U18 Women’s World Championship Preview: Canada vs. Finland

Calgary, Alta. –Hockey Canada has announced the coaching staff for the Canada Women’s National Team, Canada Women’s Development Team and Under-18 Women’s National Team for the 2023-24 season, with seven alumni included on the bench. .

Troy Ryan (Spryfield, NS) Returns after fourth year on the bench as head coach of the Canadian Women’s National Team with assistant coach Cori Cheveley (New Glasgow, NSW),

Caroline Ouellette (Montreal, QC/Concordia University, RSEQ)

and Courtney Burchard Kessel (Mississauga, Ont./Boston College, La.)also active as a goal achievement consultant

Brad Kirkwood (Calgary, Alabama)

and video coach Mr. Andrew Boucher (Timmins, Ont.).

“I am excited about the coaching staff, including the many alumni we have assembled for our women’s program next season,” he said.
Gina Kingsbury (Louin-Noranda, Kenya); Vice President of Hockey Operations. “We are grateful to the many coaches who return year after year for their commitment to coaching and developing our players, and we look forward to the leadership and expertise they will bring in guiding our teams on the international stage. .”

ryan He recently became the first coach to serve on the coaching staff for both the Canadian Men’s National Team and the Canadian National Women’s Team, winning a gold medal as an assistant at the 2023 IIHF World Championship and a silver medal as head coach at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship. She will be entering her fifth season as the head coach of the national women’s team after Ryan served as her assistant coach for almost four seasons (2016-2019). In addition to coaching Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, she also won back-to-back gold medals at the IIHF Women’s World Championships (2021 and 2022). She also won a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics, a silver medal at the 2017 Women’s World Championships, and a bronze medal in 2019.

cheverley She won a silver medal at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship as an assistant coach for the Canadian women’s national team. She also won gold medals as an assistant at the 2021 and 2022 Women’s World Championships and the 2022 Winter Olympics. Cheveley became the first woman to serve on the coaching staff of Canada’s men’s national team at the 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship. Nationally, she won a silver medal as head coach of the Nova Scotia team at the 2023 Canada Winter Games, the province’s first medal in women’s hockey. She was also the first woman at U SPORTS to be hired as a full-time assistant coach for the Ryerson University men’s hockey team for five of her seasons (2016-21).

Ouellet He was recently announced as an honorary member of the 2023 class of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In May, she was also inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame. She is in her third season as the associate head coach at Concordia University. Internationally, she won a silver medal at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship as an assistant coach for the Canadian Women’s National Team, followed by a gold medal in 2022 and a bronze medal in 2019. As an athlete, she won four gold medals at the Olympics and six at the World Championships in 2019. Her illustrious international career spanned 17 years.

Birchard Kessel She is in her first year as an assistant coach at Boston University. Prior to joining BU, she spent four seasons (2019-23) as an assistant coach with the Princeton University women’s hockey team. She won a gold medal as the head coach of Canada’s U18 Women’s National Team at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, won a gold medal as an assistant at the 2019 U18 Women’s World Championship, and is an assistant with Canada’s National Women’s Development Team. won the gold medal in 2020. Opportunity (2017, 2019).

The Canadian Women’s National Team will head to southern Ontario for a Fall Festival training camp from September 10 to 17, in preparation for the 2023-24 season, including the Rival Series, with dates and locations to be announced. The season will tentatively end in April 2024 with the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Utica, New York.

Click here for a complete list of Canadian Women’s National Team staff and a list of camp support staff.

cheverley Returns as head coach of Canada Women’s National Development Team with assistant coach

Rachel Flanagan (Pontypool, Ontario/University of Guelph OUA)

, Noémie Marin (Acton Vale, QC/John Abbott College, CEGEP)
and Cassandra Turner (Campbellford, Ontario/Quinnipiac University ECAC)also active as a goaltending coach

Sheldon Goertzen (Saskatoon, SC/University of Saskatchewan, CW)

and Boucher As a video coach.

flanagan She recently completed her 16th season as the head coach of the University of Guelph women’s hockey team. During his tenure, Flanagan won three titles with Ontario University Athletics (OUA), led the Gryphons to the U SPORTS national title in 2019, and was named OUA Coach of the Year five times. There is. She served as an assistant coach for the Canadian Women’s National Team in the Rival Series in December 2022, was an assistant for the Canada Women’s National Development Team three times (2011, 2012, 2022) and was named BFL Female Coach of the Year. Selected. From 2020 to 2021.

marine She is in her ninth season as the head women’s hockey coach at John Abbott University. She previously served as Head Coach of the Cupel Academy (2012-14). Marin led the development team as head coach during the 2016-17 season and was an assistant with Canada’s U-18 Women’s National Team at the 2015 IIHF U-18 Women’s World Championship. On the national stage, she was an assistant for the Quebec national team at the 2015 U.S. Women’s Under-18 Championships and led the Quebec national team to a silver medal as head coach at the 2019 Canada Winter Games.