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Interesting to see the changes on the Canadian Women's team heading into the World Championships. They're missing several key players from recent championships:
Gone are:
Vicky Sunohara
Sami Jo Small
Cheryl Pounder (having a baby)
Danielle Goyette (retired)
Sunohara was on eight world championship teams.
There's still a wealth of experience on this team, but they look to be staying AWAY from what the men's team does - they're getting rid of the some of the aging vets and going with a more youthful approach.
It'll be fun to see how they do - they should be in tough against the US, as usual.
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My daughter is a huge women's hockey fan, and dreams on playing University hockey and maybe for the National team some day.
She cried when Cassie Campbell retired a couple of years ago. She was her hero.
I won't tell you what my son thinks of women's hockey. We will get him to appreciate it someday.
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HabsMom wrote:She cried when Cassie Campbell retired a couple of years ago. She was her hero. Campbell will likely be the lead on the Olympics television coverage, I'd think. She's got a great personality and girls really do seem to look up to her. She's done a decent job for CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, which has been an Old Boy's spot traditionally, after being thrown to the wolves that first game a year or two ago.
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the women survived Campbell's retirement, they'll survive these others.
Is Hayley WIckenheiser still playing though? I didn't think to notice earlier.
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They'll be fine as long as Jayna Hefford still plays on that squad
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I think they'll still kick butt!!
~HockeyGal
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HockeyGal wrote:I think they'll still kick butt!! Agreed. This team need some fresh blood though to ward off getting too complacent going into Vancouver.
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Canadian womens hockey looks good in the future. Watching as much girls minor hockey as I do, the sport is growing in leaps and bounds. There are many Cassie Campbells coming up in the future.
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And now we have the infamous Sami Jo Small blogging here on Hockey.com :) Sami Jo Small's First Blog Post on Hockey.comAnd there's an article about her, "Olympian relates to readers online"
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