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1997 3 Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countries  Canada
  United States
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates13–20 December
Teams3
Final positions
Champions    United States (1st title)
Runner-up    Canada
Third place    Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played7
Goals scored52 (7.43 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Canada 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) Hosts

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 DeCostaGoalies Lesley Reddon
0–122:30 – Wickenheiser ( Brisson, Smith)
Granato ( Mounsey) – 28:151–1
1–230:18 – Wilson (Wickenheiser)
1–354:01 – Drolet
Whyte (Granato, Mounsey) (PP) – 57:492–3
10 minPenalties14 min
34Shots35
15 December Finland 3–6
(1–1, 0–1, 2–4)
  Canada Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
Game reference
Liisa-Maria SneckGoalies Manon Rhéaume
Selin ( Fisk, Hänninen) – 11:071–0
1–113:55 – Sunohara ( Nystrom, Brisson)
1–223:19 – Goyette ( McCormack)
1–343:58 – Botterill ( Kellar, Heany)
1–444:55 – Nystrom ( Smith)
Vaarakallio ( Nieminen, Hänninen) – 49:152–4
Reima (Selin, Haanpää) – 49:553–4
3–554:25 – Wilson ( Drolet, Goyette)
3–658:36 – Drolet
41Shots22
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 WhittenGoalies Manon Rhéaume
0–104:49 – Hefford ( Goyette, Wickenheiser) (PP)
Ulion ( Bailey, Bye) – 09:541–1
Baker ( King) – 14:422–1
King ( Looney, Baker) (PP) – 22:233–1
Granato (Bye) – 23:034–1
4–223:19 – Brisson ( Smith)
4–328:00 – Wilson ( Drolet, Schuler)
4–452:42 – Goyette (Wickenheiser, Heany) (PP)
4–557:55 – Hefford (Wickenheiser)
10 minPenalties18 min
24Shots32
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
0–103:17 – Wickenheiser ( Hefford)
Fisk ( Hänninen, Nieminen) – 05:341–1
1–210:14 – Drolet ( Nystrom, Goyette)
1–313:51 – Goyette ( Wilson, Kellar)
1–418:24 – Wickenheiser ( Brisson, McCormack)
Vaarakallio – 19:292–4
2–531:56 – Wilson (Goyette, Drolet) (PP)
2–633:34 – Sunohara ( Campbell, Dupuis)
2–742:10 – Hefford (Wickenheiser, Kellar)
2–842:43 – McCormack (Wilson, Drolet)
Hänninen ( Ikonen) – 49:133–8
6 minPenalties8 min
25Shots37

Gold medal game

20 December United States 3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)
  Canada Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid
Game reference
Sara DeCostaGoalies Lesley Reddon
Ulion ( Whyte, O'Leary) (PP) – 24:061–0
Ulion ( Movsessian) – 34:292–0
Mleczko ( Dunn, Looney) – 38:173–0
14 minPenalties14 min
27Shots23

Statistics

Final standings

  United States
  Canada
  Finland

Scoring leaders

Only the top eight skaters, sorted by points, then goals, are included in this list.

Player GP G A Pts
Canada Hayley Wickenheiser 5 3 5 8
Canada Stacy Wilson 5 4 3 7
Canada Nancy Drolet 5 3 4 7
Canada Danielle Goyette 5 3 4 7
United States Katie King 5 3 2 5
United States Laurie Baker 5 2 3 5
United States Karyn Bye 5 1 4 5
Finland Kirsi Hanninen 4 1 4 5

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