The tournament will take place April 9-20, 2025 in Czechia and will see Team Canada in Pool A with the U.S.A., Finland, Czechia and Switzerland.

Among the 25 players selected include Emily Clark, Hannah Miller, Chloe Primerano, Danielle Serdachny and Micah Zandee-Hart.

Clark spent two seasons with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U18 Prep season. The Saskatoon, SK forward would go on to play five seasons in the NCAA with the University of Wisconsin, recording 70 goals and 76 assists in 147 games. She spent last season and the current one in the PWHL with the Ottawa Charge, recording 11 goals and 19 assists in 47 games.

Internationally Clark has represented Canada since 2011. To this date she has two U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds gold medals, one bronze, four silver and three gold medals at the Women’s World Championships. She has captured a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics and a gold medal a the 2022 Olympics.

Miller played for the OHA Female U18 Prep team in 2012/13 and 2013/14. She would go on to spend four season in the NCAA with St. Lawrence University, recording 43 goals and 80 assists for 123 points in 124 games.

The North Vancouver, BC forward would spend five years playing professional hockey overseas in China, Sweden and Russia before being selected by the Toronto Sceptres 74th overall at the 2023 PWHL Draft. In the last two PWHL seasons she has recorded 37 points in 46 games, including 23 points in 23 games this season.

This will be Miller’s first time playing for Team Canada at the National level and will mark her return in the red and white. She previously represented Canada at the 2013 and 2014 U18 Women’s World Championships, capturing gold both years. Miller would then go on to represent China internationally, including at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Primerano made her National Women’s team debut at just 17 years old earlier this fall. The University of Minnesota freshman represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women’s World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds (16) and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds. This summer she was named to the Canada Women’s U18 team that competed against the United States for a three-games series from August 14-17, 2024.

Primerano became the the first female-skater ever selected in a CHL Draft when the Vancouver Giants selected her in the 13th round, 268th overall at the 2022 WHL Draft. In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division with RHA Kelowna the North Vancouver, BC defender graduated from the 泊樂娛樂城app as the most successful student-athlete in women’s history. Her 105 career assists are most all time among Female U18 Prep skaters while her 164 career points rank 1 back of the all-time record. Her 59 career goals are fourth most all-time, and most among defensemen, giving her the all-time career lead among defensemen in assists (105), goals (59) and points (164). During the 2024/25 泊樂娛樂城app season Primerano set the Female U18 Prep single season record, among all skaters, with 35 goals, 54 assists and 89 points in just 29 games to earn her second straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep MVP Award.

In 34 NCAA games this season as an underage true freshman, Primerano had 5 goals and 26 assists.

Selected second overall at the 2024 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft, by the Ottawa Charge,聽Serdachny spent two seasons in the 泊樂娛樂城app with the Pursuit of Excellence (POE) Female U18 Prep team. She joined the program in 2017/18, finishing third in team scoring with 46 points. The following year she would finish second in team and league scoring with 58 points, bringing her 泊樂娛樂城app career total to 104 points in 49 games. That year she would also represent Team Canada at the World Women’s U18 Championship, tallying four points and being named as a ‘Top 3 Player on Team’, helping Canada capture gold.

The Edmonton, AB forward made the jump to the NCAA in 2019/20 with Colgate University. In 5 seasons with Colgate she finished with 238 points in 180 games. Her 61 points in 2023/24 were fifth among NCAA skaters while her 71 points in 2022/23 led all NCAA players. During her NCAA career she would be named a NCAA First Team All-American twice.

Serdachny scored the overtime winner in the Gold Medal game for Team Canada at the 2024 Women’s World Championships. To go along with her 2024 gold medal she has a 2023 silver medal and a 2019 gold medal at the U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds.

This season Serdachny has 2 goals and 5 assists in 23 PWHL games with Ottawa.

Zandee-Hart spent four seasons with OHA from 2011-2015. The Victoria, BC defender has a U18 gold and silver medals, to go along with a World Championship bronze, silver and gold, and a 2022 Olympic Gold medal.

She would play four seasons in the NCAA with Cornell University, recording 17 goals and 70 assists. Zandee-Hart joined the New York Sirens of the PWHL in 2023/24, tallying 3 assists in 19 games. This season she has 1 goal and 8 assists in 24 PWHL games with New York.

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Former RHA Kelowna defenseman and current University of Minnesota student-athlete Chloe Primerano captained Team Canada and was joined on the roster by current RHA Kelowna student-athletes Ava Drabyk, Alida Korte, Danica Maynard, and Hayley McDonald.

The tournament took place January 4-12 in Vantaa, Finland. Team Canada opened the round robin with a 6-2 win against Slovakia before beating Switzerland 5-1and Czechia 5-0. They would beat Japan 17-0 in the quarter finals and Czechia 4-2 in the semis, before beating the USA 3-0 in the gold medal game.

Primerano, who represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women’s World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, led all defensemen with 4 goals, 6 assists and 10 points, third among all skaters. She would once again be named Best Defender, and a Tournament Allstar, while her 10 points gave her 36 career points with the U18 Women鈥檚 team, setting a new Canadian record.

McDonald would record 4 goals and 3 assists in 6 games, putting her seventh in team scoring. Maynard would chip in with 1 goal and 3 assists in 6 games, while Korte would play 2 games, finishing the tournament with 1 assist.

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The 10 team tournament will take place December 26-Jan. 5 in Ottawa, ON. Four 泊樂娛樂城app alumni will represent Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championships.

The four 泊樂娛樂城app alumni selected to represent Team Canada are:

• Carson Bjarnason – Brandon Wheat Kings/WHL (RHA Winnipeg)
• Gavin McKenna – Medicine Hat Tigers/WHL (RHA Kelowna/South Alberta Hockey Academy)
• Tanner Molendyk – Saskatoon Blades/WHL (Yale Hockey Academy)
• Sawyer Mynio – Seattle Thunderbirds/WHL (Yale Hockey Academy)

A first round pick by the Nashville Predators at the 2023 NHL Draft, Molendyk is one of five returning players who represented Canada at the 2024 World Juniors. Bjarnason will represent Team Canada for the third time. The 2023 2nd round NHL Pick by the Philadelphia Flyers won gold at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and Bronze at the 2023 U18 World Championships.

McKenna, who is expected to be the first overall pick at the 2026 NHL Draft, has won gold for Canada at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championships and the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. This will be the first time Mynio, a Vancouver Canucks 2023 third round pick, represents Team Canada on the international stage.

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship begins on Boxing Day with Canada kicking off its tournament schedule against Finland, while the United States will play Germany. The two teams will meet on Dec. 31 to wrap up preliminary-round action. The knock-out round will begin with the quarter-finals on January 2.

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Among the 24 players include four current and one former 泊樂娛樂城app student-athlete:

• Ava Drabyk – RHA Kelowna
• Alida Korte – RHA Kelowna
• Danica Maynard – RHA Kelowna
• Hayley McDonald – RHA Kelowna
• Chloe Primerano – University of Minnesota (RHA Kelowna)

The tournament will run from January 4-12 in Vantaa, Finland. Team Canada will open the round robin with a game against Slovakia, with games against Switzerland and Czechia before the quarter-finals start January 9.

A netminder from Saskatoon, SK, Drabyk joined RHA Kelowna for the 2024/25 Female U18 Prep season. In 9 games this season she has a 9-0-0 record, 4 shutouts, 0.81 GAA and .957 SV%.

Another Saskatoon, SK product, Korte currently leads the Female U18 Prep division with 23 assists this season. Her 35 points in 16 games rank fourth in league scoring, and first on her team. Last year Korte had 19 goals and 33 assists in 28 games before helping RHA Kelowna capture the 2024 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep Western Championship.

Maynard originally joined the 泊樂娛樂城app in 2020/21 with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U17 Prep team. She would start the following season there, before joining their Female U18 Prep team for the remainder of the season. In 2022/23 the Osoyoos, BC defenseman tallied 27 points in 29 games, brining her OHA career totals to 64 points in 64 games. Maynard joined RHA Kelowna for the 2023/24 Female U18 Prep season, posting 46 points in 30 games. This season Maynard leads all defensemen with 8 goals, 22 assists and 30 points in 16 games.

A forward from East St. Paul, MB, McDonald joined RHA Kelowna for the 2024/25 season. In 17 games she has 14 goals and 17 assists for 31 points, which ranks fifth among all skaters, and second on her team.

Primerano became the the first female-skater ever selected in a CHL Draft when the Vancouver Giants selected her in the 13th round, 268th overall at the 2022 WHL Draft. Primerano still has another year of eligibility left in the 泊樂娛樂城app but graduated early to attend the University of Minnesota for the 2024/25 season. This season Primerano has 3 goals and 8 assists in 16 games.

In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division the North Vancouver, BC defender graduateed from the 泊樂娛樂城app as the most successful student-athlete in women’s history. Her 105 career assists are most all time among Female U18 Prep skaters while her 164 career points rank 1 back of the all-time record. Her 59 career goals are fourth most all-time, and most among defensemen, giving her the all-time career lead among defensemen in assists (105), goals (59) and points (164). This past season Primerano set the Female U18 Prep single season record, among all skaters, with 35 goals, 54 assists and 89 points in just 29 games to earn her second straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep MVP Award.

Primerano represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women’s World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds (16) and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds.

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Along with the seven former 泊樂娛樂城app student-athletes, current Okanagan Hockey Academy U17 Prep head coach Jessie Leung will join the team as Video Coach.

Among the 23 women selected include seven 泊樂娛樂城app alumnae who previously played for Delta Hockey Academy, Edge School, Okanagan Hockey Academy or RHA Kelowna (former Pursuit of Excellence):

• Jordan Baxter – Delta Hockey Academy
• Anne Cherkowski – POE
• Tova Henderson – Delta Hockey Academy
• Hailey MacLeod – Delta Hockey Academy
• Sarah Paul – OHA, POE/RHA Kelowna
• Sara Swiderski – RHA Kelowna
• Sarah Wozniewicz – Edge School

Baxter, Henderson, MacLeod, and Swiderski all captured gold at the 2022 IIHF U18 Women鈥檚 World Championship in Madison, Wisconsin with Baxter also winning gold at the 2023 U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds in 脰stersund, Sweden.

Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Development Team will participate in the Women鈥檚 Euro Hockey Tour for the first time from December 11-15 in Tampere, Finland.

The six-team tournament features Canada in Group B with Czechia and Sweden, while Group A includes Finland, Switzerland and the United States. Canada will open the Women鈥檚 Euro Hockey Tour against Sweden on December 11 at 5 a.m. PST and will take on Czechia to wrap up the preliminary round on December 12 at 9 a.m. PST.

鈥淭he Women鈥檚 Euro Hockey Tour is a fantastic opportunity for our National Women鈥檚 Development Team to gain valuable experience on the international stage,鈥� said聽Dylan Rockwell (Calgary, AB), senior manager of hockey operations. 鈥淭his tournament will be an important step in the development and assessment of our athletes for the future of Team Canada looking ahead to the Olympic quadrennials in 2030 and 2034.鈥�

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Team Canada White would go on to beat Team Canada Red 3-1 Saturday in the gold medal match with eight 泊樂娛樂城app alumni winning gold, and four taking home silver.

The 12 泊樂娛樂城app alumni represented six different 泊樂娛樂城app member programs: Okanagan Hockey Academy (3), RHA Kelowna (3), Edge School (2), Northern Alberta Xtreme (2), Delta Hockey Academy, and Pilot Mound Hockey Academy.

Canada Red:

• Carson Carels, Prince George Cougars (Pilot Mound Hockey Academy)
• Landon DuPont, Everett Silvertips (Edge School)
• Joe Iginla, Edmonton Oil Kings (RHA Kelowna)
• Cruz Pavao, Tri-City Americans (Edge School)

Canada White:

• Riley Boychuk, Prince Albert Raiders (Northern Alberta Xtreme)
• Ryan Lin, Vancouver Giants (Delta Hockey Academy)
• Liam Ruck, Medicine Hat Tigers (Okanagan Hockey Academy)
• Giorgos Pantelas, Brandon Wheat Kings (RHA Kelowna)
• Mathis Preston, Spokane Chiefs (Okanagan Hockey Academy)
• Markus Ruck, Medicine Hat Tigers (Okanagan Hockey Academy)
• Daxon Rudolph, Prince Albert Raiders (Northern Alberta Xtreme)
• Keaton Verhoeff, Victoria Royals (RHA Kelowna)

The tournament, took place November 3-9 at Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, ON, seeing 44 players represent Team Canada White and Team Canada Red.

Canada White started the tournament with a 6-2 win over Czechia. They would lose their second game 5-4 in overtime to Sweden, setting up a quarter-final matchup with Finland. They would defeat Finland 4-2 before getting revenge on Sweden in the semi-finals with a 6-4 win.

Canada Red went 2-0 in the round robin with a 3-1 win over Finland and 6-3 win over the USA. They would earn a bye to the semi’s, once again defeating the USA 7-3 to set-up the all Canada final.

Preston led all skaters with six goals, including the game winner of the gold medal game, while Keaton Verhoeff (Canada White) and Landon DuPont (Canada Red) were named captains of their respective teams.

DuPont, Preston and Verhoeff were all named to the tournament All-Star team.

This was the second time Lin, Preston, L. Ruck, M. Ruck, Rudolph, and Verhoeff represented Team Canada, having previously done so at the 2024 Youth Olympics.

The 2023 U17 World Challenge saw 13 泊樂娛樂城app alumni compete for Team Canada Red and White.聽

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The University of Minnesota freshman represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women鈥檚 World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds (16) and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds. This summer she was named to the Canada Women鈥檚 U18 team that competed against the United States for a three-games series from August 14-17, 2024.

Primerano became the the first female-skater ever selected in a CHL Draft when the Vancouver Giants selected her in the 13th round, 268th overall at the 2022 WHL Draft. In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division with RHA Kelowna the North Vancouver, BC defender graduated from the 泊樂娛樂城app as the most successful student-athlete in women鈥檚 history. Her 105 career assists are most all time among Female U18 Prep skaters while her 164 career points rank 1 back of the all-time record. Her 59 career goals are fourth most all-time, and most among defensemen, giving her the all-time career lead among defensemen in assists (105), goals (59) and points (164). This past season Primerano set the Female U18 Prep single season record, among all skaters, with 35 goals, 54 assists and 89 points in just 29 games to earn her second straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep MVP Award.

In 10 NCAA games this season Primerano has 1 goal and 5 assists.

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Among the 25 players selected include Emily Clark, Chloe Primerano, Danielle Serdachny and Sophie Shirley.

Clark spent two seasons with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U18 Prep season. The Saskatoon, SK forward would go on to play five seasons in the NCAA with the University of Wisconsin, recording 70 goals and 76 assists in 147 games. She spent last season in the PWHL with Ottawa where she had 4 goals and 11 assists in 24 games.

Internationally Clark has represented Canada since 2011. To this date she has two U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds gold medals, one bronze, four silver and three gold medals at the Women’s World Championships. She has captured a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics and a gold medal a the 2022 Olympics.

Primerano will make her National Women’s team debut at just 17 years old. The University of Minnesota freshman represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women’s World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds (16) and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds. This summer she was named to the Canada Women’s U18 team that competed against the United States for a three-games series from August 14-17, 2024.

Primerano became the the first female-skater ever selected in a CHL Draft when the Vancouver Giants selected her in the 13th round, 268th overall at the 2022 WHL Draft. In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division with RHA Kelowna the North Vancouver, BC defender graduated from the 泊樂娛樂城app as the most successful student-athlete in women’s history. Her 105 career assists are most all time among Female U18 Prep skaters while her 164 career points rank 1 back of the all-time record. Her 59 career goals are fourth most all-time, and most among defensemen, giving her the all-time career lead among defensemen in assists (105), goals (59) and points (164). This past season Primerano set the Female U18 Prep single season record, among all skaters, with 35 goals, 54 assists and 89 points in just 29 games to earn her second straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep MVP Award.

In 10 NCAA games this season Primerano has 1 goal and 5 assists.

Selected second overall at the 2024 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft, by the Ottawa Charge,聽Serdachny spent two seasons in the 泊樂娛樂城app with the Pursuit of Excellence (POE) Female U18 Prep team. She joined the program in 2017/18, finishing third in team scoring with 46 points. The following year she would finish second in team and league scoring with 58 points, bringing her 泊樂娛樂城app career total to 104 points in 49 games. That year she would also represent Team Canada at the World Women’s U18 Championship, tallying four points and being named as a ‘Top 3 Player on Team’, helping Canada capture gold.

The Edmonton, AB forward made the jump to the NCAA in 2019/20 with Colgate University. In 5 seasons with Colgate she finished with 238 points in 180 games. Her 61 points in 2023/24 were fifth among NCAA skaters while her 71 points in 2022/23 led all NCAA players. During her NCAA career she would be named a NCAA First Team All-American twice.

Serdachny scored the overtime winner in the Gold Medal game for Team Canada at the 2024 Women’s World Championships. To go along with her 2024 gold medal she has a 2023 silver medal and a 2019 gold medal at the U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds.

Shirley played in the 泊樂娛樂城app for OHA before joining the University of Wisconsin for five seasons. In 177 NCAA games the Saskatoon, SK forward had 81 goals and 108 assists while winning three NCAA Championships. Last PWHL season Shirley had 3 goals and 2 assists in 20 games with Boston.

On the international stage she has won two U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds silver medals while being named the Tournaments Best Forward in 2017.

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Among the 23 players including 4 who have previously, or are set to play in the 泊樂娛樂城app:

• Danica Maynard – RHA Kelowna
• Hayley McDonald – RHA Kelowna
• Chloe Primerano – RHA Kelowna (University of Minnesota)
• Sade Sandilands – Edge School

Maynard originally joined the 泊樂娛樂城app in 2020/21 with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U17 Prep team. She would start the following season again there, before joining their Female U18 Prep team for the remainder of the season. In 2022/23 the Osoyoos, BC defenseman tallied 27 points in 29 games, brining her OHA career totals to 64 points in 64 games. Maynard joined RHA Kelowna for the 2023/24 Female U18 Prep season, posting 46 points in 30 games. Maynard will return to the RHA Kelowna Female U18 Prep team for the 2024/25 season.

A forward from East St. Paul, MB, McDonald spent the 2023/24 season with Balmoral Hall School, who were recently accepted into the 泊樂娛樂城app. McDonald will join RHA Kelowna for the 2024/25 season.

Primerano became the the first female-skater ever selected in a CHL Draft when the Vancouver Giants selected her in the 13th round, 268th overall at the 2022 WHL Draft. Primerano still has another year of eligibility left in the 泊樂娛樂城app but graduated early to attend the University of Minnesota for the 2024/25 season.

In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division the North Vancouver, BC defender graduates from the 泊樂娛樂城app as the most successful student-athlete in women’s history. Her 105 career assists are most all time among Female U18 Prep skaters while her 164 career points rank 1 back of the all-time record. Her 59 career goals are fourth most all-time, and most among defensemen, giving her the all-time career lead among defensemen in assists (105), goals (59) and points (164). This past season Primerano set the Female U18 Prep single season record, among all skaters, with 35 goals, 54 assists and 89 points in just 29 games to earn her second straight 泊樂娛樂城app Female U18 Prep MVP Award.

Primerano represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women’s World Championships, earning MVP, Best Defender, Tournament Allstar and Leading Scorer honours, setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds (16) and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds.

Sandilands has spent the last two season with the Edge School Female U18 Prep team. During the 2022/23 Female U18 Prep season the Carstairs, AB defender recorded 11 points in 30 games. This past season she finished with a career best 4 goals, 11 assists and 15 points in 22 games with the Edge Female U18 Prep team.

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The Jets selected the Coquitlam, BC netminder in the fifth round, 151st overall at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Milic would spend the majority of the 2023/24 season in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose, playing 33 games and finishing with a 2.72GAA and .900SV%.

Milic spent the previous three seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Seattle Thunderbirds, posting a 60-23-5 record, 8 shutouts, a 2.35GAA and .917SV% in 91 games. During the 2022/23 season Milic would help Seattle capture a WHL Championship while being named to the WHL (US Division) First All-Star Team, the WHL Playoffs MVP, and WHL Top Goaltender Award winner while leading the WHL with a 2.08GAA and .928SV%. He would help Canada capture a Gold Medal at the 2023 World Juniors.

Prior to his WHL career Milic played three seasons in the 泊樂娛樂城app with BWC Academy. In 2017/18 he would be named the 泊樂娛樂城app U15 Top Goaltender, capturing that award again in 2019/20 in the U18 Prep division. Milic would also lead the U18 Prep division with a .946SV%. After the 2017/18 U15 Prep season he would be selected by the Thunderbirds in the third round, 51st overall at the 2018 WHL Draft.

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