Another day and another shutout for Team Canada. Kim St. Pierre did the honors today as the powerful Canadian offensive scored twice in the first and third periods and three times in the second. Veterans Caroline Ouellette and Haley Wickenheiser started the game off with goals book ending the middle part of the stanza. In the second period Marie-Phillip Poulin scored 55 seconds into the frame to give Canada a 3-0 lead. Canada really opened things up when Meaghan Mikkelson scored back to back goals, one was credited on an own goal for Kazakhstan and the other via the Power Play to close out the second period. In the third period Haley Irwin and Natalie Spooner found the back of the net to complete the 7-0 victory.
Helping Canada even further was their avoidance of the penalty box. Only a blatant Meghan Agosta slashing call midway through the second period gave Kazakhstan a chance on the power play. The only bright spot for the Kazakhs was goaltender Daria Obydennova. Obydennova made 64 saves in the game today while allowing all seven Canadian goals.
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