The 10 team tournament will take place December 26-Jan. 5 in Ottawa, ON. Four CSSHL alumni will represent Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championships.

The four CSSHL alumni selected to represent Team Canada are:

• Carson Bjarnason – Brandon Wheat Kings/WHL (RHA Winnipeg)
• Gavin McKenna – Medicine Hat Tigers/WHL (RHA Kelowna/South Alberta Hockey Academy)
• Tanner Molendyk – Saskatoon Blades/WHL (Yale Hockey Academy)
• Sawyer Mynio – Seattle Thunderbirds/WHL (Yale Hockey Academy)

A first round pick by the Nashville Predators at the 2023 NHL Draft, Molendyk is one of five returning players who represented Canada at the 2024 World Juniors. Bjarnason will represent Team Canada for the third time. The 2023 2nd round NHL Pick by the Philadelphia Flyers won gold at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and Bronze at the 2023 U18 World Championships.

McKenna, who is expected to be the first overall pick at the 2026 NHL Draft, has won gold for Canada at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championships and the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. This will be the first time Mynio, a Vancouver Canucks 2023 third round pick, represents Team Canada on the international stage.

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship begins on Boxing Day with Canada kicking off its tournament schedule against Finland, while the United States will play Germany. The two teams will meet on Dec. 31 to wrap up preliminary-round action. The knock-out round will begin with the quarter-finals on January 2.

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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.

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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聽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�

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Team Canada White would go on to beat Team Canada Red 3-1 Saturday in the gold medal match with eight CSSHL alumni winning gold, and four taking home silver.

The 12 CSSHL alumni represented six different CSSHL member programs: Okanagan Hockey Academy (3), RHA Kelowna (3), Edge School (2), Northern Alberta Xtreme (2), Delta Hockey Academy, and Pilot Mound Hockey Academy.

Canada Red:

• Carson Carels, Prince George Cougars (Pilot Mound Hockey Academy)
• Landon DuPont, Everett Silvertips (Edge School)
• Joe Iginla, Edmonton Oil Kings (RHA Kelowna)
• Cruz Pavao, Tri-City Americans (Edge School)

Canada White:

• Riley Boychuk, Prince Albert Raiders (Northern Alberta Xtreme)
• Ryan Lin, Vancouver Giants (Delta Hockey Academy)
• Liam Ruck, Medicine Hat Tigers (Okanagan Hockey Academy)
• Giorgos Pantelas, Brandon Wheat Kings (RHA Kelowna)
• Mathis Preston, Spokane Chiefs (Okanagan Hockey Academy)
• Markus Ruck, Medicine Hat Tigers (Okanagan Hockey Academy)
• Daxon Rudolph, Prince Albert Raiders (Northern Alberta Xtreme)
• Keaton Verhoeff, Victoria Royals (RHA Kelowna)

The tournament, took place November 3-9 at Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, ON, seeing 44 players represent Team Canada White and Team Canada Red.

Canada White started the tournament with a 6-2 win over Czechia. They would lose their second game 5-4 in overtime to Sweden, setting up a quarter-final matchup with Finland. They would defeat Finland 4-2 before getting revenge on Sweden in the semi-finals with a 6-4 win.

Canada Red went 2-0 in the round robin with a 3-1 win over Finland and 6-3 win over the USA. They would earn a bye to the semi’s, once again defeating the USA 7-3 to set-up the all Canada final.

Preston led all skaters with six goals, including the game winner of the gold medal game, while Keaton Verhoeff (Canada White) and Landon DuPont (Canada Red) were named captains of their respective teams.

DuPont, Preston and Verhoeff were all named to the tournament All-Star team.

This was the second time Lin, Preston, L. Ruck, M. Ruck, Rudolph, and Verhoeff represented Team Canada, having previously done so at the 2024 Youth Olympics.

The 2023 U17 World Challenge saw 13 CSSHL alumni compete for Team Canada Red and White.聽

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The University of Minnesota freshman represented Team Canada at the 2024 U18 Women鈥檚 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. This summer she was named to the Canada Women鈥檚 U18 team that competed against the United States for a three-games series from August 14-17, 2024.

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. In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division with RHA Kelowna the North Vancouver, BC defender graduated from the CSSHL as the most successful student-athlete in women鈥檚 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.

In 10 NCAA games this season Primerano has 1 goal and 5 assists.

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Among the 25 players selected include Emily Clark, Chloe Primerano, Danielle Serdachny and Sophie Shirley.

Clark spent two seasons with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U18 Prep season. The Saskatoon, SK forward would go on to play five seasons in the NCAA with the University of Wisconsin, recording 70 goals and 76 assists in 147 games. She spent last season in the PWHL with Ottawa where she had 4 goals and 11 assists in 24 games.

Internationally Clark has represented Canada since 2011. To this date she has two U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds gold medals, one bronze, four silver and three gold medals at the Women’s World Championships. She has captured a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics and a gold medal a the 2022 Olympics.

Primerano will make her National Women’s team debut at just 17 years old. The University of Minnesota freshman 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. This summer she was named to the Canada Women’s U18 team that competed against the United States for a three-games series from August 14-17, 2024.

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. In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division with RHA Kelowna the North Vancouver, BC defender graduated 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.

In 10 NCAA games this season Primerano has 1 goal and 5 assists.

Selected second overall at the 2024 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft, by the Ottawa Charge,聽Serdachny spent two seasons in the CSSHL with the Pursuit of Excellence (POE) Female U18 Prep team. She joined the program in 2017/18, finishing third in team scoring with 46 points. The following year she would finish second in team and league scoring with 58 points, bringing her CSSHL career total to 104 points in 49 games. That year she would also represent Team Canada at the World Women’s U18 Championship, tallying four points and being named as a ‘Top 3 Player on Team’, helping Canada capture gold.

The Edmonton, AB forward made the jump to the NCAA in 2019/20 with Colgate University. In 5 seasons with Colgate she finished with 238 points in 180 games. Her 61 points in 2023/24 were fifth among NCAA skaters while her 71 points in 2022/23 led all NCAA players. During her NCAA career she would be named a NCAA First Team All-American twice.

Serdachny scored the overtime winner in the Gold Medal game for Team Canada at the 2024 Women’s World Championships. To go along with her 2024 gold medal she has a 2023 silver medal and a 2019 gold medal at the U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds.

Shirley played in the CSSHL for OHA before joining the University of Wisconsin for five seasons. In 177 NCAA games the Saskatoon, SK forward had 81 goals and 108 assists while winning three NCAA Championships. Last PWHL season Shirley had 3 goals and 2 assists in 20 games with Boston.

On the international stage she has won two U18 Women鈥檚 Worlds silver medals while being named the Tournaments Best Forward in 2017.

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Among the 23 players including 4 who have previously, or are set to play in the CSSHL:

• Danica Maynard – RHA Kelowna
• Hayley McDonald – RHA Kelowna
• Chloe Primerano – RHA Kelowna (University of Minnesota)
• Sade Sandilands – Edge School

Maynard originally joined the CSSHL in 2020/21 with the Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) Female U17 Prep team. She would start the following season again 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. Maynard will return to the RHA Kelowna Female U18 Prep team for the 2024/25 season.

A forward from East St. Paul, MB, McDonald spent the 2023/24 season with Balmoral Hall School, who were recently accepted into the CSSHL. McDonald will join RHA Kelowna for the 2024/25 season.

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.

In just two seasons in the Female U18 Prep division the North Vancouver, BC defender graduates 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.

Sandilands has spent the last two season with the Edge School Female U18 Prep team. During the 2022/23 Female U18 Prep season the Carstairs, AB defender recorded 11 points in 30 games. This past season she finished with a career best 4 goals, 11 assists and 15 points in 22 games with the Edge Female U18 Prep team.

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The Jets selected the Coquitlam, BC netminder in the fifth round, 151st overall at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. Milic would spend the majority of the 2023/24 season in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose, playing 33 games and finishing with a 2.72GAA and .900SV%.

Milic spent the previous three seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Seattle Thunderbirds, posting a 60-23-5 record, 8 shutouts, a 2.35GAA and .917SV% in 91 games. During the 2022/23 season Milic would help Seattle capture a WHL Championship while being named to the WHL (US Division) First All-Star Team, the WHL Playoffs MVP, and WHL Top Goaltender Award winner while leading the WHL with a 2.08GAA and .928SV%. He would help Canada capture a Gold Medal at the 2023 World Juniors.

Prior to his WHL career Milic played three seasons in the CSSHL with BWC Academy. In 2017/18 he would be named the CSSHL U15 Top Goaltender, capturing that award again in 2019/20 in the U18 Prep division. Milic would also lead the U18 Prep division with a .946SV%. After the 2017/18 U15 Prep season he would be selected by the Thunderbirds in the third round, 51st overall at the 2018 WHL Draft.

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Seven former CSSHL alumni have won Gold with Team Canada, defeating former CSSHL product EJ Emery and Team USA.

Among the 22 skaters and 3 goalies to win Gold with Team Canada include the following 7 former CSSHL student-athletes:

• Charlie Elick – Edge School
• Reese Hamilton – Northern Alberta Xtreme
• Tij Iginla – RHA Kelowna
• Ollie Josephson – Pacific Coast Hockey Academy
• Gavin McKenna – RHA Kelowna/South Alberta Hockey Academy
• Ryder Ritchie – RHA Kelowna
• Carson Wetsch – BWC Academy/North Shore Warriors

In his first U18 World Championship’s, McKenna set the Canadian record for goals (10) and points (20) at a single U18 tournament. His 20 points were second in tournament scoring and first among Canadians.

Iginla would finish third in team scoring with 6 goals and 6 assists. Former RHA Kelowna team Ritchie added 4 goals and 4 assists to finish fourth in team scoring. Elick, Josephson and Wetsch would all finish with 3 points.

Emery, who played three seasons in the CSSHL with BWC Academy and Yale Hockey Academy, recorded six assists in seven games to bring home a silver medal.

The tournament took place in Finland from April 25-May 5, 2024. Canada opened the tournament with a 6-3 win over Sweden. They would go on to beat Czechia, Switzerland, and Kazakhstan to close out the round robin at the top of Pool B. They would beat Latvia 4-0 in the quarters before dispatching Sweden 5-4 in the semi-finals, setting up a date with Team USA in the finals. Canada would fall behind 3-1 before a McKenna hat-trick gave his team a come-from-behind 6-4 win.

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Cabelova and Czechia would lose the gold medal game 5-1 to the USA, while Canada and CSSHL student-athletes Gracie Graham, Morgan Jackson, Chloe Primerano and Makayla Watson captured bronze after defeating Finland 8-1.

CSSHL student-athletes Cabelova, Graham, Primerano and Watson all play for the RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna Female U18 Prep team, while Jackson suits-up for the Shawnigan Lake School Female U18 Prep team.

The tournament, which took place in Switzerland from January 6-14, 2024 saw eight national teams competing for gold. At the end of the group stage Canada sat first in Group A with a 3-0-0 record, while Czechia was third at 1-2-0.

Canada would go on to defeat the hosts Switzerland 6-0 in their quarterfinal matchup while Czechia beat Sweden, who had finished second in Group B, 4-2, setting up a matchup between the five CSSHL student-athletes.

Cabelova would get the best of her RHA Kelowna teammates and Shawnigan rival, scoring twice to secure a shocking 4-2 semi-final win over Canada. Canada had previously beat Czechia 8-1 in the Group stage.

Along with a silver medal, Cabelova would finish the tournament with two goals and six assists in six games, third on her team in scoring.

While Canada came up short on their quest for gold it was a record setting performance for Primerano. The defenseman recorded 8 goals and 8 assists for a tournament best 16 points, 5 more than the next closest. She was named tournament MVP, Top Defender and a Media Team Allstar while setting the record for most points by a defender at one U18 Women’s World Championship and most points by a Canadian at one U18 Women’s World Championship. The CSSHL Female Prep division leading scorer is eligible to return to the tournament next year as she looks to set even more records. Primerano will need to increase her point total by one to tie the all-time tournament total off 33 set by American Kendall Coyne Schofield. She is 10 points behind Marie-Philip Poulin for the Canadian all-time tournament record. Primerano made history in 2022 becoming the first female skater drafted in CHL history when the Vancouver Giants took her in the 13th round, 268th overall.

Jackson finished the tournament with five goals and four assists, fourth on Team Canada in points. Graham had one goal and five assists while Watson tallied three assists of her own.

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