URL:http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/970406/946740.html The Ottawa Citizen Online Sports Page Sunday 6 April 1997 SUNOHARA EMERGES AS SCORING HERO Martin Cleary The Ottawa Citizen Vicky Sunohara, who had been detached from the national women's hockey program for the past seven years after winning a world title in 1990, was brimming with joy yesterday at the fourth world women's hockey championship. After scoring the winning goal with 24 seconds remaining in the third period to give Canada a 2-1 semifinal win over Finland, the pumped up Sunohara said: "You haven't seen anything yet." Sunohara was referring to tonight's scheduled championship final between three-time gold medallist Canada and three-time silver medallist United States (8 p.m., TSN). The Scarborough, Ont., player was cut from the 1992 Canadian world team and was so depressed by it she lost her drive to be one of the best and retreated to playing women's club hockey. But after the 1994 worlds, she set a goal to wear the Canadian sweater again, which she achieved six months ago. Sunohara's goal was her third game-winner of the championships. She scored the first goal in a 6-0 victory over Switzerland on Monday, and the second goal in a 9-1 win over Russia on Tuesday. Sunohara and Hayley Wickenheiser lead the Canadian team with three goals each. "There was intensity on the bench,'' she said about Canada's attitude late in the game. "We were on fire. It came down to digging deep. Overtime wasn't brought up once. Not once was there a negative thought." She was inspired by a motivational video head coach Shannon Miller showed after the Canadians played an uninspired first period. "In the change room, I told the girls: 'I've waited seven years for this girls. Let's go.'" Copyright (c) 1997 The Ottawa Citizen