World Championship Team: Russia
Russia is playing in Group A for the third time in four years and is hoping to play in its third consecutive bronze-medal game in the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Kamloops. The European...
View ArticleWranglers bounce Dynamiters in Game 5
The 100 Mile Houser Wranglers will represent the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in the Cyclone Taylor Cup in 2016. The Doug Birks Division winners knocked off the reigning KIJHL champion...
View ArticleWorld championship playoff picture comes into focus
Germany celebrates winning the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship Division 1 Group A. Jan Korsgaard/IIHF.com Canada and the United States are through to semifinal play at the 2016 IIHF Women’s World...
View ArticleTeam Canada profile: Jennifer Wakefield
After the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, Jennifer Wakefield felt the need to do something different. The Canadian forward had basically done it all in North America, winning Olympic gold,...
View ArticleSwiss win leaves Japan one loss from relegation
The Japanese are on the verge of relegation. Japan lost the first game of a best-of-three relegation series against Switzerland yesterday afternoon, falling 3-1 on McArthur Island. Game 2 goes tomorrow...
View ArticleRussians top Swedes in Friday quarter-final
Valerie Pavlova slips a puck past Sara Grahn in Friday action at the Sandman Centre. Allen Douglas/KTW Despite a late third period push, Sweden had its medal hopes dashed on Friday, falling in an...
View ArticleFinns top Czechs; will have rematch with Canadians
Petra Herzigova (6) tries to poke the puck away from Saana Valkama (26) in quarterfinal action on Friday. Allen Douglas/KTW The Finns have another date with the Canadians. In a rematch of Thursday’s...
View ArticleWorld Championship Team: Sweden
Sweden entered the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship in Kamloops as a team known for faltering in pressure situations. Yesterday’s quarter-final loss to the Russians won’t do much to much to...
View ArticleTeam Canada profile: Meghan Agosta
When Meghan Agosta walked away from hockey to pursue a career with the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), she knew the path she was taking wouldn’t be an easy one. A star in the Canadian Women’s Hockey...
View ArticleWorld Championship Team: Finland
For 16 years, Finland has been knocking on the door of the gold-medal game at the IIHF Women’s World Championship. In 2016, the Scandanavian country will need to go through Canada to get to it....
View ArticleUSA vs. Russia – Semifinal preview
In a rematch of the most lopsided contest of the tournament, the United States will face Russia in today’s afternoon semifinal at Sandman Centre. The Americans defeated the Russians 8-0 on Thursday...
View ArticleCanada vs. Finland – Semifinal preview
If the Canadians are looking past Finland to the gold-medal game, they certainly aren’t showing it. Canada and Finland meet in a semifinal game tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Sandman Centre. “I think we’ve...
View ArticleTeam Canada profile: Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier can remember the exact moment she knew she wanted to play hockey for Team Canada. There’s a photo of it, actually, a 10-year-old Saulnier perched in front of the television, holding...
View ArticleSwiss sweep series, Japan relegated
Switzerland defeated Japan yesterday 4-0 to sweep the best-of-three relegation series. The Swiss won Game 1 Friday by a score of 3-1. The series win keeps the Swiss in the main world championship...
View ArticleThe Eagle claws the Bear as U.S. blanks Russia in semifinal
The United States scored early and often in its 9-0 trouncing of Russia Sunday in the semifinals of the World Women’s Hockey Championship at Sandman Centre. The Americans will face Canada Monday at...
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Canada edges Finland, will face U.S. in gold-medal game
Natalie Spooner scores on a breakaway in Canada’s 5-3 win over Finland Sunday in the semifinals of the World Women’s Hockey Championship in Kamloops. Spooner had a hat trick in the win, which propels...
View ArticleWorld Championship Team: United States
Winner of five of the last six IIHF Women’s World Championship tournaments, the United States is a powerhouse in women’s hockey and it’s no surprise the squad will be playing for world championship...
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Russia claims bronze in shootout win over Finland
Olga Sosina scored in the shootout Monday to give Russia a 1-0 victory over Russia. The win gave Russia the bronze medal at the 2016 Women’s World Hockey Championship. Finland finished fourth. Allen...
View ArticleBlazers’ season ends with Game 7 overtime loss in Kelowna
The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Kamloops Blazers 2-1 in overtime in the Okanagan city on Monday night to win the opening-round playoff series four games to three. Kelowna will now face the Victoria...
View ArticleU.S. edges Canada 1-0 in overtime to win world gold
It had that end-of-the-game feeling. With the Americans on the power play, a little more than 10 minutes remaining in overtime, it seemed like the end of the game would come on the next American shot....
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