Shannon Szabados says Loren Gabel has 'one of the best I’ve seen in a while.' KrRutherford has more on Team Canada's next goal-scoring star.
So far through the round robin at these world championships — Canada is 3-1, having lost only to Team USA — Gabel has three goals, including a game-winner, which came during a 6-0 drubbing of Switzerland to open the tournament last Thursday.
"She has a unique ability to score goals," Pearn says. "If you watch lots of female hockey, that’s the hardest thing is to score goals. We have a great group that does a lot of things well, but we don’t often score a pile of goals… We’re trying to get better in that department. That’s a unique skill set she brings. I’m sure she’s worked at it, but it’s a bit of a gift, too."
An eighth overall pick of the Buffalo Beauts in the 2018 NWHL draft, Gabel is known not only for her ability to score — her 213 points are the most in Clarkson University women’s hockey history — but for what comes after. She has authored some epic celebrations. Gabel has not yet been on the winning side of a clash against Team USA at this level, with two losses at the 4 Nations Cup and one earlier this week in Finland. Her first-ever goal for Canada’s senior team actually came against Team USA at 4 Nations, when she wired a rebound top shelf. "It was a game-tying goal in the third," she says. "Definitely an amazing feeling, being in Canada and having the crowd go crazy was so cool.
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