Canada women's national ice hockey team

Canada

The Maple Leaf has always appeared on the Team Canada uniform since 1920, but was first worn by women in 1990. [1]
Nickname(s)	Team Canada (Équipe Canada)
Association	Hockey Canada
General manager	Gina Kingsbury
Head coach	Troy Ryan
Assistants	Kori Cheverie Brad Kirkwood Caroline Ouellette Britni Smith
Captain	Marie-Philip Poulin
Most games	Hayley Wickenheiser (276)
Top scorer	Hayley Wickenheiser (168)
Most points	Hayley Wickenheiser (379)
Team colours	Red, black, white [2]
IIHF code	CAN
Ranking
Current IIHF	2 1 (21 April 2025) [3]
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)
Olympics
Appearances	7 (first in 1998 )
Medals	Gold: 5 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022) Silver: 2 (1998, 2018)
World Championships
Appearances	24 (first in 1990 )
Best result	Gold: 13 (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2024)
International record (W–L–T)
363–84–3

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2002 Salt Lake City	Team
	2006 Torino	Team
	2010 Vancouver	Team
	2014 Sochi	Team
	2022 Beijing	Team
	1998 Nagano	Team
	2018 Pyeongchang	Team
World Championships
	1990 Canada
	1992 Finland
	1994 United States
	1997 Canada
	1999 Finland
	2000 Canada
	2001 USA
	2004 Canada
	2007 Canada
	2012 United States
	2021 Canada
	2022 Denmark
	2024 United States
	2005 Sweden
	2008 China
	2009 Finland
	2011 Switzerland
	2013 Canada
	2015 Sweden
	2016 Canada
	2017 United States
	2023 Canada
	2025 Czechia
	2019 Finland
Winter Universiade
	2009 Harbin
	2011 Erzurum	Team
	2013 Trentino	Team
	2023 Lake Placid	Team
	2015 Granada	Team
	2017 Almaty	Team
	2019 Krasnoyarsk	Team

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
2022	China	Beijing	Gold

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	Zürich	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
2022	Denmark	Frederikshavn, Herning	Champions
2023	Canada	Brampton	Runners-up
2024	USA	Utica, New York	Champions
2025	CZE	České Budějovice	Runners-up

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
2000	Provo, United States	Champions
2001	Vierumäki and Tampere, Finland	Champions
2002	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Champions
2003	Skövde, Sweden	Runners-up
2004	Lake Placid, United States	Champions
2005	Hämeenlinna, Finland	Champions
2006	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Champions
2007	Leksand, Sweden	Champions
2008	Lake Placid, United States	Runners-up
2009	Vierumäki, Finland	Champions
2010	Clarenville and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	Champions
2011	Nyköping, Sweden	Runners-up
2012	Tikkurila, Finland	Runners-up
2013	Lake Placid, United States	Champions
2014	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada	Champions
2015	Sundsvall, Sweden	Runners-up
2016	Järvenpää, Finland	Runners-up
2017	Tampa and Wesley Chapel, United States	Runners-up
2018	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 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship. ^{[7] [8]}

Head coach: Troy Ryan

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2	D	Sophie Jaques	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(2000-10-16) October 16, 2000 (age 24)	Minnesota Frost
3	D	Jocelyne Larocque – A	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	(1988-05-19) May 19, 1988 (age 37)	Ottawa Charge
7	F	Laura Stacey	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	(1994-05-05) May 5, 1994 (age 31)	Montreal Victoire
8	D	Chloe Primerano	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(2007-01-02) January 2, 2007 (age 18)	University of Minnesota
10	F	Sarah Fillier	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(2000-06-09) June 9, 2000 (age 25)	New York Sirens
14	D	Renata Fast	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	(1994-10-06) October 6, 1994 (age 30)	Toronto Sceptres
17	D	Ella Shelton	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1998-01-19) January 19, 1998 (age 27)	New York Sirens
19	F	Brianne Jenner	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1991-05-04) May 4, 1991 (age 34)	Ottawa Charge
20	F	Sarah Nurse	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1995-01-05) January 5, 1995 (age 30)	Toronto Sceptres
23	D	Erin Ambrose	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1994-04-30) April 30, 1994 (age 31)	Montreal Victoire
24	F	Natalie Spooner	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1990-10-17) October 17, 1990 (age 34)	Toronto Sceptres
26	F	Emily Clark	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1995-11-28) November 28, 1995 (age 29)	Ottawa Charge
27	F	Emma Maltais	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	(1999-11-04) November 4, 1999 (age 25)	Toronto Sceptres
28	D	Micah Zandee-Hart	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1997-01-13) January 13, 1997 (age 28)	New York Sirens
29	F	Marie-Philip Poulin – C	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 (age 34)	Montreal Victoire
33	G	Ève Gascon	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(2003-05-09) May 9, 2003 (age 22)	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
35	G	Ann-Renée Desbiens	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1994-04-10) April 10, 1994 (age 31)	Montreal Victoire
40	F	Blayre Turnbull – A	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	(1993-07-15) July 15, 1993 (age 32)	Toronto Sceptres
42	D	Claire Thompson	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1998-01-28) January 28, 1998 (age 27)	Minnesota Frost
43	F	Kristin O'Neill	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	(1998-03-30) March 30, 1998 (age 27)	Montreal Victoire
50	G	Kristen Campbell	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1997-11-30) November 30, 1997 (age 27)	Toronto Sceptres
88	F	Julia Gosling	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(2001-02-21) February 21, 2001 (age 24)	Toronto Sceptres
92	F	Danielle Serdachny	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	(2001-05-12) May 12, 2001 (age 24)	Ottawa Charge
94	F	Jennifer Gardiner	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	(2001-09-18) September 18, 2001 (age 23)	Montreal Victoire
95	F	Daryl Watts	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	(1999-05-15) May 15, 1999 (age 26)	Toronto Sceptres

Coaches

1990 women's team jerseys

• Dave McMaster, 1990
• Rick Polutnick, 1992
• Les Lawton, 1994
• Shannon Miller, 1997–1998
• Danièle Sauvageau, 1999, 2001–2002
• Melody Davidson, 2000, 2005–2007, 2009–2010
• Karen Hughes, 2004
• Peter Smith, 2008
• Ryan Walter, 2011
• Dan Church, 2012–2013
• Kevin Dineen, 2013–2014
• Doug Derraugh, 2015
• Laura Schuler, 2016–2018
• Perry Pearn, 2018–2019
• Troy Ryan, 2021–

General managers

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

See also

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

• 2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• 2010–11 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• List of Canadian women's national ice hockey team rosters

References

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.
3. "World Ranking". IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
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. "National Women's Team named for 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship". Hockey Canada . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
8. "Team Roster: Canada" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . April 8, 2025. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
9. Spencer, Donna (July 26, 2018). "Gina Kingsbury takes over Hockey Canada women's team". CBC Sports . Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile