Spooner scores hat trick, Poulin injured in Canada’s win over Russia at women’s world hockey championship Globe_Sports
Defending champion United States was assured first place in the pool at 3-0.Canada scored five unanswered goals over two periods and held the Russians to zero shots in the second.Starting goalie Anna Prugova was replaced by Nadezhda Morozova after Turnbull’s goal at 6:22 of the second period.
After dressing and participating in warmup for two games at the world championship, Poulin was on the ice for Canada’s first shift Monday.But her left knee buckled going into the boards with Olga Sosina late in the period. She went to the bench in pain.Finland downed Switzerland 6-2 earlier to hold the Swiss winless in four games in Group A.The top five countries in the IIHF’s women’s world rankings comprise Group A, while six to 10 make up Group B.
Anna Shokhina returned to Russia’s lineup after serving a two-game suspension for a kicking infraction at the buzzer of last year’s Olympic bronze-medal game in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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