1997 3 Nations Cup

1997 3 Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Canada  United States
Dates	13–20 December
Teams	3
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	52 (7.43 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Hayley Wickenheiser (8 points)
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The 1997 3 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament held various locations of the Northeastern United States and Canada from December 13–20, 1997. It was the second edition of the 3 Nations Cup.

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	4	4	0	0	22	12	+10	8	Advance to Gold medal game
2	United States (H)	4	1	2	1	15	14	+1	3
3	Finland	4	0	3	1	12	23	−11	1

Source: Hockey Canada
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC−5).

13 December

United States

3–3

Finland

Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid

14 December

United States

2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Canada

Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid

Game reference
	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Lesley Reddon
	0–1 22:30 – Wickenheiser (Brisson, Smith) Granato (Mounsey) – 28:15 1–1 1–2 30:18 – Wilson (Wickenheiser) 1–3 54:01 – Drolet Whyte (Granato, Mounsey) (PP) – 57:49 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	35

15 December

Finland

3–6 (1–1, 0–1, 2–4)

Canada

Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa

Game reference
	Liisa-Maria Sneck	Goalies	Manon Rhéaume
	Selin (Fisk, Hänninen) – 11:07 1–0 1–1 13:55 – Sunohara (Nystrom, Brisson) 1–2 23:19 – Goyette (McCormack) 1–3 43:58 – Botterill (Kellar, Heany) 1–4 44:55 – Nystrom (Smith) Vaarakallio (Nieminen, Hänninen) – 49:15 2–4 Reima (Selin, Haanpää) – 49:55 3–4 3–5 54:25 – Wilson (Drolet, Goyette) 3–6 58:36 – Drolet
	41	Shots	22

16 December

United States

6–3

Finland

Weibel Avenue Ice Rink, Saratoga Springs

17 December

United States

4–5 (2–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Canada

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington

Game reference
	Erin Whitten	Goalies	Manon Rhéaume
	0–1 04:49 – Hefford (Goyette, Wickenheiser) (PP) Ulion (Bailey, Bye) – 09:54 1–1 Baker (King) – 14:42 2–1 King (Looney, Baker) (PP) – 22:23 3–1 Granato (Bye) – 23:03 4–1 4–2 23:19 – Brisson (Smith) 4–3 28:00 – Wilson (Drolet, Schuler) 4–4 52:42 – Goyette (Wickenheiser, Heany) (PP) 4–5 57:55 – Hefford (Wickenheiser)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	32

18 December

Finland

3–8 (2–4, 0–2, 1–2)

Canada

Quinte Sports Centre, Belleville

Game reference
	Tuula Puputti Liisa-Maria Sneck	Goalies	Lesley Reddon
	0–1 03:17 – Wickenheiser (Hefford) Fisk (Hänninen, Nieminen) – 05:34 1–1 1–2 10:14 – Drolet (Nystrom, Goyette) 1–3 13:51 – Goyette (Wilson, Kellar) 1–4 18:24 – Wickenheiser (Brisson, McCormack) Vaarakallio – 19:29 2–4 2–5 31:56 – Wilson (Goyette, Drolet) (PP) 2–6 33:34 – Sunohara (Campbell, Dupuis) 2–7 42:10 – Hefford (Wickenheiser, Kellar) 2–8 42:43 – McCormack (Wilson, Drolet) Hänninen (Ikonen) – 49:13 3–8
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	37

Gold medal game

20 December

United States

3–0 (0–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Canada

Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid

Game reference
	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Lesley Reddon
	Ulion (Whyte, O'Leary) (PP) – 24:06 1–0 Ulion (Movsessian) – 34:29 2–0 Mleczko (Dunn, Looney) – 38:17 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	23

Statistics

Final standings

	United States
	Canada
	Finland

External links

• Tournament recap