Overview
- Canada beat the United States 5-3 in Windsor on Oct. 28 as a new-look Canadian lineup featured seven senior debuts and rookie goals from Caitlin Kraemer and 18-year-old Rosalie Tremblay.
- Team USA responded with a 4-0 shutout in Plymouth on Oct. 30 as Tessa Janecke, Joy Dunne, Kirsten Simms and Hannah Bilka supplied the scoring and Gwyneth Philips stopped 13 shots.
- Special teams and shot control defined the Plymouth game with the Americans going 2-for-5 on the power play, Canada failing to score on six chances, and the U.S. outshooting Canada 32-13.
- The exhibition games closed a U.S. training week that reduced a 31-player camp toward a 25-player Worlds roster and left the goaltending pecking order under close evaluation.
- Both matches served as final tune-ups that highlighted Canada’s depth-building through rookie opportunities, showed U.S. defensive and special-teams strength, and set expectations for a likely rematch in Denmark.