Box Score TORONTO (CIS) – Third-year forward Casandra Dupuis was the overtime hero as the top-seeded Montreal Carabins edged the host University of Toronto Varsity Blues 1-0 on Day 1 of the CIS women’s hockey championship, Thursday night at Varsity Arena.
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A native of Sherbrooke, Que., Dupuis banged home a Janique Duval (Val d’Or, Que.) rebound with 1:42 remaining in overtime to notch the game’s lone tally for the RSEQ champions.
The Carabins will vie for a spot in the gold-medal game when they take on the No. 4 UBC Thunderbirds, appearing in their first national championship in program history, on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Toronto will look to rebound and get in the win column versus UBC tomorrow, also at 7:30 p.m.
“We expected U of T to give us some trouble,” said Carabins head coach Isabelle Leclaire. “The only thing we didn’t expect was to shoot the puck 54 times and only score one goal. We didn’t come out strong enough and you have to give credit to their goaltender.”
Third-year U of T netminder Nicole Kesteris of Aurora, Ont., posted a career-high 53 saves on the night.
“Nicole was amazing,” commented Varsity Blues head coach and three-time Olympian Vicky Sunohara. “She stepped up and did everything she needed to do. We had some chances but you can’t expect to win a game without scoring. We have to control the things that we can control and come out fighting tomorrow night.”
The Carabins came out ready to go in their first-ever meeting with Toronto, outshooting the home team 13-2 through 20 minutes of action. Toronto gained some momentum through the second frame but was unable to solve Montreal goalie Élodie Rousseau Sirois despite two powerplay chances. The Pohénégamook, Que., native ended the night with 23-save shut out performance.
Kesteris continued her dominant play through the third period with 19 saves to help the Blues force overtime. Montreal wore down the No. 6 seeded Blues with 10 shots before Dupuis found the back of the net.
W-Hockey vs Montreal 3/7/2013 Gallery
SCORING SUMMARY
Complete boxscore: BOXSCORE
Montreal 1, Toronto 0 (overtime)
FIRST PERIOD
SCORING:
(no scoring)
PENALTIES:
(no penalties)
SECOND PERIOD
SCORING:
(no scoring)
PENALTIES:
Kristi Riseley (TOR) body checking, 7:25;
Marlie McLaughlin (TOR) tripping, 12:45;
Laurence Beaulieu (MTL) holding, 15:05;
Ariane Barker (MTL) hooking, 18:49;
THIRD PERIOD
SCORING:
(no scoring)
PENALTIES:
Courtney Tougas (TOR) cross checking, 5:07;
OVERTIME
SCORING:
1. MTL Casandra Dupuis (1) (Janique Duval, Elizabeth Mantha) 8 :18 (PP)
PENALTIES:
Mary Claire Geneau (TOR) interference, 6:19;
GOALS (by period)
MTL: 0-0-0-1:1
TOR: 0-0-0-0:0
SHOTS ON GOAL (by period)
MTL: 13-11-19-11:54
TOR: 2-8-12-1:23
POWER PLAY:
MTL: 1-4
TOR: 0-2
GOALTENDERS
MTL: Elodie Rousseau Sirois (W, 1-0, 23 shots, 23 saves, 68:18)
TOR: Nicole Kesteris (L, 0-0-1, 54 shots, 53 saves, 68:18)
PLAYERS OF THE GAME:
MTL: Kim Deschenes
TOR: Nicole Kesteris
REFEREE: Heather Richardson
LINESMEN: Stephanie Gagnon, Marce Ross
ATTENDANCE: 445
SCHEDULE, RESULTS & POOL STANDINGS
Pool A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
1. Montreal 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
2. Toronto 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
3. UBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pool B GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS
1. Calgary 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 3
2. StFX 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
3. Queen’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NOTE (scoring system):
Win in regulation (W): 3 points
Win in overtime or shootout (OTW): 2 points
Loss in overtime or shootout (OTL): 1 point
Loss in regulation (L): 0 point
Thursday, March 7
13:00 Pool B #1: Calgary 4, StFX 0
19:30 Pool A #1: Montreal 1, Toronto 0 (OT)
Friday, March 8
16:00 Pool B #2: No. 2 StFX vs. No. 3 Queen’s
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19:30 Pool A #2: No. 6 Toronto vs. No. 4 UBC
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Saturday, March 9
16:00 Pool B #3: No. 5 Calgary vs. No. 3 Queen’s
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19:30 Pool A #3: No. 1 Montreal vs. No. 4 UBC
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Sunday, March 10
12:00 5
th Place
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15:30 Bronze
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19:00 Final
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