Women's World Championship 2019: Canada routs Germany to advance to semifinals

Rudi Schuller

Women's World Championship 2019: Canada routs Germany to advance to semifinals image

Jennifer Harss was by far the busiest woman on the ice as the German goaltender faced 66 shots in a 5-0 victory for Canada in the quarterfinals of the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship on Thursday.

It was one-way traffic troughout, with the Canadians seemingly camped in the German zone and free to make attempts on Harss' net, especially in the final 40 minutes. The German goalie ended the contest with a .924 save percentage, a testament to the sheer amount of shots taken by the Canadans.

"I thought the way we played after the first period was good and we got lots of shots with traffic," Canada head coach Perry Pearn said. "[Jennifer Harss] is a good goalie and if you don’t get traffic in front of her she’s going to stop pucks. She did her job and we did enough to find ways to score and come out with the win.”

Blayre Turnbull scored the first and last goal of the game, while Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey and Natalie Spooner also found the back of the net as Canada cruised into the semifinals.

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At the other end of the ice, Canadian goalie Emerance Maschmeyer only needed to make nine saves in total. Maschmeyer's work load decreased as the game went on, with the Germans registering five shots in the opening period and three in the middle frame. The Germans' lone attempt on goal in the third period came with less than 30 seconds to play.

Thursday's result continues Canada's dominance in head-to-head match-ups with Germany. The European nation has yet to score a goal against the Canadians in international play.

Canada will meet Finland in the semifinal on Saturday.

Rudi Schuller