UTICA, N.Y. — How the new Professional Women's Hockey League will change the international game is the buzz heading into the 2024 women's world hockey championship.
"It's one of the first times that we've come in completely game ready having come off a season," Canadian forward Sarah Nurse said. Canada's general manager Gina Kingsbury and head coach Troy Ryan hold the same positions with PWHL Toronto. With a leg in each entity, the duo has a lens on how the new league could impact Canada's fortunes in Utica.
After losing the first three in a seven-game Rivalry Series against the U.S., Canada scratched out a December shootout victory before winning three straight in February."Heading into February's last leg of the Rivalry Series, I remember the first practice and I was 'OK, this group is ready to go,'" Ryan said."There was no getting them up to speed.
The U.S., Canada, 2023 bronze medallist Czechia, Switzerland and Finland comprise the tournament's top five seeds in Group A. Sweden, Japan, Germany, Denmark and China are the sixth to 10th seeds in Group B. Canada relies on a core of battle-tested veterans — including forwards Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner and Nurse — in comparison to a more youthful U.S. roster."It was pretty unanimous from all of our coaching staff and our head scout and Troy and I that this was the best group that we can put together and we feel very good about the team that we have," Kingsbury said.
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