 The Canadian Press Vancouver 2010
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Canada opens U18 women's world championship with 6-3 victory over Russia
CHICAGO - Brigette Lacquette had a goal and two assists as Canada defeated Russia 6-3 to open the IIHF under-18 women's world hockey championship Saturday.
After falling behind early in the first period, Sarah Davis, Melodie Daoust and Jenna McParland scored goals less than two minutes apart to take a 3-1 lead.
Lacquette and Jillian Saulnier added power-play goals and Kelly Terry scored in the final minute to ice the game for Canada, which will face Germany on Sunday.
"You always want to start a short tournament like this with a victory," said Canadian coach Dan Church, who was happy with his team's overall performance but stressed the need for better defensive habits.
"We spent a lot of time today in the offensive zone, but we need to know when to play defence (in all three zones)."
Olga Sosina scored twice and Lyudmila Belyakova added a goal for Russia.
Earlier Saturday, Finland defeated the Czech Republic 5-1.
In the late game, Sweden edged Germany 5-4.
