Canada women's national ice hockey team

Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
Winter Universiade

Canada
	The Maple Leaf has always appeared on the Team Canada uniform since 1920, but was first worn by women in 1990.
Nickname(s)	Team Canada; (Équipe Canada)
Association	Hockey Canada
Head coach	Troy Ryan
Assistants	Kori Cheverie; Doug Derraugh;
Captain	Marie-Philip Poulin
Most games	Hayley Wickenheiser (216)
Top scorer	Hayley Wickenheiser (146)
Most points	Hayley Wickenheiser (318)
Team colors	Red, black, white;
IIHF code	CAN
Ranking
Current IIHF	2 (1 September 2021)
Highest IIHF	1 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF	2 (first in 2009)
First international
	Canada 10–0 Switzerland; (North York, Canada; April 21, 1987)
Biggest win
	Canada 19–1 Netherlands; (North York, Canada; April 23, 1987); Canada 18–0 Japan; (Ottawa, Canada; March 22, 1990); Canada 18–0 Japan; (Richmond, Canada; April 5, 1996); Canada 18–0 Slovakia; (Vancouver, Canada; February 13, 2010)
Biggest defeat
	United States 9–2 Canada; (Burlington, United States; April 7, 2012)
World Championships
Appearances	20 (first in 1990)
Best result	(1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2021)
Olympics
Appearances	6 (first in 1998)
Medals	Gold: (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014); Silver: (1998, 2018)
International record (W–L–T)
	256–47–5

The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada in women's hockey. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and participates in international competitions. Canada has been a dominant figure in international competition, having won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments. Canada is rivaled by the United States, the only other winner of a major tournament.

Competition achievements[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Host Country	Host City	Result
1998	Japan	Nagano	Silver
2002	USA	Provo / West Valley City, Utah (Salt Lake City)	Gold
2006	Italy	Torino	Gold
2010	Canada	Vancouver, British Columbia	Gold
2014	Russia	Sochi	Gold
2018	South Korea	Gangneung (Pyeongchang)	Silver

World Championships[]

Year	Host Country	Host Cities	Result
1990	Canada	Ottawa	Champions
1992	Finland	Tampere	Champions
1994	USA	Lake Placid, New York	Champions
1997	Canada	Kitchener, Brantford / Brampton / Hamilton / London / Mississauga / North York, Ontario	Champions
1999	Finland	Espoo / Vantaa	Champions
2000	Canada	Mississauga / Barrie / Kitchener / London / Niagara Falls / Oshawa / Peterborough, Ontario	Champions
2001	USA	Minneapolis / Blaine / Fridley / Plymouth / Rochester / St. Cloud, Minnesota	Champions
2004	Canada	Halifax / Dartmouth, Nova Scotia	Champions
2005	Sweden	Linköping / Norrköping	Runners-up
2007	Canada	Winnipeg / Selkirk, Manitoba	Champions
2008	China	Harbin	Runners-up
2009	Finland	Hämeenlinna	Runners-up
2011	Switzerland	Zurich	Runners-up
2012	USA	Burlington	Champions
2013	Canada	Ottawa, Ontario	Runners-up
2015	Sweden	Malmö	Runners-up
2016	Canada	Kamloops, British Columbia	Runners-up
2017	USA	Plymouth	Runners-up
2019	Finland	Espoo	Third place
2020	Canada	Halifax / Truro, Nova Scotia	Cancelled^[4]
2021	Canada	Calgary, Alberta	Champions

4 Nations Cup[]

Year	Location	Result
1996	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Champions
1997	Lake Placid, United States	Runners-up
1998	Kuortane, Finland	Champions
1999	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Champions
	Provo, United States	Champions
2001	Vierumäki and Tampere, Finland	Champions
	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Champions
	Skövde, Sweden	Runners-up
	Lake Placid, United States	Champions
	Hämeenlinna, Finland	Champions
	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Champions
	Leksand, Sweden	Champions
	Lake Placid, United States	Runners-up
	Vierumäki, Finland	Champions
	Clarenville and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	Champions
	Nyköping, Sweden	Runners-up
	Tikkurila, Finland	Runners-up
	Lake Placid, United States	Champions
	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Champions
	Sundsvall, Sweden	Runners-up
	Järvenpää, Finland	Runners-up
	Tampa and Wesley Chapel, United States	Runners-up
	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Runners-up
2019	Luleå, Sweden	Cancelled^[5]^[6]
2020	Finland/ Sweden	Not Scheduled

Pacific Rim Championship[]

Year	Location	Result
1995	San Jose, United States	Champions
1996	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada	Champions

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[7]^[8]

Head Coach: Troy Ryan

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Jocelyne Larocque	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(1988-05-19) 19 May 1988 (age 33)	PWHPA Toronto
6	F	Rebecca Johnston	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	(1989-09-24) 24 September 1989 (age 32)	PWHPA Calgary
7	F	Laura Stacey	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 27)	PWHPA Montreal
10	F	Sarah Fillier	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	(2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 21)	Princeton Tigers
11	F	Jillian Saulnier	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(1992-03-07) 7 March 1992 (age 29)	PWHPA Montreal
14	D	Renata Fast	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	(1994-10-06) 6 October 1994 (age 27)	PWHPA Toronto
15	F	Mélodie Daoust	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	(1992-01-07) 7 January 1992 (age 30)	PWHPA Montreal
17	D	Ella Shelton	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 24)	PWHPA Toronto
19	F	Brianne Jenner – A	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	(1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 30)	PWHPA Toronto
20	F	Sarah Nurse	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 27)	PWHPA Toronto
21	D	Ashton Bell	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 22)	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
23	D	Erin Ambrose	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 (age 27)	PWHPA Toronto
24	F	Natalie Spooner	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 31)	PWHPA Toronto
25	D	Jaime Bourbonnais	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 23)	PWHPA Montreal
26	F	Emily Clark	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 26)	PWHPA Montreal
27	F	Emma Maltais	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(1999-11-04) 4 November 1999 (age 22)	Ohio State Buckeyes
29	F	Marie-Philip Poulin – C	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 30)	PWHPA Montreal
35	G	Ann-Renée Desbiens	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 27)	PWHPA Montreal
38	G	Emerance Maschmeyer	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1994-10-05) 5 October 1994 (age 27)	PWHPA Montreal
40	F	Blayre Turnbull – A	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	(1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 28)	PWHPA Calgary
42	D	Claire Thompson	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 24)	PWHPA Toronto
43	F	Kristin O'Neill	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 23)	PWHPA Toronto
47	F	Jamie Lee Rattray	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 (age 29)	PWHPA Toronto
50	G	Kristen Campbell	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1997-11-30) 30 November 1997 (age 24)	PWHPA Calgary
51	F	Victoria Bach	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 25)	PWHPA Toronto

Coaches[]

Dave McMaster, 1990
Rick Polutnick, 1992
Les Lawton, 1994
Shannon Miller, 1997–1998
Danièle Sauvageau, 1999
Melody Davidson, 2000
Danièle Sauvageau, 2001–2002
Karen Hughes, 2004
Melody Davidson, 2005–2007
Peter Smith, 2008
Melody Davidson, 2010
Matt Perisa, 2011
Ryan Walter, 2012
Dan Church, 2012–2013
Kevin Dineen, 2013–2014
Doug Derraugh, 2015
Laura Schuler, 2016–2018
Perry Pearn, 2018–present

General managers[]

Melody Davidson, 2010–2018
Gina Kingsbury, 2018–present^[9]

References[]

^ "A century of Jerseys". Hockey Canada. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "Hockey Canada Logo Guidelines" (PDF). HockeyCanada.ca. Hockey Canada. March 27, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
^ "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. March 7, 2020.
^ "Damkronornas hemmaturnering i Luleå i november ställs in". Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ Campbell, Ken (September 13, 2019). "SWEDISH WOMEN BLINDSIDED BY DECISION TO CANCEL FOUR NATIONS CUP, CANADA AND USA WILL FILL THE VOID WITH GAMES". The Hockeyn News. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ "Canada's National Women's Team named for 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship". Hockey Canada. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: CAN – Canada" (PDF). IIHF. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Spencer, Donna (July 26, 2018). "Gina Kingsbury takes over Hockey Canada women's team". CBC Sports. Retrieved July 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

[1] "A century of Jerseys". Hockey Canada. Retrieved January 12, 2018.

[2] "Hockey Canada Logo Guidelines" (PDF). HockeyCanada.ca. Hockey Canada. March 27, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2018.

[IIHF_Women's_World_Ranking-3] "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

[4] "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. March 7, 2020.

[5] "Damkronornas hemmaturnering i Luleå i november ställs in". Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[6] Campbell, Ken (September 13, 2019). "SWEDISH WOMEN BLINDSIDED BY DECISION TO CANCEL FOUR NATIONS CUP, CANADA AND USA WILL FILL THE VOID WITH GAMES". The Hockeyn News. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[7] "Canada's National Women's Team named for 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship". Hockey Canada. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[8] "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: CAN – Canada" (PDF). IIHF. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[9] Spencer, Donna (July 26, 2018). "Gina Kingsbury takes over Hockey Canada women's team". CBC Sports. Retrieved July 26, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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v t Women's national ice hockey teams
Africa	South Africa
Americas	Argentina* * Canada * Mexico United States
Asia and Oceania	Australia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Macau* Malaysia New Zealand North Korea Philippines Singapore* South Korea Thailand United Arab Emirates
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Former teams	Czechoslovakia England Korea Scotland Wales
* IIHF associate members

v t Clarkson Cup
Adrienne Clarkson Stanley Cup Abby Hoffman Cup Hockey Canada Canadian Women's Hockey League Canadian women's ice hockey history
Championships	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	Canada Boston Blades (2013, 2015) Calgary Inferno (2016, 2019) Markham Thunder (2018) Minnesota Whitecaps (2010) Montreal Stars/Les Canadiennes (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017) Toronto Furies (2014)
Most Valuable Player Award	Catherine Ward (2013) Christina Kessler (2014) Charline Labonte (2015) Delayne Brian (2016) Charline Labonte (2017) Erica Howe (2018) Brianna Decker (2019)
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