------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 09:16:53 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Canada Women 7 - China 1 Thursday evening in Kitchener Team Canada used a huge first people to blitz China 7-1. The undefeated Canadians are quick. They skate like the wind and at times could really move the puck. China has improved its skating and are playing a better tough defense game. The Chinese still use the cheap dive to try to draw penalties and can hook with the best of them, but overall looked very strong. The woman of the match was Canada's Geraldine Heaney. Her defensive reactions are sublime. Heaney is my vision of the dream skater. She has elegant moves and is always turning up ice with the puck. Wow! what a player!!! Defender Cassie Campbell is much improved from WWC94. She is moving well and joining the attack. In goal Danielle Dube looked very strong. She is a big standup goalie who faces the shooter well. The other Canadian who turned it on last night was Laura Schuler (NU93). She was buzzing all over the ice and was Canada's best forward at both ends of the ice. Overall, I do not picture any other team stopping TCW from winning it's fourth gold medal. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ -------------------------