HOCKEY
CANADA ANNOUNCES
CANADA’S NATIONAL
UNDER-22/DEVELOPMENT
TEAM ROSTER FOR 2012
MECO CUP IN FUSSEN,
GERMANY
CALGARY,
Alta. – Hockey Canada
announced
Tuesday the 22 players
who will form
Canada’s National
Women’s Under-22 Team,
which will represent
Canada at the 2012 Meco
Cup in Füssen, Germany,
taking place January
3-8, 2012.
Included in the lineup
is local athlete Carolyn
Prevost. Prevost is
currently attending the
University of Wisconsin
and is a member of the
Ladies Hockey team.
The Meco Cup, formerly
known as the MLP Nations
Cup and Air Canada Cup,
brings together Canada’s
National
Under-22/Development
Team and national teams
from Germany, Finland,
Russia, Sweden and
Switzerland.
Canada’s roster
includes
two goaltenders, seven
defencemen and
13
forwards.
Roster selection is
based on evaluations by
Hockey Canada scouts,
including head scout of
women’s national teams
Melody Davidson and
under-22 coaching staff.
Evaluations have been
completed based on the
performances of players
at the 2011 National
Women’s
Under-22/Development
Team training camp held
in Rockland, Ont., in
August, other past
performances within
Canada’s National
Women’s Program, their
provincial programs and
with their respective
club teams in leagues
such as the
Canadian Interuniversity
Sport (CIS) and the
National Collegiate
Athletic Association
(NCAA).
CLICK HERE FOR CANADA’S
NATIONAL WOMEN’S
UNDER-22/DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
ROSTER FOR THE 2012 MECO
CUP
Canada’s under-22 roster
for the 2012 Meco Cup
includes:
-
19 players who attended
Canada’s National
Women’s
Under-22/Development
Team training camp in
Rockland, Ont. in
August, 2011 (forward
Chelsea Karpenko was
invited to the camp but
unable to attend);
-
12 players who won gold
at the 2011 MLP Cup in
Kreuzlingen,
Switzerland, last
January.
-
One player, forward
Marie-Philip Poulin, who
won a gold medal at the
2010 Olympic Winter
Games.
Canada’s coaching staff
for the 2012 Meco Cup
includes head coach
Laura Schuler
(Scarborough, Ont./
Minnesota-Duluth, WCHA)
and assistant coaches
Rachel Flanagan (Guelph,
Ont./Hockey Canada) and
Rebecca Russell (Lethbridge,
N.L./Okanagan Hockey
Academy).
CLICK HERE FOR THE 2012
MECO CUP SCHEDULE
Canada is an eight-time
gold medallist at the
Meco Cup, winning gold
in 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
and 2011.