
Stacey scores winner to lift Thunder over Red Star in Clarkson Cup
TORONTO — Laura Stacey had no interest in seeing Sunday’s Clarkson Cup go to a shootout.
The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., was part of the Canadian women’s Olympic team that fell 3-2 to the Americans in a shootout last month in Pyeongchang.
Stacey one-timed a Nicole Kosta feed past Noora Raty with 2:11 remaining in overtime as the Markham Thunder edged the Kunlun Red Star 2-1 to capture the CWHL championship.
“I definitely had that OT-shootout kind of picture in my head, and I really really didn’t want to go back to what happened a couple weeks ago,” said Stacey.