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Women's Worlds 2023 Primer

The PHF season may be over, but many of the players we love will be playing in women's worlds this upcoming week alongside their peers from the PWHPA, SDHL, Naisten Liiga, NCAA, Usports, EWHL, and countless other fantatic women's hockey leagues or organizations from around the world!

When: April 5th - April 16th

Click here for full schedule

Where: Brampton, Ontario at CAA Center. Games will be in Eastern time

Click here for tickets

What Teams are playing:

Group A: Canada, USA, Switzerland, Czechia, Japan

Group B: Germany, Hungary, France, Finland, Sweden

How to Watch:

Canada: TSN will be broadcasting all games in the tournament for Canadians

USA: NHL Network will be broadcasting all of Team USA's and Team Canada's games, but not the rest of the tournament

Finland: Broadcast scheduling here

Germany: German games should be available at MagentaSport (and apparently free!)

France: Sport En France should have at least the French teams games

Sweden: SVT should carry Sweden's games

Switzerland: available to stream at srf.ch

Unfortunately I could not find broadcast information for Czechia, Hungary, or Japan, but that may be a language barrier issue on my end. If this is something you are familiar with please let me know!

Lastly, if you want to watch a game that's not available to you, feel free to message and I can see what I can do to help

Tournament format:

All of Group A makes it to the quarterfinals, so the preliminary games are just seeding for them. The top three seeds in Group B will move on as well. Then, the knock out stage looks like this:

Below the cut is rosters, notable storylines, and expectations for each team. These are in alphabetical order.

Canada

Roster

Notable changes: Natalie Spooner comes back after missing time with pregnancy. Danielle Serdachny makes her international senior team debut after having 71 points in 40 games as Colgates captain this year. Claire Thompson returns to the world stage after missing last world championships, comes off a spectacular olympic showing. Potomak is out, despite strong performance last world championship.

Player to watch/other fun things; Sarah Fillier. She has been one of the world's best goal scorers for over two year and, at only 22, will likely only get better

Goals: Win gold again! They've been dominate on the world stage again since the break from the pandemic, working extremely well with their new coach. They are the team to beat with a mix of vets and newcomers

Czechia

Roster

Notable changes: Klara Peslarova, star goalie for Czechia, is not here due to season ending knee injury. Michaela Hesova (who is only 17 years old!) makes her senior team debut in her place and Kateřina Zechovská comes back to the mix. Tereza Radová is out, Sára Čajanová returns. Klára Jandušíková makes her senior national team debut, one of the few ncaa dIII players to do so!

Players to watch: Tereza Vanišová is coming off a PHF championship where she scored the cup winning goal, and has been one of the Czech republics more creative offensive players that plays with an edge. Natálie Mlýnková just had a breakout year for University of Vermont that saw her have 42 points in 36 games.

Goals: Get a medal. Czechia has risen FAST on the national stage, going from not qualifying to medaling in their first wwc in just a few years. Thanks to a mix of a good core who's been playing together a long time like like Mills/Mrázová/Križová and talented youth like Čajanová, they have cemented themselves at one of the worlds threats.

Finland

Roster; http://leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/naisleijonat/2022-23/mm2023/item/45144-naisleijonien-mm-joukkue-julkistettiin-taessae-kokoonpano ( no graphic :-( )

Notable changes: Elisa Holopainen will not play for Finland after a great showing last worlds due to injury. Susanna Tapani, who had five points in 6 worlds games last year, is also not on this roster. Sanni Ahola will make her senior national team debut as a goaltender for Finland. She had a .920 as the starter in St. Cloud state this year and could be interesting as they try to find their next starter. Emilia Kyrkkö is another new goalie, who played in Finland this year but will play at St. Cloud next year. I’d expect Ahola to get more time though. Michelle Karvinen not on roster. Lots of roster shakeup overall.

Players to watch: Noora Tulus has been a national team mainstay for some time, but the last two years she has found another gear. Coming off a club season in Sweden with 56 points in 32 games. Sini Karjalainen had a breakout season in Vermont, will be interested to see if she can translate in the world stage.

Goals:After a rough few tournaments and roster turmoil, and some coaching questions, Finland is trying to get back in Group A and compete for a medal. Competition will be fiercer than ever but they look to prove why they dominated so long.

France

Roster:

Notable changes: Marion Allemoz, who was the team captain, has retired. Morgane Rihet, who was also an assistant captain and mainstay, is not on the roster. Margot Desvignes makes her senior team debut after some strong showings in Sweden.

Players to watch: Chloe Aurard is /the/ player for this team, being a star over at Northeastern the past few years. Justine Crousy Theode, who plays in the mens division in France, will be interesting to see if she gets any starts. With no clear starting goaltender, the 22 is making her senior team debut after strong performances at the u18 level

Goals: Get their first top division win. After being promoted to Division IA in 2013, they've slowly risen to finally qualify for the primary WWC tournament for the first time since 2019! Despite tournament cancellations from the pandemic, they've kept their momentum as they look to establish themselves as a mainstay in the top division. In 2019, they did not get a win, so they hope to do so this time.

Germany

Roster: https://www.deb-online.de/2023/03/24/frauen-nationalmannschaft-finaler-kader-fuer-weltmeisterschaft-in-brampton-kanada-nominiert/ ( once again no graphic :( )

Notable changes: Going even younger in goal, swapping out lilly Uhrmann for Chiara Schultes, no Tanja Eisenschmid though her sister Nicola is there. We do have university of Maine twins Lilli and Louisa Welke still though!

Player to watch: Nina Jobst-Smith (listed as Katerina) had a breakout year in university of minnesota duluth, with 25 points in 39 games. Sandra Abstreiter is a goaltender who has proven she can steal a game.

Expectations: Similar to hungary below, finish top three in their division, hopefully with two decisive victories, to move on to the semifinals.

Hungary

Roster: https://www.jegkorongszovetseg.hu/noi-valogatott-megvan-a-vb-re-utazo-25-fos-keret

Notable Changes: Very much a run it back roster with little changes. Like its basically identical to their one from last year

Players to watch: Mira Seregély was already a steady contributor for Hungary, but after a breakout year in University of Maine, we may see her take another step. Same with Taylor Baker, a shutdown defender who had a solid season in montreal this year.

Goals: Finishing top three in Divison B to clinch a semifinal berth. They've done so their past two outings, but last time was on a tiebreaker. The past two tournaments they've only had one win in each preliminary round, so trying to secure two would be big. Keeping the group together to try t build on exisiting chemistry will be key.

Japan:

Roster: https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/img/info/info_20230324_153025.pdf

Notable changes: Similar to Hungary, they are running it back. Most of their changes come from adding some younger players to their forward group, including twin sisters Rio and Riri Noro making their national team debut after strong performances at the u18 level

players to watch: Haruka Toko is forever my answer here as I think she's one of my favorite players to watch in terms of her speed and shot, and she's coming off a season that saw her return to the SDHL and have 27 points in 29 games. Ayaka Hitosato also is coming off a successful first season in the SDHL, and it will be interesting to see how that affects her game.

Goals: make the semifinals! last year was a heartbreaking 2-1 shootout lost in the finals they hope to avenge, and have proven they are capable of it

Sweden:

Notable changes: Most notably, long time captain Michelle Löwenhielm is not on the roster. Sara Grahn returns after missing some time on the national team, will be interesting to see how they divide time between her and Söderberg. Ebba Berglund, Jessica Adolfsson, and several other no longer on the teams defense after being in the last few tournaments, so going for a new look there.

Player to watch: Maja Nylén Persson has become the #1 defender for the national team at 22 years old and is coming off a stellar SDHL season. Sara Hjalmarsson was over a point per game at providence college this year.

Goals: Win division B and try to make it to the semifinals. After a few rough years due to labor rights issues, the national team is trying to find some stability again and figure out their identity as they develop a young core.

Switzerland

Roster:

Notable changes: Not many, mostly concentrated in the forward group. Evelina Raselli has retired since last wwc, which is the big one.Sarah Forster makes her return after a strong season in the PHF.

Players to watch: For years, it has been the Lara Stalder and Alina Müller show, rightfully so as they are two of the best hockey players in the world and it is a gift to watch them together. We have also seen young defender Lara Christen have strong defensive performances in the past few tournaments, getting it done on both ends

Goals: Medal for Bronze again, hopefully by improved depth scoring and defense. In the past it has been their top line and Brändli who has carried them, so they hope to supplement their high end talent with a good supporting cast.

USA

Notable changes: A lot of babies! Players having babies, including Alex Cavallini and Kendall Coyne Schoffield. Then a lot of players who are very young, with 6 players being under 20, including new faces Abbey Levy, Gabbie Hughes, and Tessa Janecke to name a few. Brianna Decker has retired. No Hannah Brandt, grace zumwinkle, jincy dunne, maddie Rooney, or Jesse compher. HUGE shakeups here.

player to watch: Taylor Heise won player of the tournament last year, and has continued to dominate at the NCAA level, she may only be just beginning. Gabbie Hughes makes her senior team debut after several great years at Minnesota Duluth, and will be interesting to see how she fits into the roster.

Goals: Win gold again, especially with a new look with John Wroblewski at coach. He was the coach last tournament, but only had a few months to work with there. They looked improved under him already, so we will see how they look with a full cycle

#also i do plan to get more of the T6 championship up but been super busy!#womens hockey #hockey #wwc 2023

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womenshockeyworld · 5 months

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wHw Team 2023/24

SDHL

AIK: Becky Brown, Emily Rickwood

BIF: Noemi Neubauerová

DIF: Anneke Linser

FHC: -

HV71: Tea Nyberg, Anni Keisala

LIF: Emilie Kruse Johanssen, Nathalie Carlsson Mattila

LHC: -

LHF: -

MODO: Andrea Brändli

SDE: Viktorie Švejdová

NAISTEN LIIGA

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rakkauspaita · 2 years

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Chris Paul kokee jälleen omistajan myyntitiimin

Phoenix Sunsin omistajan Robert Sarverin äskettäinen päätös myydä joukkue on noussut huomion kohteeksi. NBA:ssa on monia omistajia, jotka ovat joutuneet myymään joukkueensa erilaisten ongelmien vuoksi, eikä Phoenix Sunsin omistaja Robert Sarver ole suinkaan viimeinen. Tämä on vasta kolmas kerta, kun Chris Paul on kokenut omistaja-myyntitiimin, ja hänen 3. Phoenix Suns Pelipaita näkee päivänvalon.

Vuonna 2012 Charlotte Hornetsin omistaja George Shinn jäi kiinni joukkueen varojen kavalluksesta. Häntä uhkaa kova rangaistus liigalta, ja Charlotte Hornetsia johtaa suoraan liiga. Vuonna 2014 Los Angeles Clippersin omistaja Donald Sterling paljastettiin rasistisista huomautuksista. Sen jälkeen kun Donald Sterling oli saanut liigalta raskaat sakot, hän joutui myös joukkueen pakkomyyntiin ja vetäytymiseen NBA-markkinoilta. Nyt Phoenix Sunsin omistaja Robert Sarver kohtaa myös joukkueen myyntiongelman, jonka suurin ongelma on rasismi ja naisten epäkunnioitus. Vaikka Robert Sarver saikin raskaan sakon ja vuoden joukkueen johtamiskiellon, hän päätti tehdä jotain vieläkin väärin. Nyt Robert Sarver vihdoin ei kestä ulkomaailman painetta, hän teki päätöksen myydä joukkue.

Näillä kolmella joukkueella on yksi suurimmista uhreista, ja hän on Chris Paul, joka pelaa näissä joukkueissa. Kun Chris Paul pelasi Charlotte Hornetsissa vuonna 2012, joukkue oli tilanteessa, joka esti häntä olemasta Kobe Bryantin joukkuetoveri. Vanha Chris Paul ajatteli, että hänellä olisi parempi tulevaisuus liigassa sanottuaan hyvästit Charlotte Hornets Pelipaita. Mutta Chris Paul kävi jälleen omistaja-myyntitiimien läpi Los Angeles Clippersin ja Phoenix Sunsin kanssa, ja onneksi hän on pysynyt uskollisena oikeuteen.

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juhollamago · 3 years

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Whoever this Vaasan Sport player is, do they know I love her

#naisten liiga #neea lehtimäki #thanks eliteprospects #hockey

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liigainenglish · 3 years

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TEAM FINLAND for women’s world championships

Team Finland for the women’s world championships played May 6th to 16th in Canada. The players will now start a self-training period that includes a six day quarantine prior boarding the plane to Canada on 22nd. The players will be tested three times during their quarantine period and then again after arriving to Canada.

* first-time participants

GOALTENDERS Keisala Anni, Ilves Räisänen Meeri, HPK Silvonen Jenna, Mercyhurst University

DEFENSE Hiirikoski Jenni, Luleå HF (team captain) Karppinen Aino, RoKi * Karjalainen Sini, University of Vermont * Laitinen Nelli, Kiekko-Espoo Lindstedt Rosa, Brynäs IF Savolainen Ronja, Luleå HF Tuominen Minnamari, Shenzen KRS Vanke Rays Viitasuo Ella, Kiekko-Espoo

FORWARDS Hakala Sanni, HV71 Holopainen Elisa, KalPa Karvinen Michelle, H.C. Ladies Lugano Liikala Julia, HPK * Nieminen Petra, Luleå HF Nilsson Matilda, KalPa * Niskanen Tanja, KalPa Nylund Jenniina, St. Cloud State University * Sundelin Sofianna, Team Kuortane * Tapani Susanna Tulus Noora, Luleå HF Vainikka Viivi, Luleå HF Vanhanen Sanni, Ilves/Tappara * Vesa Emilia, Kiekko-Espoo *

#team finland #naisten liiga #women's hockey

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klingb3rg · 4 years

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Hey folks! If you’d like to follow women’s hockey happening outside of North America, I run two blogs that you might be interested in:

NaistenLiiga has content about the top-tier league in Finland (the Naisten Liiga), Finnish players in other leagues (SDHL, ZhHL), and the Finnish national and U18 teams

RussianWHL has content about the top-tier league in Russia +China (the ZhHL/Russian WHL/ЖХЛ) and the Russian national team. I just started this one so there’s not much posted yet but the playoffs are in full swing so it will probably be fairly busy for the next few weeks.

I try to keep a balance of official team content and player social media so you can get a more complete picture of players as athletes and as people.

My goal is to make it easier to follow non-North American elite players, since language barriers and limited content can make them seem totally inaccessible. In the future I hope to make a blog for the SDHL/Damkronorna and possibly other leagues and national teams, but I’m just one person and I have a full time job so I can’t promise that I’ll be able to maintain that many blogs. Please let me know if there is a player or team or league that you would like to see more content for though!

It’d be really great and I’d appreciate it so much if you wanted to follow either blog (or both!). Thanks 👍

#woho #womens hockey #women’s hockey #naisten liiga #russian whl #feb20

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theicegarden-blog1 · 6 years

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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Oulun Kärpät Naiset and new U18 women’s head coach Mira Kuisma coaching during a game.]

#hockey #WOMEN'S HOCKEY #team finland #naisten liiga #oulun kärpät naiset #mira kuisma

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naistenliiga · 11 months

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KalPa forward Elisa Holopainen was awarded the Golden Helmet Trophy (Kultainen Kypärä -palkinto) for MVP of the Naisten Liiga, as voted by the players

Karoliina Rantamäki presented the award to Holopainen on behalf of the SJRY

#elisa holopainen #kalpa naiset #karoliina rantamäki #sjry.fi #naisten liiga #nsml awards 2023 #kultainen kypärä #golden helmet

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grantmentis · 4 days

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Been bad at updating this tumblr during the international break but if you want some updates on overseas women's hockey happenings!

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kuu-ukkeli · 6 years

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We are the champions!!!💛💛

#kärpät #naisten liiga

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midar1 · 6 years

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11-year-old Venla’s dream is to stop pucks at the Olympics -- the path to the top is a complicated one

At the end of September, Kirsi Varis answered a phone call where she was asked to come play a game with APV, a team that plays in the women’s Mestis’ qualifying series. Even though the game against Kärpät Akatemia intrigued Kirsi, she was unable to participate. APV were desperate and low on options, and Varis was asked if she knew anyone who could play. She could only think of one goaltender: her own 11-year-old daughter, Venla. “They weren’t so convinced at first, but they didn’t have any other option.”

Venla said yes before her mom could finish the question. She packed her gear and on the last day of September traveled to Oulu to play a Mestis qualifying series game against Kärpät Akatemia. Even though the young goaltender had played many years in both girls and boys’ teams, Mestis was a huge step for her.

Before the game, Venla was the most nervous about warm ups because she wasn’t used to them. Her mom was just as nervous as the first shots went right past Venla into the net. “I was thinking that, we’ll see how this turns out. But she pulled herself together and played at her own level.”

And her mom’s words proved to be true; Venla stopped a total of 18 shots in the game and recorded a shutout as APV beat Kärpät Akatemia 2--0.

[--] At this moment hockey is only a hobby for Venla, but she does dream of bigger things amongst hockey. Just like her idols, Noora Räty and Meeri Räisänen, she too wants to play in big international games.

“I dream of going to the Olympics, of being the starting goalie on the Olympic team,” Venla said. Besides the national team, she also wants to play in SM-Liiga, but according to her, playing in Mestis would be “pretty ok” as well. But does she dream of playing in the men’s or the women’s leagues?

“Men’s and women’s. First women’s, and then men’s,” she said determined.

#venla varis #meeri räisänen #naisten mestis #women's hockey #*#this is a very loose translation i apologize #also i decided to cut out the part where they interviewed meeri räisänen but i can translate that too if someone wants!#also for clarity: mestis is the second highest league and sm-liiga the highest #and there's separate leagues for men and women but they use the same names but it's often just like womens mestis and womens sm-liiga #if the context requires that

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lovisaselander · 4 years

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Women’s U18 Day Two Game One Recap - FIN vs CAN (December 27, 2019)

Brief Recap:

Finland vs Canada - 5:30am - Canada wins 4 - 1 in regulation

In-depth Recap

Game 1 of the Second Day (Game 5 of Tournament) - Finland vs. Canada - 5:30am

Final Score: Canada - 4 / Finland - 1 (Canada wins in regulation)

Finnish Goal Scorers: Nelli Laitinen (1)

Canadian Goal Scorers: Lindsay Bochna (1), Charlotte Kettyle (1), Maddi Wheeler (1), Emilie Lussier (1)

Box Score:

First Period:

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Lindsay Bochna, assisted by Jenna Buglioni

FINLAND GOAL - Scored by Nelli Laitinen, assisted by Sanni Rantala and Kiira Yrjanen

Second Period:

No Goals Scored

Third Period:

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Charlotte Kettyle, assisted by Marianne Picard

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Maddi Wheeler, assisted by Anne Cherkowski

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Emilie Lussier, assisted by Sarah Wozniewicz

Finnish Player of the Game: Nelli Laitinen (1 goal, 3 shots)

Canadian Player of the Game: Lindsay Bochna (1 goal, 2 shots, +2 rating)

Player(s) to Watch Out For:

She wasn’t on the score sheet but I have multiple notes (yeah, I took notes what about it) about Tilli Keranen. She was a -2 on the game but no one on Finland had a plus rating, and only four players had an even rating. As a forward her defensive play, particularly her ability to separate opposing players from the puck, really caught my eye! She is currently with Oulun Karpat of the Naisten Liiga and has 1 goal in 4 games! I’m excited to see more from her, especially considering my well known affinity for defense,

On Team Canada, however, I have to say watch out for Anne Cherkowski. She had an assist in this game, good for 4 points in 7 games in her U18 career, to go along with six shots. It was her second assist of the tournament, she had one against Russia yesterday. She lost both faceoffs she took, which is a bit concerning considering Finland isn’t too great on faceoffs, but yesterday against Russia she won 11 of 18 that she took. She had a +1 rating on the game and is committed to the University of Minnesota.

This was a game that I got up EARLY for, unfortunately I had to leave a little less than half way through as I’m still recovering from a concussion so my head couldn’t handle so much exposure to the computer screen so early on in the day. I gotta say though, I liked what I saw out of Finland and it really saddens me that they lost by 3 goals AGAIN. Early in the game I was ripping Finland in my notes, it just didn’t seem like they cared. It seemed like they had already given up on the idea of beating Canada, but the moment they scored that powerplay goal to tie things up it was almost like something clicked in them. They had more energy, they were making more shot attempts, and early in the second their offensive pressure was great. I’ll tell you this, Tyttöleijonat is excellent when it comes to winning the puck back, in all three zones. They are excellent at separating their opponent from the puck, which is good considering how bad they appear on faceoffs. I see three main problems with the Finnish team: 1. FACEOFFS. It seems like even when they “win” the faceoff they NEVER get possession from it, especially in the offensive zone. 2. Shooting. The shots don’t have to be pretty, they just have to go in. In two games Finland has just 23 shots. (10 against the USA, 13 against Canada) Both of their opponents have had more shots in the one game against them than they have had all tournament. They need to just shoot the damn puck. 3. Morale. It seems to me that these lion cubs are just too easily discouraged. At the beginning of this game it looked to me like they just didn’t think they stood a chance so they didn’t try. Once they tied it up they looked excellent, but even though I didn’t see it it’s clear to me that them giving up 3 fairly quick goals in the third was a result of them being tired and losing confidence, they need to believe in themselves more.

Canada has looked EXCELLENT thus far in the tournament, but they have some things they need to work on as well. For one thing, they need to settle down with all those damn penalties. I know it’s only two games in but they’re averaging FIVE penalties per game! They have a total of 22 penalty minutes thus far, having 14 in this game alone, and that is simply unacceptable. They take a lot of stick infractions and they need to just settle it down. Stop swinging your sticks around and just play girls. They also need to watch those icings, they iced it several times against Finland when the game was tied and were only bailed out thanks to Finland’s mediocrity on faceoffs. Canada should also be practicing their passes. I don’t know if it was just rust, tiredness, or what, but they had several passes that were just complete misses. Multiple times they could’ve had a scoring opportunity but instead they just threw the puck to nobody, confusing me endlessly.

#woho #women's hockey #leijonat #suomi #team canada #u18 championships #iihf championships #iihf #u18 championship recaps 2020 #do y'all prefer when i post these earlier in the day? idk let me know <3

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