Blayre Turnbull was 10 years old when she saw the first women's world hockey championship played in her home province.
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Canadian women’s hockey team conflicted over coronavirus championship cancellation
Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 Canadian goaltender Shannon Szabados announces she’s pregnant
Monday, March 2nd, 2020
Team Canada goaltender Shannon Szabados and her husband are expecting their first child in August.
‘Miracle on Ice’ continues to resonate in Lake Placid 40 years later
Friday, February 21st, 2020
February 22nd marks exactly four decades since the U.S. men's hockey team beat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, a result which is arguably the greatest upset in the history of sports.
2012 women’s hockey world champion Bailey Bram retires from international competition
Friday, January 3rd, 2020
Canadian forward Bailey Bram has announced her retirement from international hockey competition, ending a career that includes a world title and an Olympic silver medal.
2019 a year of women in hockey flexing collective muscle for a pro league
Monday, December 23rd, 2019
From the folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League to the upending of the established world order to the game's stars flexing their collective power and going rogue, many see opportunity in the upheaval.
Women’s hockey Dream Gap Tour coming back to Toronto in January
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
The Professional Women's Hockey Association's Dream Gap Tour is returning to Toronto.
Nowhere to go: Girls can still dream in wake of CWHL’s collapse, just not too big
Monday, November 18th, 2019
When the Canadian Women's Hockey League folded in March, it took with it the aspirations of many young female hockey players.
Swedish boycott leads to cancellation of women’s hockey 4 nations tournament
Friday, September 13th, 2019
The Swedish Ice Hockey Federation has cancelled the Four Nations women's hockey tournament in November because it can't guarantee its players' participation due to an ongoing pay dispute.
Canadian women breeze to bronze medal at hockey worlds
Sunday, April 14th, 2019
Canada claimed the bronze medal at the women's world hockey championship with a 7-0 win over Russia on Sunday in Espoo, Finland. The Finns play for gold at 1 p.m. ET against the defending champion United States.
Canada stunned by Finland, won’t play for women’s hockey world title for 1st time
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Canada won't play for gold at the women's world hockey championship for the first time in tournament history following a 4-2 semifinal loss to host Finland on Saturday. The Finns will face defending champion United States or Russia in Sunday's final.