Team Canada shuts out Great Britain Lions, advances to gold medal game in Women’s World Championship

Team Canada earned a berth in the gold medal game in the 2017 Women’s World Championship at McLeod Stadium in Langley, B.C., Canada, after blanking a feisty Great Britain squad 35-0.

The Great Britain Lions started the game fast, recovering a Canadian fumble, and intercepting Aimee Kowalski. The Canadian defense was just as effective at stopping the British.

Canada scored first in the second quarter when Casey Brick caught a Kowalski pass for 18 yard touchdown. Carly Dyck’s extra point failed due to a bad snap. Then Kowalski began to exploit a weakness in the British secondary by hitting Laurence Pontbriand in stride for an 80 yard score with 8:06 left in the second, and Dyck made the PAT.

Kowalski and Pontbriand hooked up again to reach the British 15 yard line, and Brick caught a Kowalski pass from there to add the third TD with 1:05 left in the half. On another busted play, Dyck took the ball in for the 2 point conversion. The score at half was Canada 21 Britain 0.

With 8:39 left in the third, Julene Friesen caught a TD pass from Kowalski, and Dyck converted. After Britain blocked a Dyck field goal attempt, second Canada QB Maude Lacasse took a QB keeper in for a 17 yard touchdown, and Dyck added the extra point to make the score 35-0.

Britain had one last chance to score, but failed to convert a 4th down from at the Canadian 4 yard line.

The players of the game were LB Phoebe Schecter for Britain, and Emma Goldsney for Canada.