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The 2010–11 women's national hockey team represented Canada in various tournaments during the season. The team attempted to win the gold medal at the Women's World Championships. The head coach is former National Hockey League player Ryan Walter.

National team

News and notes

• September 14: Four members of its 2010 Olympic gold medal-winning National Women's Team: Becky Kellar, Gina Kingsbury, Carla MacLeod and Colleen Sostorics have announced their retirements from international hockey.
• October 5, 2010: Tessa Bonhomme was one of several athletes selected to participate in an all-athletes episode of Wipeout Canada.
• March 15: Jennifer Botterill announces her retirement from international hockey. She was one of just four Canadian players to participate in the first four Olympic women's hockey tournaments. Her 184 games for Team Canada rank third all-time behind Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford. She is fifth on the all-time scoring list with 65 goals and 109 assists for 174 points.

Four Nations Cup

• September 21: Former NHL player Ryan Walter has been named the head coach for Team Canada at the 2010 Four Nations Cup. Assisting Walter will be current Minnesota Duluth assistant coach Laura Schuler and Ryerson Rams head coach Stephanie White.

Roster

Schedule

IIHF World championships

Canada will attempt to win the gold medal as they compete in the 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland. A total of 37 players were invited to the selection training camp, which takes place from April 2 to 5 at the Toronto MasterCard Centre. The 21 chosen players will represent Team Canada at the 2011 World Women's Championships.

Schedule

April 16, 2011 20:00

Canada

12–0 (3–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Deutweg rink Attendance: 2,900

	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Florence Schelling Sophie Anthamatten	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	C. Piper (M. Agosta, B-J. Slusar) – 10:42 1–0 H. Irwin (R. Johnston, J. Larocque) (SH) – 16:02 2–0 H. Wickenheiser (M. Agosta) (SH) – 18:33 3–0 M. Mikkelson (H. Wickenheiser) – 23:01 4–0 G. Apps (T. Bonhomme) (PP) – 26:33 5–0 R. Johnston (T. Watchorn, H. Irwin) (PP) – 29:04 6–0 M-P. Poulin (S. Vaillancourt, C. Ward) – 34:30 7–0 J. Wakefield (T. Bonhomme) – 34:44 8–0 C. Piper (N. Spooner, T. Bonhomme) (PP) – 41:57 9–0 J. Hefford (M. Agosta) – 42:40 10–0 C. Piper – 54:29 11–0 T. Bonhomme (G. Apps, T. Watchorn) (PP) – 59:33 12–0
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	67	Shots	19

April 17, 2011 16:00

Kazakhstan

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Deutweg rink Attendance: 411

	Daria Obydennova	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Ulla Sipila
	0–1 09:22 – C. Ouellette (S. Vaillancourt, M-P. Poulin) (PP) 0–2 12:05 – H. Wickenheiser 0–3 20:55 – M-P. Poulin (C. Ouellette) 0–4 27:33 – M. Mikkelson 0–5 39:46 – M. Mikkelson (S. Vaillancourt, C. Ward) (PP) 0–6 43:42 – H. Irwin (R. Johnston, J. Larocque) 0–7 52:01 – N. Spooner
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	13	Shots	71

April 19, 2011 16:00

Canada

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Deutweg rink Attendance: 614

	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Erin Blair
	R. Johnston (H. Irwin) – 12:46 1–0 J. Hefford (M. Agosta, H. Wickenheiser) (ENG) – 59:34 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	26 min
	50	Shots	14

Under 18 team

The National Under 18 team competed in the IIHF World Under 18 tournament Jan. 1–8 in Stockholm, Sweden. The U.S. women defeated Canada in the final to win the first two world under-18 tournaments in 2008 and 2009 while Canada won the third in 2010. 2011 roster members Erin Ambrose and Emily Fulton were part of the 2010 gold medal team. The roster includes players born in 1993 and 1994. The 20 player roster was chosen from a 31 player training camp held in Toronto. The head coach will be Sarah Hodges (head coach of the University of Regina), while her assistants will be Cassie Turner and former national team member France Montour. On December 30, 2010, in an exhibition vs. the AIK Bantam boys team (at Husby Ishall Arena) from Sweden, Canada bested the club in a 4–2 victory. On January 8, Canada lost the gold medal to the United States by a 5–2 score.

• Scoring leaders 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nicole Kosta	5	5	3	8	+5	6	FW
Meghan Dufault	5	2	6	8	+6	2	FW
Laura Stacey	5	3	4	7	+1	2	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

Under 22 team

News and notes

Jim Fetter, head coach of the Wayne State Warriors women's ice hockey program, will be the head coach of Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team for the 2010–11 season. Fetter will also be the coach for Team Canada at the 2011 MLP Cup.

Summer training camp

Yellow/Blue intrasquad

• Game 1: August 8, Blue 4, Yellow 2

Intrasquad notes

• August 8: Four different players scored goals to give Blue a 4–2 win over Yellow on the first day of intersquad action at the National Women's Under-22 selection camp. The game was played in Toronto at the MasterCard Centre.

Isabel Menard and Natalie Spooner both scored in the first for Blue. Marie-Philip Poulin scored in the second to make it 2–1. Eventually, Blue would be ahead 4–1. Poulin tried to get Yellow into the game, scoring her second of the night. Yellow squad goalie Erica Howe made 40 saves.

Roster

Blue Roster

Yellow Roster

August series vs. USA

• Marie-Philip Poulin scored a hat trick as the Under 22 team beat the US by a 7–2 score. With the victory, Canada had a three game sweep in its exhibition series vs. the US.

Series summary

MLP Cup

In the 2011 MLP Cup, Lacasse earned a shutout in a 5–0 defeat of Switzerland on January 4. Prior to the match, she had made 57 consecutive starts for the Friars. Lacasse earned a shutout in the gold medal game of the 2011 MLP Cup, as Canada prevailed over Sweden by a 6–0 mark. Vicki Bendus was the leading scorer for Canada.

Schedule

Roster

2011 Winter Universiade

Group A final standings

Six participating teams were placed in one group. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group plus to the Semifinals. The fifth and sixth placed teams will play a playoff for fifth place.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	0	39	1	+38	14
Finland	5	4	0	1	0	49	3	+46	13
Slovakia	5	3	0	0	2	33	11	+22	9
United States	5	2	0	0	3	25	18	+7	6
Great Britain	5	1	0	0	4	11	36	−25	3
Turkey	5	0	0	0	5	0	88	−88	0

Schedule

January 27, 2011 16:00

Canada

2 – 1 GWS ( 0–0, 0–1, 1–0 ) ( OT: 0–0 ) ( SO: 1–0 )

Finland

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

January 28, 2011 19:00

Canada

3–0 (3–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

January 30, 2011 11:00

Canada

14–0 (4–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Great Britain

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

January 31, 2011 11:00

United States

0–9 (0–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Canada

500 Ice Rink, Erzurum

February 2, 2011 20:00

Turkey

0–11 (0–4, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

3000 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Semifinals

February 4, 2011 20:00

Canada

8–1 (2–1, 3–0, 3–0)

United States

3000 Ice Rink, Erzurum

Finals

February 5, 2011 13:00

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Finland

3000 Ice Rink, Erzurum Attendance: 2,111

http://www.universiadeerzurum.org/pdfts/IHW400101/C74
	Liz Knox	Goalies	Anna Vanhatalo	Referees: Leah O'Brian Magdalena Cerhitova, Michaela Kudelova
	Deschenes – 18:29 1 – 0 Zerafa – 24:01 2 – 0 Bettez – 35:14 3 – 0 3 – 1 42:19 – Hovi (Tuomanen) (PP) Hill (Styles, Webster) (PP) – 56:27 4 – 1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	21

Roster

Goalies

• Beth Clause
• Liz Knox

Defense

• Jenna Downey
• Suzanne Fenerty
• Carly Hill
• Caitlin MacDonald
• Alicia Martin
• Jacalyn Sollis
• Kelsey Webster

Forwards

• Ann-Sophie Bettez
• Vanessa Davidson
• Kim Deschênes
• Breanne George
• Alicia Martin
• Jacalyn Sollis
• Jocelyn Leblanc
• Andrea Ironside
• Addie Miles
• Mariève Provost
• Ellie Seedhouse
• Candice Styles
• Courtney Unruh
• Jessica Zerafa

Awards and honours

• Rebecca Johnston, Player of the Game, Gold medal game at the 2010 Four Nations Cup
• Female Hockey Breakthrough Award: (outstanding contribution to advancing female hockey)

Laurie Taylor-Bolton

• Liz MacKinnon Award: (special contributions of a Hockey Canada volunteer's spouse) Jill Donovan

References

1. The Official Website of Hockey Canada
2. The Official Website of Hockey Canada
3. Three Olympic hockey golds enough: Team Canada loses icon – Winnipeg Free Press
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9. The Official Website of Hockey Canada
10. USA Hockey Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
11. Hockey Canada, Selection Camp Roster, http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/163099/la_id/1.htm
12. Hockey canada announces selection camp roster for 2011 IIHF World Women's Championship, http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/16980/la_id/1/ss_id/75000/nr_id/163100.htm
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25. The Official Website of Hockey Canada
26. Competition Schedule Ice hockey Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
27. Canada West Universities Athletic Association – 2011 Winter Universiade: CIS announces Canadian women's hockey roster Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
28. The Official Website of Hockey Canada

External links

• Women's Hockey pages on Hockey Federation website

See also

• 2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team
• Canada women's national ice hockey team

• 2010–11 in Canadian women's ice hockey by team
• Canada women's national ice hockey team seasons