TORONTO (March 24, 2010) - Alison Bagg of Kingston, Ont., had a goal while Becky Conroy of Pembroke, Ont., added an assist as the OUA All-Stars defeated the Canadian women's hockey U-18 team 4-2 in an exhibition matchup in Toronto last night.

The game was a pre-tournament game for the U-18 team that is preparing for the upcoming U-18 World Championships in Chicago, Ill. at the end of the month.

Canada came out firing in the first period, and was rewarded just 4:20 in when Christine Bestland followed her shot to the net and tucked a rebound around OUA goaltender Liz Knox. But that was all the Canadians could muster in the opening 20 minutes against Knox, a former member of the National Women's Under-22 Team.

The OUA pulled even on the power play just 1:46 into the second period, as Manon Davis buried a rebound past Canadian netminder Erica Howe. Conroy picked up the second assist on the marker. Bagg would give the OUA the lead when her point shot beat a screened Carmen MacDonald, who had replaced Howe just minutes earlier.

The lead was extended to two goals just over two minutes later when a shot from Ellie Seedhouse banked off the skate of Brenly Jorgenson and past MacDonald to make it 3-1 on another OUA man advantage. Jillian Saulnier reduced the deficit to one for Team Canada with a solo effort in the dying seconds of the middle frame.

Candice Styles, a member of last year's National Women's Under-18 Team, wrapped up the scoring just shy of the seven-minute mark of the third period, depositing an Andrea Ironside rebound past MacDonald.

Gaels Head Coach Matt Holmberg served as an assistant coach for the OUA after being named the OUA Coach of the Year earlier this year. 

- with files from Hockey Canada