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Canada’s National Women’s Team advances to semifinals at 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship

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March 31, 2015
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MALMÖ, Sweden – Canada’s National Women’s Team has advanced to the semifinals at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship after finishing second in Group A with a 2-1 record.

 Canada will face the winner of the Finland-Switzerland quarter-final in Friday’s second semifinal (10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT), while the United States will meet the winner of the Russia-Sweden quarter-final in the other semifinal (6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT).

 In preliminary round play, Canada lost 4-2 to the U.S. in its tournament opener before recording back-to-back wins, 4-0 over Russia and 6-2 over Finland, to clinch second place in the group.

 All of Canada’s games, including Friday’s semifinal, are available on TSN and RDS, official broadcasters of Hockey Canada. Please check your local listings for broadcast times in your area.

 The medal games are scheduled for Saturday at Malmö Isstadion; the bronze medal game is set for 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT, followed by the gold medal game at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT.

The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship is the 16th since the tournament’s 1990 inception. Canada’s National Women’s Team has appeared in every gold medal game, winning 10 gold medals (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2012) and five silver (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013).

 NOTE TO MEDIA: Francis Dupont, Hockey Canada’s manager of communications, is with Canada’s National Women’s Team during the world championship. Please contact him for interview requests at [email protected] or 587-999-5681.

 For more information on Canada’s National Women’s Team and Hockey Canada, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca/nwt, or follow along through social media at www.facebook.com/hockeycanada, www.twitter.com/hockeycanada and www.twitter.com/hc_women.

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

[email protected] 

Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

[email protected]

Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

(647) 251-9738

[email protected]

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