CALGARY – Hockey Canada, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) have released the schedule for the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, which is set to take place April 5-16 at CAA Centre in Brampton, Ont. In the preliminary-round, Group A will feature Canada, Czechia, Japan, Switzerland and the United States, while Finland, France, …
RIVALRY SERIES TO CONCLUDE IN QUEBEC
CALGARY – Hockey Canada has announced that Canada’s National Women’s Team will welcome the United States to Quebec for the first time since 2017 to wrap up the Rivalry Series next month. The long-time rivals will meet at Colisée Vidéotron in Trois-Rivières on Feb. 20, before facing off on Feb. 22 at Place Bell in Laval. After sweeping two games …
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship Priority Ticket List
Ottawa – Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) have announced that Brampton, will be the host city of the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship from Apr. 5-16, bringing the prestigious international competition to the Greater Toronto Area for the first time since 2000. Demand for tickets is high and packages will sell quickly. The priority ticket list …
BFL Female Coach of the Year
Ottawa – There is arguably no more important role in hockey than that of the coach, who is tasked with guiding young players not only on the ice, but off it as well. They are leaders in hockey, and leaders in life. Hockey Canada and BFL CANADA are on the hunt for the country’s best women’s hockey coaches, and they …
Management, coaching staff unveiled for 2022 Spengler Cup
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has named the management and coaching staff of Canada’s National Men’s Team for the 2022 Spengler Cup, Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland. Following his role as general manager of Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team in Beijing and management roles at the 2021 IIHF World Championship and 2019 Spengler Cup, Shane Doan (Halkirk, Alta.) will serve as general manager of Team Canada …
Hockey Canada reopening investigation into alleged 2018 sexual assault
TORONTO – Hockey Canada says it is in the process of making changes. Whether those moves will be enough to satisfy the general public, fans, federal government and corporate sponsors remains to be seen. The sport’s under-fire national federation made a series of announcements in an open letter to Canadians published Thursday, including the reopening of a third-party investigation into an …