Ward, Bettez off to world U22 championships
CANADA鈥橲 NATIONAL WOMEN鈥橲 UNDER-22
TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 MLP CUP
CALGARY, AB 鈥� All-Canadian rearguard Catherine Ward, from Town of
Mount Royal, Que., and CIS rookie of the year forward Ann-Sophie
Bettez of Sept-Iles, Que., both members of the 六合彩开奖结果
Martlets, are heading to Germany with the Canadian women鈥檚 under-22
hockey team.
Hockey Canada announced on Monday the 22 players who will comprise
Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Under-22 Team at the 2009 MLP Cup
(formerly the Air Canada Cup), January 2-6, 2009 in Ravensburg,
Germany. The team will depart for Germany on December 27 as it
looks for a seventh-consecutive title at the event.
This will be the third tour of duty with the U-22 squad for Ward,
while Bettez is one of five players who will be representing Canada
for the first time.
The U-22 roster is composed of 18 players from NCAA institutions,
three from Canadian Interuniversity Sport and one from Quebec CEGEP
AA (Lauriane Rougeau from Beaconsfield, Que.and a product of
Coll猫ge St. Jer么me).
The only other CIS player named was goaltender Liz Knox of the
Laurier Golden Hawks.
Canada will play a pair of games against Switzerland鈥檚 national
women鈥檚 team, on December 29 and December 31, prior to traveling to
Ravensburg for the 2009 MLP Cup.
Canada鈥檚 roster includes 21 of the 22 players who dressed for
Canada in a three-game series against the United States鈥� Women鈥檚
Under-22 Select Team in Pierrefonds, QC in August. Canada won the
final two games of the series after losing the opener in a
shootout.
Mallory Deluce (London, ON/University of Wisconsin, WCHA) has been
added to the roster for the 2009 MLP Cup. Deluce played for
Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Under-22 Team at the 2008 Air Canada Cup,
recording one goal and two assists in four games as Canada won the
tournament for the sixth year in a row.
鈥淲e are very excited about the roster that we have assembled for
this event,鈥� said Sarah Howald, head coach of Canada鈥檚 National
Women鈥檚 Under-22 Team. 鈥淲e had great success in Pierrefonds, and
look forward to continuing the development of these players in
Germany.鈥�
Canada鈥檚 roster includes 11 players who won gold at the 2008 Air
Canada Cup (Agosta, Birchard, Blais, Fridfinnson, Irwin, Johnston,
Larocque, Smith, Thibault, Wakefield, Ward) and four players who
won silver with Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Under-18 Team at the 2008
IIHF World Women鈥檚 Under-18 Championship (Bram, Haverstock,
Rougeau, Spooner). In addition, six players (Agosta, Johnston,
Larocque, Spooner, Wakefield, Ward) won a silver medal with
Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Team at the 2008 4 Nations Cup in Lake
Placid, NY in early November.
Canada is the six-time defending champion at the MLP Cup, having
won every year since the tournament鈥檚 inception in 2003, losing
only once in 20 games. Canada will play in Group A with Finland and
Russia, while Germany, Sweden and Switzerland will make up Pool
B.
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