Canadian women's Olympic hockey build includes 2 games vs. B.C. men's junior teams
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Canada's women's hockey team will play a pair of games against male Junior A teams in B.C. next month.
The national women's team, currently centralized in Calgary to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Olympics, will travel to face the Trail Smoke Eaters on Oct. 4 and the Cranbrook Bucks on Oct. 5.
Canada is coming off winning a women's world championship Aug. 31 in Calgary, where the host country edged the United States in overtime for gold.
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Three goaltenders have already been named to the Beijing-bound side: Ann-Renee Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer and Kristen Campbell.
The women are accustomed to a regular slate of games against male midget triple-A clubs as part of their Olympic prep, but games against Junior A teams are rarer.
The women are accustomed to a regular slate of games against male midget triple-A clubs as part of their Olympic prep, but games against Junior A teams are more rare.
Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee will name the Olympic women’s hockey team on Friday afternoon, less than a month before the Canadians open the tournament against Finland on Feb. 5.
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