UTICA, N.Y. — Canada lost the women's world hockey championship gold medal on home ice to the United States last year, so poetic justice will be on the minds of Canadian players Sunday in Utica, N.Y.
Veteran defender Jocelyne Larocque scored and had an assist for Canada in the semifinal. Her goal was the 35-year-old's second in 10 world championship appearances.Ann-Renee Desbiens posted a nine-save shutout in the Canada's net, and thus won't be worn out for the gold-medal game. Her Czech counterpart Klara Peslarova stopped 43 shots in the loss.American forward Taylor Heise believes a home crowd behind her team Sunday is an advantage.
A combined 30 players on the two rosters are in their first season in the Professional Women's Hockey League and the remainder played in the NCAA. "The rivalry when you're wearing that Canadian and American jersey, it just brings it out, and especially at a world championship, it brings it up a notch.""Probably against what a lot of people think, we don't look at what roster the Americans are putting out and then adjust our roster to match it," Canadian head coach Troy Ryan said.
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