Silver For Langan and Tricker

Rachael Tricker of Thamesville and Hokey Langan of Chatham won silver medals at the World Ball Hockey Federation women’s world championships in Moscow Sunday.

Canada lost 2-1 to host Russia in a controversial shootout.

Langan scored in the opening round of the shootout, followed by Russia tying it up again. Canada then scored in round 4, but had the goal overturned after a lengthy discussion by Russian officials.

In the semi-final, a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, Tricker scored once, and Langan scored twice to lead Canada to the gold medal game.