Canada women's national ice hockey team

Canada
Nickname(s) Équipe Canada (Team Canada)
Association Hockey Canada
Head coach Dan Church
Assistants Doug Derraugh
Danielle Goyette
Captain Hayley Wickenheiser
Most games Hayley Wickenheiser (216)
Top scorer Hayley Wickenheiser (146)
Most points Hayley Wickenheiser (318)
IIHF code CAN
IIHF ranking 2
Highest IIHF ranking 1 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking 2 (first in 2009)
Team colours               
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Canada 10 - 0 Switzerland 
(North York or Mississauga, Canada; April 21, 1987)
Biggest win

 Canada 19 - 1 Netherlands 
(North York or Mississauga, 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 7 - 3 Canada 
(Detroit, United States; January 6, 2002)
 United States 4 - 0 Canada 
(Vierumäki, Finland; August 28, 2011)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances 13 (first in 1990)
Best result (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007)
Olympics
Appearances 4 (first in 1998)
Medals Gold: 3 - 2002, 2006, 2010
Silver: 1 - 1998
International record (W–L–T)
224–38–3
Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 1998 Nagano Team
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Team
Gold 2006 Torino Team
Gold 2010 Vancouver Team
World Championships medal record
IIHF World Women's Championships
Gold 1990 Canada Canada
Gold 1992 Finland Canada
Gold 1994 USA Canada
Gold 1997 Canada Canada
Gold 1999 Finland Canada
Gold 2000 Canada Canada
Gold 2001 USA Canada
Gold 2004 Canada Canada
Silver 2005 Sweden Canada
Gold 2007 Canada Canada
Silver 2008 China Canada
Silver 2009 Finland Canada

The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. Canada has been by far one of the two most dominant teams in international competition. They have won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments, while their losses have only been against the United States and Sweden. Canada has 85,624 female players in 2011.[1]

Contents

Olympic record

See also: List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Canada

World Championship record

IIHF World Women's Championships

Clarkson Cup record

The Canadian woman were awarded the First Clarkson cup. Subsequently the trophy is awarded to the top woman's hockey club in North America.

3/4 Nations Cup record

3 Nations Cup/4 Nations Cup

Pacific Rim Championship

IIHF Pacific Rim Championship

Current roster 2011

The selection camp began Saturday April 2 at the Toronto MasterCard Centre.[2] The chosen players [3] represented women's national team at the 2011 World Women’s Championships held in Switzerland, in April 16–25, 2011.

Goaltenders
Number Player Club Team Hometown
30 Shannon Szabados Grant MacEwan (ACAC) Edmonton, Alberta
32 Charline Labonté McGill University (USIC) Boisbriand, Québec
33 Kim St-Pierre Montreal Stars (CWHL) Châteauguay, Quebec
Defensemen
Number Player Club Team Hometown
3 Jocelyne Larocque University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA) Ste-Anne, Manitoba
12 Meaghan Mikkelson Edmonton Chimos (WWHL) St-Albert Alberta
14 Bobbi Jo Slusar Strathmore Rockies (WWHL) Swift Current, Saskatchewan
15 Tara Watchorn Boston University Terriers (HE) Newcastle, Ontario
18 Catherine Ward Boston University Terriers (HE) Montreal, Quebec
25 Tessa Bonhomme Toronto Aeros(CWHL) Sudbury, Ontario
Forwards
Number Player Club Team Hometown
2 Meghan Agosta Mercyhurst College (CHA) Ruthven, Ontario
6 Rebecca Johnston Cornell University (ECAC) Sudbury, Ontario
7 Cherie Piper Brampton Thunder (CWHL) Markham, Ontario
10 Gillian Apps Brampton Thunder (CWHL) Unionville, Ontario
13 Caroline Ouellette Montreal Stars (CWHL) Montreal, Quebec
16 Jayna Hefford Brampton Thunder (CWHL) Kingston, Ontario
20 Jennifer Wakefield Boston university (HE) Pickering, Ontario
21 Haley Irwin University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA) Thunder Bay, Ontario
22 Hayley Wickenheiser University of Calgary (USIC) Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
24 Natalie Spooner Ohio State University (WCHA) Scarborough, Ontario
26 Sarah Vaillancourt Montreal Stars (CWHL) Sherbrooke, Quebec
29 Marie-Philip Poulin [4] Boston University (HE) Beauceville, Quebec

[5][6]

Coaching staff 2011

[7]

Head coaches

All-time scoring

As of October 2009[8]

Player Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Hayley Wickenheiser 205 140 161 301 256
Danielle Goyette 172 114 105 219 124
Jayna Hefford 194 116 92 208 110
Jennifer Botterill 170 65 105 170 58
Caroline Ouellette 146 63 97 160 70
Vicky Sunohara 164 56 62 118 74
Nancy Drolet 110 52 64 116 54
Cassie Campbell 157 32 68 100 66
Cherie Piper 83 28 66 94 42
Geraldine Heaney 125 27 66 93 62

See also

References

  1. ^ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/canada.html
  2. ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/16980/la_id/1/ss_id/75000/nr_id/163406.htm
  3. ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/163260/la_id/1.htm
  4. ^ (French) Marie-Philip participera au prochain championnat mondial de hockey féminin, http://www.enbeauce.com/detail-actualite.asp?ID=21628
  5. ^ IIHF, http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/252/IHW2520CAN_32E_1_0.pdf
  6. ^ (French) Hockey Championnat du monde féminin: Le Canada vers un 10e titre, http://www.radio-canada.ca/sports/hockey/2011/04/06/001-canada-mondiaux-feminin.shtml
  7. ^ IIHF, http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/252/IHW2520CAN_32E_1_0.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5838/la_id/1.htm

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