Canadian women’s team named for upcoming world championship

Eight new faces to join veteran group as Canada’s national women’s hockey team prepares to host world championship

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Canada’s national women’s hockey team is out for redemption at the upcoming world championship being held later this month in Calgary.

Eight new faces will join a group of veterans in an attempt to overcome its worst showing in tournament history and dethrone the United States, which has won the last five world championships from 2013 to 2019.The 2020 tournament in Halifax was cancelled due to the pandemic. The Americans have nine titles with their recent run of success and 10 silvers, with the 2019 edition being the only gold-medal game in 19 tournaments to not have Canada against the U.S. The Americans beat the Finns for gold while the Canadians downed Russia to round out the podium.

“It has been a challenging 16 months for our athletes and staff, but we have never lost sight of our goal of competing for a world championship on home ice,” said Gina Kingsbury, director of hockey operations.

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