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OTTAWA – Northeastern women's ice hockey products tallied two points in three games on Tuesday on the first day of the IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Ottawa. Rising junior
Lucie Povova netted a goal for the Czech Republic and Julia Marty picked up an assist for Switzerland while teammate
Florence Schelling stopped 42 shots in goal.
Povova netted the opening goal for the Czech Republic 8:24 into the first period, setting the tone for a stunning 3-2 victory against Sweden. Povova opened the scoring on a gorgeous end-to-end rush, snapping a wrist shot into the top corner for her first career international goal. Povova was also 14-of-29 in the faceoff circle.
In Switzerland's game against Finland, the Swiss went up 1-0 in the first period only to see Finland pot two goals in less than three minutes during the second frame. Marty collected the secondary assist on Switzerland's lone goal of the afternoon while Schelling kept her team in the game with 42 saves, but Finland capitalized on two of its eight power play opportunities in the game to skate to victory.
“We came out strong in the first period, but in the second we slacked a little bit and they scored two goals," said Marty, the Swiss captain. "What killed us were the penalties. We need to cut down on those and we'll do better.”
Kendall Coyne and the United States dropped a 3-2 shootout decision to Canada in the late game on Tuesday, and will play Finland on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. (ET). Povova and the Czech Republic will play Russia at 12 p.m. while Switzerland takes on the Canadians at 7:30 p.m.
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