Great Britain beat Kazakhstan 2-0 in their third game at the World Championship Division I Group B in Dumfries.
Nicole Jackson – on the night she won her 71st cap – put in a very impressive performance as she secured a 20-shot shutout.
GB went ahead in the first period when Laura Horwood’s feed from behind the net found Ellie Wallace in the slot to score her first international goal (17:08).
In the second period, Nicole Jackson made a superb stick save to deny Madina Tursynova from close-range on the powerplay
At the other, Arina Chshyokolova made two outstanding saves to stop Aimee Headland and Ellin Rees.
Headland and Casey Traill had long-range shots turned away by Chshyokolova early in the third session and Jodie Alderson-Smith shot just wide.
It was 2-0 when Katie Marsden fed Chamonix Jackson in the slot to score her second GB goal (46:36).
Nicole Jackson made a number of close-range saves as GB had to kill-off successive penalties including over 30 seconds of five-on-three.
GB against Slovenia on Sunday
Great Britain are straight back into action tomorrow (Sunday) against Slovenia (20:00 face-off). Tickets are still available online or you can pay on the door.
If you can’t get to the game you can follow the action on the live webcast by clicking here.
Full Schedule and Results
Wednesday 9th April
Kazakhstan 4-2 Korea
Slovenia 0-12 Italy
Great Britain 0-3 Latvia
Thursday 10th April
Italy 2-0 Kazakhstan
Latvia 11-2 Slovenia
Korea 3-2 Great Britain
Saturday 12th April
Korea 6-3 Slovenia
Latvia 0-6 Italy
Kazakhstan 0-2 Great Britain
Sunday 13th April
Italy v Korea 13:00
Latvia v Kazakhstan 16:30
Great Britain v Slovenia 20:00
Tuesday 15th April
Slovenia v Kazakhstan 13:00
Korea v Latvia 16:30
Italy v Great Britain 20:00
