The busy summer for Hockey Canada continues with Canada’s National Women’s
Under-18 Team and Canada’s National Women’s Development Team selection
camps on the ice in Calgary.
Here’s how it breaks down: 42 players will attend at development team camp
beginning Aug. 2 before 42 U18 hopefuls gather three days later. After
week-long camps, both teams will produce 22-player rosters for three-game
series against the United States in Calgary from Aug. 16-19.
Take a closer look at Canada’s summer campers…
1 –
Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner invited to NWDT camp; Daryl Watts
became the first freshman to be named the best player in women’s college
hockey, posting an NCAA-best 82 points in 38 games with Boston College.
3 –
NWDT camp invitees who were centralized with Canada’s National Women’s Team
ahead of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games – Amy Potomak, Sarah Potomak and
Micah Zandee-Hart.
3 –
U18 camp invitees who played at the 2018 Esso Cup in Bridgewater, N.S.;
Joelle Fiala and Grace Shirley helped the Saskatoon Stars to a silver
medal, while Ann-Frederik Naud finished tied for fourth in tournament
scoring with the bronze medal-winning Pionnières de Lanaudière.
4 –
players invited to U18 camp who helped Canada win bronze at the 2018 IIHF
U18 Women’s World Championship as under-agers – Julia Gosling, Alexie Guay,
Maggie MacEachern and Grace Shirley. Six more bronze-medallists – Lexie
Adzija, Zoe Boyd, Maggie Connors, Claire Dalton, Sarah Fillier and Emily Rickwood – earned invites to
NWDT camp.
4 –
NWDT camp invitees who have never attended a Hockey Canada camp; Brittany
Howard, Emma Keenan, Autumn MacDougall and Kati Tabin will make their
national team debuts in Calgary.
5 –
players invited to both camps who helped Ontario Red win gold at the 2017
National Women’s Under-18 Championship in Quebec City, Que. – Lexie Adzija
(NWDT), Zoe Boyd (NWDT), Claire Dalton (NWDT), Sarah Fillier (NWDT) and Maggie MacEachern
(U18).
5 –
players invited to NWDT camp who were named NCAA All-Americans in 2017-18;
Loren Gabel and Daryl Watts earned first-team honours, while Kristen
Campbell, Élizabeth Giguère and Brittany Howard were second-teamers.
6 –
NWDT camp invitees who helped Clarkson University win its
second-consecutive NCAA national championship – Loren Gabel, Elizabeth
Giguère, Emma Keenan, Rhyen McGill, Josiane Pozzebon and Ella Shelton.
15 –
players invited to NWDT camp who wore the red-and-white at the 2018 Nations
Cup; Lindsay Agnew, Ashton Bell, Marlène Boissonnault, Jaime Bourbonnais,
Codie Cross, Tricia Deguire, Loren Gabel, Emma Maltais, Allie Munroe,
Kristin O’Neill, Amy Potomak, Josiane Pozzebon, Ella Shelton, Sophie
Shirley and Kaitlin Tse were part of the Canadian contingent that finished
fifth in Füssen, Germany.
43 –
Ontario natives invited to both camps, more than any other province or
territory; it is followed by British Columbia (10), Manitoba (10), Alberta
(8), Saskatchewan (6), Nova Scotia (5), Quebec (5), Newfoundland &
Labrador (2) and New Brunswick (1).