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Canada and the United States have faced each other in the gold medal game of six of seven Olympics, 22 of 23 IIHF Women's World Championships and 21 of 23 4 Nations Cups since the beginning of international play. Only a few of Canada's and the U.S.'s losses have been to teams outside their rivalry.
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate.
The roster submitted in the ROC's preliminary application on 2 February featured only nineteen players. Due to positive COVID-19 test results, previously named goaltender Diana Farkhutdinova , defencemen Angelina Goncharenko and Yekaterina Nikolayeva , and forwards Liudmila Belyakova and captain Olga Sosina were removed and reserve forward ...
The two women’s hockey global powers have met in 21 of 22 world tournament finals, with the only exception 2019, when host Finland beat Canada in the semis before losing to the U.S. in a 2-1 ...
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.
As a stop-gap, the IIHF has had discussions with USA Hockey and Hockey Canada to at the very least have their Under-22 teams begin participating more regularly in European tournaments.
In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [1] [4] Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; by 1997, however, the American team had improved ...
The following is a list of the women's national ice hockey players for Canada in various international competitions. See also: List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Canada Winter Olympics