Marie\u002DPhilip Poulin scored twice and had an assist for Canada in a 9\u002D0 win over Japan at the women\u0027s world hockey championship Sunday.
Japan starter Akane Konishi stopped 28 of 32 shots before she was relieved by Riko Kawaguchi midway through the second period of the first game between the two countries in 22 years. Kawaguchi made 22 saves.
Canada caps the preliminary round Tuesday against the U.S., which is unbeaten after two games and meets the Swiss on Monday. The top four teams in each pool advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals.Article contentJapan finished a best-ever sixth in last year’s world championship in Calgary and posted the same result in February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.
But almost half the roster turned over, which made for a young Japanese team in Denmark with 13 players aged 22 or younger. The International Ice Hockey Federation’s removal of Russia from tournaments because of that country’s invasion of Ukraine shifted Japan into Pool A’s top five seeds in Herning alongside Canada, the U.S., Finland and Switzerland.But Japan took five minor penalties in the first period as it struggled to contain the Canadians. Three stick infractions in the first five minutes made way for two early Canadian power-play goals.Canada pinned the Japanese in their own zone for the majority of the game.
Bach scored her first career world championship goal with Maltais, Shelton, Potomak and Rattray collecting their first goals of this tournament.
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