Shelby Bram (right) from the Eastman Selects is pictured with fellow Manitoban Meghan Dufault who also made the team.
The National Under 18 team will compete 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. [4] 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.[5] On January 8, Canada lost the gold medal to the United States by a 5-2 score.[6]
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.
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. [8]
Marie-Philip Poulin scored a hat trick as the Under 22 team beat the US by a 7-2 score.[10] With the victory, Canada had a three game sweep in its exhibition series vs. the US.
December 14: Hockey Canada announced that Roxanne Douville has been added to the roster of Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team for the 2011 MLP Cup. Douville is replacing Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta who is injured and unable to participate.[13]
