Winnipeg,Man. Environment, Earth, & Resources

Jenny MacKnight Windsor 5 Regina,Sask. Environmental Studies

Morgan McHaffie Queen’s -- Guelph,Ont. Physical & Health Education

AlexNormore StFX 5 Bedford,N.S. Human Kinetics

DaleyOddy StFX 2 Cranbrook,B.C. HumanKinetics

BreePolci Windsor 5 London,Ont. History

NOTE: The year of CIS eligibility listed is for the 2014-15season. Morgan McHaffie of Queen’s used her fifth and finalyear of CIS eligibility in 2013-14.

Staff

TeamLeader: KelsieGraham Regina, Sask.

Head Coach: JonRempel University of Manitoba

Assistant Coach: BruceDonaldson University of Prince Edward Island

Assistant Coach: JimHunter University of Windsor

Athletic Therapist: NadineSmith Carleton University

Equipment Manager: JeanHuynh McGill University

About theWinter Universiade


The Winter Universiade is a biennial international multi-sportevent open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participantsmust be full-time students at a post-secondary institution(university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from apost-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.

The Granada Universiade will feature nine compulsory sports andone optional sport. Compulsory sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, icehockey, curling, nordic skiing, short track speed skating, figureskating, synchronized skating, snowboarding. Optional sport:freestyle skiing.

NOTE: Biathlon and nordic skiing will take place in StrbskePleso and Osrblie, Slovakia from Jan. 24 to Feb. 1, prior to thestart of the Games in Granada.

Official website: www.granada2015.org

About Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body ofuniversity sport in Canada. Every year, over 11,500student-athletes and 700 coaches from 56 universities and fourregional associations vie for 21 national championships in 12different sports. CIS also provides high performance internationalopportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and SummerUniversiades, as well as numerous world university championships.For further information, visit www.cis-sic.ca or follow us on:

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