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SPOTLIGHT

National Women's Under 22 Team Roster and Schedule Set for 4 Nations Tournament in Fussen, Germany February 10-13, 2000

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January 14, 2000

CALGARY, ALBERTA - Canada's National Women's Under 22 Team's roster is set and the schedule is confirmed for the upcoming 4 Nations Tournament in Füssen, Germany from Februrary 10-13, 2000.

Canada's National Women's Under 22 Team will be leaving for Germany on to take part in the 4 Nations Tournament which brings together teams from Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Finland. Head coach Julie Healy will be joined by assistant coach Nancy Wilson for this tournament.

The team includes goaltender Kim St-Pierre (Châteauguay, QC) from Canada's gold medal winning National Women's Team at the 1999 World Women's Hockey Championship as well as eight players from the National Under 22 Team that captured the 1998 Christmas Cup in Unna, Germany.

The returning players from the 1998-1999 National Under 22 Team are goaltender Tania Pinelli (Hamilton, ON), defenders Isabelle Chartrand (Montréal, QC), Gillian Ferrari (Thornhill, ON), Lyne Landry (Memramcook, NB) and Colleen Sostorics (Kennedy, SK) and forwards Isabelle Aubé (Bathurst, NB), Kelly Béchard (Sedley, SK) and Caroline Ouellette (Montréal, QC).

Chartrand, Béchard, Ouellette and St-Pierre were also members of the National Women's Team which captured the 3 Nations Cup in Montreal, QC in December, 1999.

"This will be a terrific opportunity for our younger players to experience international hockey and everything that comes with representing Canada at that level," ," said Gaëtan Robitaille, General

Manager, Women's High Performance. "It is a sign of the great progress women's hockey continues to make in Canada to see so many great young players heading to this tournament."

Canada's schedule at the 4 Nations Tournament is as follows:
Thursday,	Canada vs. Finland	Füssen, Germany	5 pm local time
Friday,	Canada vs. Switzerland	Füssen, Germany	4 pm local time
Saturday,	Canada vs. Germany	Geretsried, Germany	5 pm local time

Exhibition game:
Sunday,	Canada vs. Germany	Füssen, Germany	1 pm local time

#	Player	Pos.	S	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate (m/d/y)	Team 1999-2000	Home Town
30	Tania Pinelli	G	L/G	5'6	150	27524	Niagara University, NY	Hamilton, ON
29	Kim St-Pierre	G	L/G	5í9	155	27376	Mc Gill University,QC	Châteauguay, QC

11	Virginie Bilodeau	D	L/G	5í4	125	27089	Patriotes U.Q.T.R., QC	St-Étienne-de-Lauzon, QC
20	Isabelle Chartrand	D	L/G	5'4	125	27138	Mistral de Laval, QC	Montréal, QC
9	Gillian Ferrari	D	R/D	5'8	150	27933	Beatrice Aeros, ON	Thornhill, ON
25	Cara Gardner	D	R/D	5í5	135	27240	Brown University, RI	Hensall, ON
16	Lyne Landry	D	L/G	5'7	140	27158	Ottawa, Raiders, ON	Memramcook, NB
3	Carla MacLeod	D	R/D	5í4	135	28656	Oval X-Treme, AB	Calgary, AB
10	Dana Pretty	D	L/G	5í6	140	28504	Oval X-Treme, AB	Richmond, BC
5	Colleen Sostorics	D	R/D	5'4	172	27744	Oval X-Treme, AB	Kennedy, SK

4	Isabelle Aubé	F/A	L/G	5'5	140	27172	Ottawa Raiders, ON	Bathurst, NB
21	Kelly Béchard	F/A	R/D	5'9	140	27050	Oval X-Treme, AB	Sedley, SK
28	A.Danielle Bourgeois	F/A	L/G	5í4	140	28321	University of Alberta, AB	Edmonton, AB
12	Correne Bredin	F/A	L/G	5í10	190	28065	Dartmouth College, NH	Warburg, AB
19	Annie Desrosiers	F/A	L/G	5í9	155	27969	Mistral de Laval, QC	St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, QC
27	Gina Kingsbury	F/A	L/G	5í7	140	28454	Hotchkiss College, CN	Rouyn-Noranda, QC
23	Leanne Martell	F/A	R"D	5í8	150	27123	Concordia University, QC	Trenton, N.S.
13	Caroline Ouellette	F/A	L/G	5'11	165	27538	Montreal Wingstar, QC	Montréal, QC
26	Lara Perks	F/A	R/D	5í8	160	28375	Beatrice Aeros, ON	Trenton, ON
18	Cherie Piper	F/A	R/D	5í6	150	28304	Beatrice Aeros Jr., ON	Toronto, ON
8	Kiirsten Suurkask	F/A	R/D	5í5	140	28083	Harvard University, MA	Tsawwassen, BC