Canadian junior team downs Finland 8-5 to finish round-robin undefeated, senior team loses game one 8-2 to Finland
Helsinki, Finland – January 1, 2015 – The Canadian junior team posted an 8-5 win over their Finnish rivals on the final day of round robin play to remain undefeated in the President’s Pool. The first place Canadians will go on to face the second place Finns again tomorrow as the best two-out-of-three series to claim international gold gets underway.
“What we have been planning against the Finns, we are accomplishing,” said Ottawa’s Sarah-Lynne Begin who scored a pair of goals and two assists in the 8-5 win over the Finns. “This game got us prepared to be able to execute for the big game tomorrow.”
Canada’s senior team battled hard in game one of the best two-out-of-three Sam Jacks series but came up short, losing 8-2 to the Finns. The Youldon sisters from Nepean, Kelsey and Kaitlyn, picked up singles for Canada. The Canadians will have a day of rest before meeting the Finns again on January 3rd for game two in the Sam Jack’s series.
In other round robin games in the President’s Pool today, Sweden’s junior team beat Slovakia 10-0 and shut out Czech Republic 13-0. Sweden downed USA 19-0 to finish in third place and will now go on to play a best two-out-of-three series for bronze against Team USA.
Final round robin standings for the President’s Pool:
Canada Junior: 6 wins 0 losses – 12 points
Finland Junior: 5 wins 1 loss – 10 points
Sweden: 4 wins 2 losses – 8 points
USA: 3 wins 3 losses – 6 points
Sweden Junior: 2 wins 4 losses – 4 points
Slovakia: 1 win 5 losses – 2 points
Czech Republic: 0 wins 6 losses – 0 points
All games are being live webcast and can be accessed through the following links:
President’s Pool: https://www.youtube.com/user/RingetteTV
Sam Jacks Series: http://areena.yle.fi/1-3198005
Live stats can be found here: http://www.wrc2015.fi/en/Results.html
The following games will take place tomorrow (all times are local Helsinki time):
President’s Bronze series game one
14:45 Sweden vs. USA
President’s Trophy series game one
18:00 Canada Junior vs. Finland Junior
About Ringette
Ringette is a Canadian sport that was invented in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by the late Sam Jacks. There are currently nearly 30,000 players on nearly 2,000 teams across Canada, with over 1,500 officials and nearly 8000 coaches. Internationally, it is played in more than a half a dozen other countries around the world. Ringette has been designated a Heritage Sport by Sport Canada and as part of the Sport for Life movement, ringette is well advanced at adapting Sport Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development model. For more information, please refer to the Ringette Canada Web site at www.ringette.ca.
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