BUFFALO, New York — U.S. Women’s National Under-18 Team captain Jincy Dunne scored the gold-medal clinching goal in a thrilling, 3-2, overtime victory against familiar foe Canada in the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation Unde-18 Women’s World Championship at HARBORCENTER.
Canada took the lead, scoring at 3:14 of the first period. However, the U.S. tallied the equalizer when Dunne skated end-to-end and roofed a backhand shot in the top right corner in with 33 seconds left in the frame.
In the second stanza, the U.S. notched the go-ahead goal at the 15-minute mark when Alyssa Gorecki, standing between the hash marks, one-timed a shot between the pads of Canadian goaltender Marlene Boissonnault. Canada rallied and evened the game at two just 3:28 later.
The score would stand through the third period filled with end-to-end action, including another Dunne scoring chance that was kept out only by the knob of Boissonnault’s stick, sending the game to overtime.
In the extra frame, Dunne wristed a shot from the top of the right circle through traffic, giving the U.S. its first Under-18 Women’s Worlds gold medal since 2011.
