US EditionCanada's prep for 2026 Olympic women's hockey tournament radically revised
- Canada's approach to preparing for the 2026 Olympic women's hockey tournament has changed significantly due to the establishment of the Professional Women's Hockey League, reducing reliance on centralization.
- Gina Kingsbury, the Canadian women's team general manager, stated, "The landscape has shifted in the women's game that doesn't allow us to centralize going into the Olympic Games."
- Centralization was successful, with Canada winning five of seven Olympic gold medals since women's hockey began competing in 1998, according to Canadian women's team general manager Gina Kingsbury.
- The women's world championship team, which took silver, had 23 of its 25 players from the PWHL, indicating a shift in preparation for the Olympics.
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Canada’s prep for 2026 Olympic women’s hockey tournament radically revised – 105.9 The Region
ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey is going to be dramatically different. The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League is now able to provide a lot of what Hockey Canada did, meaning women will not move to Calgary to spend half a year trying out for the 2026 team in Milan-Cortina, Italy. What was known as “centralization” every four years was designed to push Canada’s women to their limi…
Canada's prep for women's hockey at Olympics radically revised
How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey is going to be dramatically different. The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League is now able to provide a lot of what Hockey Canada did, meaning women will not move to Calgary to spend half a year trying out for the 2026 team in Milan-Cortina, Italy. What was known as “centralization” every four years was designed to push Canada’s women to their limits through daily tr…
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