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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
Canada crushes Germany
Canada opened Monday with a 10-0 victory over Switzerland. It has Wednesday off and faces its first serious test of the fifth global women's tournament on Thursday against Finland.
Canada, which went 20-0 in winning the first four tournaments, now is 22-0 in world championship play.
With many more goals than the Germans had scoring chances, coach Daniele Sauvageau's club could have beaten the Germans without bothering to use a goaltender.
Nancy Drolet, Jayna Hefford and Geraldine Heaney each scored two goals, and Danielle Goyette, Hayley Wickenheiser, Becky Kellar, Caroline Ouellette, Nathalie Rivard, France St-Louis and Jennifer Botterill had one apiece.
Wickenheiser, skating with ease through the German defence, had four assists, and Ouellette set up three goals.
Sami Jo Small earned the shutout. Her biggest challenge was staying awake.
Give the Germans credit. Down 10-0 at the second intermission, they showed up for the third period. And they proved that they have mastered the art of icing the puck. It was the only way they could slow Canada's relentless offence.
In the only previous Canada-Germany women's world championship game, in 1990 in Ottawa, Canada won 17-0. The only subsequent meeting took place 10 weeks ago when, at an under-22 tournament in Germany, Canada twice defeated Germany 3-1.
Notes: Fiona Smith hasn't played since suffering a whiplash injury in an exhibition game last Thursday in Sweden but the 25-year-old native of Edam, Sask., has resumed practising. Team doctor Chantal Ducasse will reassess Smith to determine if she'll be allowed into the lineup against Finland on Thursday . . . Isabelle Chartrand has been flown in as a possible replacement on defence if Smith is ruled not ready for the weekend medal round . . . Nancy Drolet's jar of peanut butter didn't last long. The hotel where the team is staying went heavy on fish for dinners the first few days and Drolet's jar was fair game for protein-seeking players turning thumbs down on the herring and salmon.