Who will come away with the gold in Utica?
The best players from around the globe prepare to represent their countries on the international stage, as they get set to play in the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championships.
Kateřina Mrázová will once again be under the tutelage of her PWHL Ottawa head coach, Carla MacLeod. Mrázová has been one of the most efficient scorers for her team this season, sitting fourth in the league with 17 points.While other notable producers in the lineup, including Montreal’s Tereza Vanisova and Denisa Krizova of Minnesota, keep an eye out for Adela Sapovalivova.
Andrea Braendli is the uncontested starter in net, as she was a big part of MoDo’s run to the SDHL Finals. One player to keep an eye on is Sinja Leemann. The 21-year-old is coming off a career year with ZSC Lions Frauen, with 52 points placing her fourth in the top Swiss league in scoring. What’s left of the roster, which features mostly those who play domestically in the Chinese Women’s League, has been in Utica for the past few weeks, holding a near-three-week training camp to prepare for the tournament.Denmark
Olivia Ranum will be an interesting player to watch. At 15, the youngest player in the tournament, the Aalborg product has played for the nation’s Under-18 World Championship roster over the last two years, though they were relegated to D1B this past January.The Germans have had to battle simply to get into the knockout stage in recent memory, but they certainly turned some heads last season when they opened up play in Brampton by hammering Sweden.
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