Four current and one former 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) student-athletes have been selected to represent Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF U18 Women鈥檚 World Championships.
Among the 24 players include four current and one former CSSHL 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 CSSHL Female U18 Prep Western Championship.
Maynard originally joined the CSSHL 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 CSSHL 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 CSSHL 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 CSSHL 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.