Women’s Worlds Preview: Canada vs. Japan
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has introduced the 23 gamers who will compete for a gold medal on house ice with Canada’s National Women’s Team on the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, April 5-16 on the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ont.
Three goaltenders, seven defence and 13 forwards have been chosen by head coach Troy Ryan (Spryfield, N.S.), in session with Gina Kingsbury (Rouyn-Noranda), director of hockey operations, and Cherie Piper (Scarborough, Ont.), senior supervisor of participant growth and scouting. Members of the 2022-23 season teaching workers, together with Kori Cheverie (New Glasgow, N.S.), Doug Derraugh (Arnprior, Ont./Cornell University, ECAC), Rachel Flanagan (Pontypool, Ont./University of Guelph, OUA), Caroline Ouellette (Montréal, Que./Concordia University, RSEQ) and goaltending marketing consultant Brad Kirkwood (Calgary, Alta.), additionally supplied enter.
“Our staff had some very difficult decisions selecting this roster and that speaks to the depth that we have within our program,” mentioned Ryan. “We are confident that we have assembled a talented roster with a great deal of character and leadership. Our entire staff is excited to have the opportunity to work with each of these athletes as we begin this journey toward a World Championship.”
The roster contains:
- One participant who will make her IIHF Women’s World Championship debut (Serdachny)
- 18 gamers who captured Canada’s twelfth ladies’s worlds gold medal on the 2022 occasion in Denmark (Ambrose, Campbell, Clark, Desbiens, Fast, Fillier, Jenner, Larocque, Maltais, Maschmeyer, Nurse, O’Neill, Poulin, Rattray, Shelton, Stacey, Turnbull, Zandee-Hart)
“We are extremely excited for the 23 players who will have the opportunity to wear the Maple Leaf on home ice and compete for a gold medal in front of friends, family and Canadian hockey fans,” Kingsbury mentioned. “It is special to host women’s worlds in Canada and welcome the nine other competing federations while showcasing the talent and class of competition in our game. We know the atmosphere in Brampton will be electric and we are excited for the chance to go for gold next month.”
The 10-team match options Canada in Group A with Czechia, Japan, Switzerland and the United States, whereas Group B contains Finland, France, Germany, Hungary and Sweden.
Canada will open the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship towards Switzerland on April 5, and also will face Czechia on April 7 and Japan on April 8. It will shut out the preliminary spherical towards its cross-border rivals, the United States, on April 10, with all Team Canada preliminary-round video games beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Prior to the beginning of the official match, Canada will play one pre-tournament recreation towards Finland on April 1. Additional particulars about pre-tournament video games will likely be introduced within the coming weeks.
TSN and RDS, the official broadcast companions of Hockey Canada, will carry in depth recreation protection all through the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, with TSN airing all 31 video games from the CAA Centre. RDS will present protection of all Team Canada video games, two quarterfinals, each semifinals, and bronze and gold medal video games.
Canada has captured 12 gold medals on the IIHF Women’s World Championship (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2021, 2022), along with eight silver (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) and one bronze (2019).
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