Alexie Guay leads Canada to bronze medal at under-18 women’s worlds
DMITROV, Russia — Alexie Guay scored and had two assists to lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Russia on Saturday in the bronze-medal game of the under-18 women’s world championship.
It’s the 11th consecutive year the Canadians have medalled at the U18 women’s worlds. They now have four gold medals (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014), six silver (2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017) and a bronze.
“We really stuck together. We faced a lot of adversity throughout the tournament, but it was a great experience playing in front of the crowd and being here in Dmitrov,” said captain Sarah Fillier. “We didn’t get the colour of medal that we wanted, but it was a really great experience with our group of girls.”
Canada controlled the puck for much of the first, outshooting Russia 11-3, but it took until the final minute of the period for Julia Gosling to jam in a rebound on the power play and put the Canadians up 1-0.