The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is the

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team representing

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in women's hockey. The team is overseen by

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, a member of the

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and participates in international competitions.

has been a dominant figure in international competition, having won the majority of major

tournaments. Canada is rivaled by the

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, the only other winner of a major tournament.

Competition achievements

Olympic Games

World Championships

4 Nations Cup

Pacific Rim Championship

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

2025 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 24th edition of the IIHF Women's World Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in České Budějovice, Czech Repub ...

. Head coach: Troy Ryan

Coaches

Canada national ice hockey team jerseys 1990 WW

* Dave McMaster, 1990 * Rick Polutnick, 1992 * Les Lawton, 1994 *

Shannon Miller Shannon Lee Miller (born March 10, 1977) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was the 1993 and 1994 world all-around champion, the 1992 Summer Olympics all-around silver medallist, the 1996 Olympic balance beam champion, the 1995 Pan ...

, 1997–1998 *

Danièle Sauvageau Danièle Sauvageau, (born April 22, 1962) is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former coach. Sauvageau was the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team that won the gold medal in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Police ...

, 1999, 2001–2002 * Melody Davidson, 2000, 2005–2007, 2009–2010 * Karen Hughes, 2004 * Peter Smith, 2008 *

Ryan Walter Ryan William Walter (born April 23, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League. He won the 1986 Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens. He was also an assistant coach with ...

, 2011 *

Dan Church Dan Church (born May 14, 1973) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and executive. He was head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team, which won the gold medal at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. He is also the head coach for the Y ...

, 2012–2013 *

Kevin Dineen Kevin William Dineen (born October 28, 1963) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. From 2021 to 2024, Dineen was the head coach of the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League (AHL). Dineen previously served as the hea ...

, 2013–2014 *

Doug Derraugh Doug Derraugh (born September 28, 1968) is the head coach of the women's ice hockey team at Cornell University where he has a record of 325-180-49 through the 2022-23 season after 19 seasons as coach. He is the most successful coach in the histo ...

, 2015 *

Laura Schuler Laura Lynne Schuler (born December 3, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach for Minnesota Duluth of the WCHA and former player who was a member of the 1998 Canadian women's Olympic hockey team. Playing career Schuler played one sport in high s ...

, 2016–2018 *

Perry Pearn Perry Pearn (born June 6, 1951) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He is a former assistant coach in the National Hockey League, most recently with the Vancouver Canucks. In 2022, he became the head coach of the Japanese national ice ho ...

, 2018–2019 * Troy Ryan, 2021–

General managers

* Melody Davidson, 2010–2018 *

Gina Kingsbury Gina Kingsbury (born November 26, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current general manager for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Playing career Besides hockey, Kingsbury participa ...

, 2018–present

References

External links

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IIHF profile
{{Clarkson Cup Women's national ice hockey teams 1987 establishments in Canada National ice hockey teams in the Americas