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Seven CSSHL Alumnae Named to Women’s Development Team Roster

Seven 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) alumnae have been named to the Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Development Team.

Along with the seven former CSSHL student-athletes, current Okanagan Hockey Academy U17 Prep head coach Jessie Leung will join the team as Video Coach.

Among the 23 women selected include seven CSSHL alumnae who previously played for Delta Hockey Academy, Edge School, Okanagan Hockey Academy or RHA Kelowna (former Pursuit of Excellence):

  • Jordan Baxter – Delta Hockey Academy
  • Anne Cherkowski – POE
  • Tova Henderson – Delta Hockey Academy
  • Hailey MacLeod – Delta Hockey Academy
  • Sarah Paul – OHA, POE/RHA Kelowna
  • Sara Swiderski – RHA Kelowna
  • Sarah Wozniewicz – Edge School

Baxter, Henderson, MacLeod, and Swiderski all captured gold at the 2022 IIHF U18 Women鈥檚 World Championship in Madison, Wisconsin with Baxter also winning gold at the 2023 U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds in 脰stersund, Sweden.

Canada鈥檚 National Women鈥檚 Development Team will participate in the Women鈥檚 Euro Hockey Tour for the first time from December 11-15 in Tampere, Finland.

The six-team tournament features Canada in Group B with Czechia and Sweden, while Group A includes Finland, Switzerland and the United States. Canada will open the Women鈥檚 Euro Hockey Tour against Sweden on December 11 at 5 a.m. PST and will take on Czechia to wrap up the preliminary round on December 12 at 9 a.m. PST.

鈥淭he Women鈥檚 Euro Hockey Tour is a fantastic opportunity for our National Women鈥檚 Development Team to gain valuable experience on the international stage,鈥 said听Dylan Rockwell (Calgary, AB), senior manager of hockey operations. 鈥淭his tournament will be an important step in the development and assessment of our athletes for the future of Team Canada looking ahead to the Olympic quadrennials in 2030 and 2034.鈥