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Six players will make their women's world hockey championship debut for Canada next month.

First Matt Duchene was out the door. Then it was Ryan Dzingel. Finally, Mark Stone left the building. Before that, it was Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman and Kyle Turris. Now that head coach Guy Boucher has been shown the door, Tim Wharnsby writes that it's up to team management to keep their young talent from also moving on.

The Vegas Golden Knights, who upended Winnipeg in the conference final in five games last May, appeared to improve the most on paper after they landed right wing Mark Stone from the Ottawa Senators.

Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the Canadian Olympic hockey team collectively rebounding after its painful loss to Germany in the semis to defeat the Czech Republic 6-4 in the bronze-medal game. Tim Wharnsby checks in on where those players and the executives that built the team are today.

Matt D'Agostini's goal early in the second period stood as the winner as Canada held off HC Davos 2-1 on Wednesday in both teams' opening game at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland.

The United States and Canada are renewing the top rivalry in women's hockey with a three-game series in February.

Marie Philip-Poulin and veteran goaltender Shannon Szabados headline Canada's roster for the Four Nations Cup women's hockey tournament.

The interim commissioner of the Canadian Women's Hockey League says finding a way to unite the CWHL and the U.S.-based National Women's Hockey League into one premier North American women's hockey league is a priority for her.

Gina Kingsbury twice won Olympic hockey gold for Canada. She's now in charge of getting the country back atop the women's hockey podium.

More than a month has gone by since Canada's men's hockey team bounced back to win bronze against the Czech Republic after a disappointing semifinal loss to Germany, but the 25 members of the men's Olympic team remain close as they follow each other in their respective playoff runs.