2010–11 Canada women's national ice hockey team

The 2010–11 women's national hockey team will represent Canada in various tournaments during the season. The team will attempt to win the gold medal at the Women's World Championships. The head coach is former National Hockey League player Ryan Walter.

Contents 1 National team 1.1 News and notes 1.2 Four Nations Cup 1.2.1 Roster 1.2.2 Schedule 1.3 IIHF World championships 1.4 Schedule 2 Under 18 team 3 Under 22 team 3.1 News and notes 3.2 Summer training camp 3.2.1 Yellow/Blue intrasquad 3.2.1.1 Intrasquad notes 3.2.2 Roster 3.2.2.1 Blue Roster 3.2.2.2 Yellow Roster 3.3 August series vs. USA 3.3.1 Series summary 3.4 MLP Cup 3.4.1 Schedule 3.4.2 Roster 4 2011 Winter Universiade 4.1 Group A final standings 4.2 Schedule 4.2.1 Semifinals 4.2.2 Finals 4.3 Roster 5 Awards and honors 6 References 7 External links 7.1 See also

National team

News and notes

• September 14: Four members of its 2010 Olympic gold medal-winning National Women’s Team: Becky Kellar, Gina Kingsbury, Carla MacLeod and Colleen Sostorics have announced their retirements from international hockey.^[1]
• October 5, 2010: Tessa Bonhomme was one of several athletes selected to participate in an all-athletes episode of Wipeout Canada.^[2]
• March 15: Jennifer Botterill announces her retirement from international hockey. She was one of just four Canadian players to participate in the first four Olympic women's hockey tournaments. Her 184 games for Team Canada rank third all-time behind Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford. She is fifth on the all-time scoring list with 65 goals and 109 assists for 174 points.^[3]

Four Nations Cup

• September 21: Former NHL player Ryan Walter has been named the head coach for Team Canada at the 2010 Four Nations Cup. Assisting Walter will be current Minnesota Duluth assistant coach Laura Schuler and Ryerson Rams head coach Stephanie White.^[4]

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Height	Club
1	Shannon Szabados	Goaltender	5'8	Canada National team
2	Meghan Agosta	Forward	5'7	Canada National Team Mercyhurst
6	Rebecca Johnston	Forward	5'9	Canada National Team
7	Cherie Piper	Forward	5'6	Canada National Team Brampton Thunder
8	Annie Guay	Defence	5'8	Montreal Stars
10	Gillian Apps	Forward	6'0	Canada National Team Brampton Thunder
12	Meghan Mikkelson	Defence	5'9	Canada National Team Edmonton Chimos
13	Caroline Ouellette - A	Forward	5'11	Canada National Team Montreal Stars
14	Courtney Birchard	Defence	5'9	New Hampshire
15	Tara Watchorn	Defence	5'9	Boston University
16	Jayna Hefford- A	Forward	5'8	Canada National Team Brampton Thunder
18	Bobbi Jo Slusar	Defence	5'4	Strathmore Rockies
19	Brianne Jenner	Forward	5'9	Cornell Big Red
20	Jennifer Wakefield	Forward	5'9.5	Canada National Team Boston University Terriers
21	Haley Irwin	Forward	5'7	Canada National Team Minnesota Duluth
22	Hayley Wickenheiser- C	Forward	5'10	Canada National Team
23	Jocelyne Larocque	Defence	5'6	Minnesota Duluth
24	Natalie Spooner	Forward	5'9	Ohio State
25	Tessa Bonhomme- A	Defence	5'7	Canada National Team Toronto Aeros
26	Sarah Vaillancourt	Forward	5'5	Canada National Team Montreal Stars
28	Vicki Bendus	Forward	5'2	Mercyhurst
29	Marie-Philip Poulin	Forward	5'6	Canada National Team Boston University
30	Christina Kessler	Goaltender	5'6	Burlington Barracudas
33	Kim St. Pierre	Goaltender	5'9	Canada National Team Montreal Stars

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Schedule

Date	Teams	Location	Time	Score	Goal scorers
Tues Nov 9	USA vs. Canada	St. John's, Newfoundland	7:30 pm	USA 3-2 Canada (Shootout)[6]	US: Jenny Potter, Meghan Duggan Can: Marie-Philip Poulin, Meaghan Mikkelson
Wed Nov 10	Sweden vs. Canada	Clarenville, Newfoundland	7 pm	Canada 8-1 Sweden [7]	Can: Natalie Spooner (3), Haley Irwin, Rebecca Johnston (2), Vicki Bendus, Meaghan Mikkelson Swe: Therése Sjolander
Fri Nov 12	Canada vs. Finland	St. John's, Nfld	7:30 pm	Canada 15-0 Finland [8]	Meghan Agosta, Meaghan Mikkelson, Marie-Philip Poulin (3), Jennifer Wakefield (2), Jayna Hefford, Caroline Ouellette, Hayley Wickenheiser, Haley Irwin (2), Vicki Bendus, Cherie Piper, Natalie Spooner
Sat Nov 13	Canada vs. USA Gold Medal Game	St. John's, Nfld	7:30 pm	Canada 3-2 USA (OT) [9]	Rebecca Johnston(2), Meaghan Mikkelson

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IIHF World championships

Canada will attempt to win the gold medal as they compete in the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland. A total of 37 players ^[11] were invited to the selection training camp, which takes place from April 2 to 5 at the Toronto MasterCard Centre.^[12] The 21 chosen players will represent Team Canada at the 2011 World Women’s Championships.

Number	Name	Position	Height	Club
1	Shannon Szabados	Goaltender	5'8	Canada National team
2	Meghan Agosta	Forward	5'7	Canada National Team Mercyhurst
3	Jocelyne Larocque	Defence	5'6	Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
6	Rebecca Johnston	Forward	5'9	Canada National Team
7	Cherie Piper	Forward	5'6	Canada National Team Brampton Thunder
10	Gillian Apps	Forward	6'0	Canada National Team Brampton Thunder
12	Meghan Mikkelson	Defence	5'9	Canada National Team Edmonton Chimos
13	Caroline Ouellette	Forward	5'11	Canada National Team Montreal Stars
14	Bobbi-Jo Slusar	Defence	5'4	Strathmore Rockies
15	Tara Watchorn	Defence	5'9	Boston University
16	Jayna Hefford	Forward	5'8	Canada National Team Brampton Thunder
18	Catherine Ward	Defence	5'6	Boston University
20	Jennifer Wakefield	Forward	5'9.5	Canada National Team Boston University Terriers
21	Haley Irwin	Forward	5'7	Canada National Team Minnesota Duluth
22	Hayley Wickenheiser- C	Forward	5'10	Canada National Team
23	Jocelyne Larocque	Defence	5'6	Minnesota Duluth
24	Natalie Spooner	Forward	5'9	Ohio State
25	Tessa Bonhomme	Defence	5'7	Canada National Team Toronto Aeros
26	Sarah Vaillancourt	Forward	5'5	Canada National Team Montreal Stars
29	Marie-Philip Poulin	Forward	5'6	Canada National Team Boston University
32	Charline Labonte	Goaltender	5'9	McGill Martlets
33	Kim St. Pierre	Goaltender	5'9	Canada National Team Montreal Stars

Schedule

April 16, 2011 20:00

Canada

12 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Deutweg rink Attendance: 2,900

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Florence Schelling Sophie Anthamatten	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	C. Piper (M. Agosta, B-J. Slusar) – 10:42 H. Irwin (R. Johnston, J. Larocque) (SH) – 16:02 H. Wickenheiser (M. Agosta) (SH) – 18:33 M. Mikkelson (H. Wickenheiser) – 23:01 G. Apps (T. Bonhomme) (PP) – 26:33 R. Johnston (T. Watchorn, H. Irwin) (PP) – 29:04 M-P. Poulin (S. Vaillancourt, C. Ward) – 34:30 J. Wakefield (T. Bonhomme) – 34:44 C. Piper (N. Spooner, T. Bonhomme) (PP) – 41:57 J. Hefford (M. Agosta) – 42:40 C. Piper – 54:29 T. Bonhomme (G. Apps, T. Watchorn) (PP) – 59:33	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 10–0 11–0 12–0
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	67	Shots	19

April 17, 2011 16:00

Kazakhstan

0 – 7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Deutweg rink Attendance: 411

Game reference
	Daria Obydennova	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Ulla Sipila
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7	09:22 – C. Ouellette (S. Vaillancourt, M-P. Poulin) (PP) 12:05 – H. Wickenheiser 20:55 – M-P. Poulin (C. Ouellette) 27:33 – M. Mikkelson 39:46 – M. Mikkelson (S. Vaillancourt, C. Ward) (PP) 43:42 – H. Irwin (R. Johnston, J. Larocque) 52:01 – N. Spooner
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	13	Shots	71

April 19, 2011 16:00

Canada

2 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Deutweg rink Attendance: 614

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Erin Blair
	R. Johnston (H. Irwin) – 12:46 J. Hefford (M. Agosta, H. Wickenheiser) (ENG) – 59:34	1–0 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	26 min
	50	Shots	14

Under 18 team

The National Under 18 team competed in the IIHF World Under 18 tournament Jan. 1-8 in Stockholm, Sweden. The U.S. women defeated Canada in the final to win the first two world under-18 tournaments in 2008 and 2009 while Canada won the third in 2010. 2011 roster members Erin Ambrose and Emily Fulton were part of the 2010 gold medal team. The roster includes players born in 1993 and 1994. The 20 player roster was chosen from a 31 player training camp held in Toronto. The head coach will be Sarah Hodges (head coach of the University of Regina), while her assistants will be Cassie Turner and former national team member France Montour.^[13] On December 30, 2010, in an exhibition vs. the AIK Bantam boys team (at Husby Ishall Arena) from Sweden, Canada bested the club in a 4-2 victory.^[14] On January 8, Canada lost the gold medal to the United States by a 5-2 score.^[15]

• Scoring leaders 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nicole Kosta	5	5	3	8	+5	6	FW
Meghan Dufault	5	2	6	8	+6	2	FW
Laura Stacey	5	3	4	7	+1	2	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

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Under 22 team

News and notes

Jim Fetter, head coach of the Wayne State Warriors women's ice hockey program, will be the head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team for the 2010-11 season. Fetter will also be the coach for Team Canada at the 2011 MLP Cup.

Summer training camp

Yellow/Blue intrasquad

• Game 1: August 8, Blue 4, Yellow 2

Period	Scorer	Time of Goal	Assists
1	Isabel Menard	04:47	Jennifer Wakefield
1	Natalie Spooner	18:57	Christine Bestland, Lauriane Rougeau
2	Marie-Philip Poulin	08:11	Unassisted
2	Melodie Daoust	09:03	Gillian Saulnier
2	Jessica Campbell	10:07	Unassisted
2	Marie-Philip Poulin	15:37	Laura McIntosh , Jamie Lee Rattray

Intrasquad notes

• August 8: Four different players scored goals to give Blue a 4-2 win over Yellow on the first day of intersquad action at the National Women’s Under-22 selection camp. The game was played in Toronto at the MasterCard Centre.

Isabel Menard and Natalie Spooner both scored in the first for Blue. Marie-Philip Poulin scored in the second to make it 2-1. Eventually, Blue would be ahead 4-1. Poulin tried to get Yellow into the game, scoring her second of the night. Yellow squad goalie Erica Howe made 40 saves.^[17]

Roster

Blue Roster

Player	Position	Club team
Roxanne Douville	Goaltender	College Edouard-Montpetit
Amanda Mazzotta	Goaltender	Cornell Big Red
Hayleigh Cudmore	Defense	Oakville (PWHL)
Jenna Downey	Defense	St. Francis Xavier University
Brigitte Lacquette	Defense	Pursuit of Excellence
Stefanie McKeough	Defense	Ohio State Buckeyes
Katelyn Ptolemy	Defense	Clarkson Golden Knights
Lauriane Rougeau	Defense	Cornell Big Red
Vicki Bendus	Forward	Mercyhurst Lakers
Christine Bestland	Forward	Pursuit of Excellence
Jessica Campbell	Forward	Pursuit of Excellence
Mélodie Daoust	Forward	College Edouard-Montpetit
Vanessa Emond	Forward	St. Lawrence Skating Saints
Rebecca Johnston	Forward	Cornell Big Red
Chelsea Karpenko	Forward	Cornell Big Red
Jenelle Kohanchuk	Forward	Boston University Terriers
Isabel Menard	Forward	Syracuse Orange
Jillian Saulnier	Forward	Toronto (PWHL)
Natalie Spooner	Forward	Ohio State Buckeyes
Jennifer Wakefield	Forward	Boston University Terriers

Yellow Roster

Player	Position	Club team
Erica Howe	Goaltender	Ottawa (PWHL)
Genevieve Lacasse	Goaltender	Providence Friars
Courtney Birchard	Defense	New Hampshire Wildcats
Andrea Boras	Defense	Alberta Pandas
Laura Fortino	Defense	Cornell Big Red
Brittany Haverstock	Defense	Wisconsin Badgers
Saige Pacholok	Defense	Wisconsin Badgers
Cassandra Poudrier	Defense	Quebec (Midget AA)
Tara Watchorn	Defense	Boston University Terriers
Hannah Armstrong	Forward	Aurora (PWHL)
Bailey Bram	Forward	Mercyhurst
Mallory Deluce	Forward	Wisconsin Badgers
Brianne Jenner	Forward	Canadian National Women's Team
Jocelyn LeBlanc	Forward	Dalhousie University
Laura McIntosh	Forward	Ohio State Buckeyes
Marie-Philip Poulin	Forward	Canadian National Women's Team
Jamie Lee Rattray	Forward	Ottawa (PWHL)
Kelly Terry	Forward	Whitby (PWHL)
Catherine White	Forward	Cornell Big Red
Jessica Wong	Forward	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

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August series vs. USA

• Marie-Philip Poulin scored a hat trick as the Under 22 team beat the US by a 7-2 score.^[19] With the victory, Canada had a three game sweep in its exhibition series vs. the US.

Series summary

Date	Score	Canada goals
Aug. 18	Canada 4-1 USA	Laura Fortino, Jillian Saulnier, Natalie Spooner, Jessica Wong[20]
Aug. 19	Canada 6-5 USA (shootout)	Brianne Jenner, Isabel Menard, Natalie Spooner, Jennifer Wakefield (3)[21]
Aug. 21	Canada 7-2 USA	Vicki Bendus, Laura Fortino, Marie-Philip Poulin (3), Rebecca Johnston, Jillian Saulnier

MLP Cup

In the 2011 MLP Cup, Lacasse earned a shutout in a 5-0 defeat of Switzerland on January 4.^[22] Prior to the match, she had made 57 consecutive starts for the Friars.^[23] Lacasse earned a shutout in the gold medal game of the 2011 MLP Cup, as Canada prevailed over Sweden by a 6-0 mark.^[24] Vicki Bendus was the leading scorer for Canada.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Goal Scorers
Jan. 4	Switzerland	Canada 5- 0 Switzerland	Jessica Campbell (2), Courtney Birchard, Chelsea Karpenko, Laura McIntosh[25]
Jan. 9	Sweden	Canada 6-0 Sweden	Laura Fortino, Catherine White, Vicki Bendus, Jenelle Kohanchuk, Chelsea Karpenko, Bailey Bram[26]

Roster

Number	Name	Position	Team
30	Roxanne Douville	Goaltender	Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey
31	Genevieve Lacasse	Goaltender	Providence Friars women's ice hockey
2	Stefanie McKeough	Defence	Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
3	Brittany Haverstock	Defence	Wisconsin
4	Lauriane Rougeau	Defence	Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
7	Tara Watchorn	Defence	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
14	Courtney Birchard	Defence	New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey
23	Laura Fortino	Defence	Cornell
25	Jessica Wong	Defence	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey
8	Natalie Spooner	Forward	Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey
9	Jenelle Kohanchuk	Forward	Boston University
10	Jessica Campbell	Forward	Cornell
11	Laura McIntosh	Forward	Ohio State
12	Isabel Menard	Forward	Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey
13	Bailey Bram	Forward	Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey
15	Jillian Saulnier	Forward	Toronto Jr. Aeros
16	Chelsea Karpenko	Forward	Cornell
18	Catherine White	Forward	Cornell
20	Mallory Deluce	Forward	Wisconsin
26	Carolyne Prevost	Forward	Wisconsin
27	Vicki Bendus - C	Forward	Mercyhurst

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2011 Winter Universiade

Group A final standings

Six participating teams were placed in one group. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group plus to the Semifinals. The fifth and sixth placed teams will play a playoff for fifth place.^[28]

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competes in Placing Round

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	0	39	1	+38	14
Finland	5	4	0	1	0	49	3	+46	13
Slovakia	5	3	0	0	2	33	11	+22	9
United States	5	2	0	0	3	25	18	+7	6
Great Britain	5	1	0	0	4	11	36	−25	3
Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	0	88	−88	0

Schedule

January 27, 2011 16:00

Canada

2 – 1 GWS ( 0–0, 0–1, 1–0 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–0 )

Finland

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Game reference

January 28, 2011 19:00

Canada

3–0 (3–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Game reference

January 30, 2011 11:00

Canada

14–0 (4–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Great Britain

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Game reference

January 31, 2011 11:00

United States

0–9 (0–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Canada

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Game reference

February 2, 2011 20:00

Turkey

0–11 (0–4, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

3000 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Game reference

Semifinals

February 4, 2011 20:00

Canada

8–1 (2–1, 3–0, 3–0)

United States

3000 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Game reference

Finals

February 5, 2011 13:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

3000 Ice Rink, Erzurum Attendance: 2,111

Game reference
	Liz Knox	Goalies	Anna Vanhatalo	Referees: Leah O'Brian Magdalena Cerhitova, Michaela Kudelova
	Deschenes – 18:29 Zerafa – 24:01 Bettez – 35:14 Hill (Styles, Webster) (PP) – 56:27	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1	42:19 – Hovi (Tuomanen) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	21

Roster

Goalies

• Beth Clause
• Liz Knox

Defense

• Jenna Downey
• Suzanne Fenerty
• Carly Hill
• Caitlin MacDonald
• Alicia Martin
• Jacalyn Sollis
• Kelsey Webster

Forwards

• Ann-Sophie Bettez
• Vanessa Davidson
• Kim Deschênes
• Breanne George
• Alicia Martin
• Jacalyn Sollis
• Jocelyn Leblanc
• Andrea Ironside
• Addie Miles
• Mariève Provost
• Ellie Seedhouse
• Candice Styles
• Courtney Unruh
• Jessica Zerafa^[29]

Awards and honors

• Rebecca Johnston, Player of the Game, Gold Medal game at the 2010 Four Nations Cup
• Female Hockey Breakthrough Award: (outstanding contribution to advancing female hockey)

Laurie Taylor-Bolton ^[30]

• Liz MacKinnon Award: (special contributions of a Hockey Canada volunteer's spouse) Jill Donovan

References

External links

• Women's Hockey pages on Hockey Federation website

See also

• 2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• Canada women's national ice hockey team