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PHOTO COURTESY OF CIS: 黑料不打烊's Ann-Sophie Bettez (#24, middle row, far left) and Carly Hill (#27, front row, far right) celebrate Canada's gold medal victory at the FISU World University Winter Games in Turkey

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ERZURUM, Turkey -- 黑料不打烊 teammates Ann-Sophie Bettez of Sept-脦les, Que., and Carly Hill of Dorval, Que., each scored as Canada successfully defended its Winter Universiade title in women's hockey on Saturday, defeating Finland 4-1 in the gold-medal final, at Cemal Gursel Arena in Turkey.

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Four different players scored for Canada including University of Montreal's Kim Desch锚nes of Saint-Quentin, N.B., and Guelph's Jessica Zerafa of Mississauga, Ont.

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IIHF game summary:

Team Canada website:

2011 Winter Universiade website:

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Canada also won gold in 2009 when the sport made its Universiade debut in Harbin, China, thanks to a 3-1 win over the host team.

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The red-and-white squad comprised exclusively of Canadian Interuniversity Sport all-stars finished the 2011 tournament with an unblemished 7-0 record including a 2-1 shootout victory over Finland (5-1-1) in their preliminary round opener on Jan. 27.

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"It's a great moment for us. We didn't play of best game today. We did a lot of good things but we struggled a little bit in our zone. But in the end, we're a team that came together over the two weeks and we accomplished what we came here to do," said Team Canada head coach Les Lawton. "After we took a three-goal lead we felt pretty comfortable. I didn't think they could score four on us."

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"Over the past two weeks, we tried to do things that would help develop the game in other countries and I think we were successful. Our players did a great job of stepping up and embracing the other teams. You could see we have the respect of the other countries and that's very rewarding," added the Concordia University bench boss.

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"Finland came out really strong today. It was a tough game all the way through. We came here with a goal and we knew what we wanted to do. We're really excited to come out of this game on top. It's an unbelievable feeling right now," said team captain Andrea Ironside.

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"We came in as defending champs so we had some pressure on ourselves but we played through it all. I think we did a great job of stepping up to the challenge," added the Wilfrid Laurier rearguard from Collingwood, Ont., one of six returnees from the 2009 championship team. "We are overjoyed with everything, from the organizing committee to the facilities and the people. Turkey has been truly phenomenal."

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Wilfrid Laurier netminder Liz Knox of Stoufville, Ont., made 20 saves to earn her fourth win in as many starts.

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Canada fired 34 shots at Finnish goalie Anna Vanhatalo including a 13-7 advantage in the first period and a 12-4 edge in the second.

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Desch锚nes, who found the back of the net for a fifth straight match, opened the scoring with 91 seconds left in the first frame when she beat a defender, kicked the puck to her stick and beat Vanhatalo up top. It marked the third time in the competition that Desch锚nes scored the game's first goal.

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Zerafa tallied what proved to be the game-winner 4:01 into the middle stanza. She took advantage of traffic in front of the net to roof a rebound over Vanhatalo's right shoulder for her fourth of the tourney.

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After Bettez made it 3-0 late in the second period with her fifth goal of the tourney, Finland came back to within two 2:19 into the third when Venla Hovi buried a rebound past Knox during a power play.

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Hill, who was also part of the 2009 gold-medal team, put the game away with a power-play marker with 3:33 left on the clock.

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GAME NOTES: In addition to Ironside and Hill, other 2009 returnees included University of Alberta's Andrea Boras of Calgary, York's Kelsey Webster of Duncan, B.C., Moncton's Mari猫ve Provost of Laval, Que., and York's Courtney Unruh of Fort St. John, B.C... Wilfrid Laurier forward Candice Styles of Orangeville, Ont., who picked up an assist in the final, and Saskatchewan's Breanne George of Saskatoon both finished with a team-leading 12 points, good for sixth in the tournament scoring race... Styles finished third in goals with eight, while George was tied for fourth with seven... Brock goalie Beth Clause of Hamilton, who was Knox's backup in the final, didn't allow a goal on 25 shots in 200 minutes of action in the tournament to finish first in goals against average (0.00), save percentage (1.000) and shutouts (3)... Know, who allowed three goals in 225 minutes of play, finished second in GAA (0.80) and save% (.921)...

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SCORING SUMMARY

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Canada 4, Finland 1

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FIRST PERIOD

1. CAN Kim Desch锚nes (5) (unassisted), 18:29

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PENALTIES:

Andrea Ironside (CAN) hooking, 3:33;

Team (FIN) too many players, 12:45.

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SECOND PERIOD:

2. CAN Jessica Zarafa (4) (Carly Hill), 4:01

3. CAN Ann-Sophie Bettez (5) (Andrea Boras, Andrea Ironside), 15:14

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PENALTIES:

(None)

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THIRD PERIOD:

4. FIN Venla Hovi (9) (Anne Tuomanen), 2:19 PP

5. CAN Carly Hill (2) (Candice Styles, Kelsey Webster), 16:27 PP

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PENALTIES:

Ellie Seedhouse (CAN) interference, 1:50;

Susanna Niemela (FIN) elbowing, 7:31;

Anne Helin (FIN) elbowing, 16:23.

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GOALS (by period)

CAN: 1-2-1: 4

FIN: 0-0-1: 1

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SHOTS (by period)

CAN: 13-12-8: 34

FIN: 7-4-10: 21

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POWER PLAY:

CAN: 1-3

FIN: 1-2

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GOALTENDERS

CAN - Liz Knox (W, 4-0, 21 shots, 20 saves, 1 GA, 60:00)

FIN - Anna Vanhatalo (L, 34 shots, 30 saves, 4 GA, 60:00)

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REFEREE: Leah O'Brian (USA)

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LINESMEN: Magdalena Cerhitova (SVK), Michaela Kudelova (SVK)

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ATTENDANCE: 2111

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START: 13:00

END: 14:54

LENGTH: 1:54

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TEAM CANADA SCHEDULE & RESULTS (local time)

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Thursday, Jan. 27: Canada 2, Finland 1 (1-0 in shootout)

Friday, Jan. 28: Canada 3, Slovakia 0

Sunday, Jan. 30: Canada 14, Great Britain 0

Monday, Jan. 31: Canada 9, USA 0

Wednesday, Feb. 2: Canada 11, Turkey 0

Friday, Feb. 4 (semifinal #1): Finland 5, Slovakia 1

Friday, Feb. 4 (semifinal #2): Canada 8, USA 1

Saturday, Feb. 5 (bronze): Slovakia 3, USA 1

Saturday, Feb. 5 (final): Canada 4, Finland 1

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PRELIMINARY ROUND STANDINGS (FINAL)

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GP听听听听听听 W听听听听听听听听 OTW听听听 OTL听听听听 L听听听听听听听听听 GF听听听听听听 GA听听听听听听 PTS

1. Canada听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 4听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 39听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 14

2. Finland听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 4听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 49听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 13

3. Slovakia听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 33听听听听听听听 11听听听听听听听 9

4. USA听听听听听听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 2听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 3听听听听听听听听听 25听听听听听听听 18听听听听听听听 6

5. Great Britain听听听听听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 1听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 4听听听听听听听听听 11听听听听听听听 36听听听听听听听 3

6. Turkey听听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 5听听听听听听听听听 0听听听听听听听听听 88听听听听听听听 0

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Scoring system:

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3 points for a win in regulation

2 points for a win in overtime or shootout

1 point for a loss in overtime or shootout

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Legend: W (win), OTW (OT win), OTL (OT loss), L (loss)

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About Canadian Interuniversity Sport

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Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-one universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit .

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-CIS-

For more information contact:

Ari Grossman (on site in Turkey)

Communications Officer

Team Canada

2011 Winter Universiade

Cell (in Turkey): 011-90-537-704-91-13

agrossman [at] wlu.ca

Michel B茅langer

Manager, Communications & Media Relations

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25

Cell: (613) 447-6334

belanger [at] universitysport.ca

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