Breaking down Team Canada’s 2021-22 centralization roster
Hockey Canada named the 28 players who will centralize ahead of the 2022 Olympics
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Team Canada announced the 28 players that will centralize for the 2021-22 season ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. There’s a good mix of veterans and fresh faces on this roster; you can find the full list here.
Here’s a full breakdown of the roster based on National Women’s Team experience:
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: Of this group, Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Johnston are three-time Olympians and Mélodie Daoust, Natalie Spooner, and Brianne Jenner are two-time Olympians. Emily Clark, Sarah Nurse, Jill Saulnier, Laura Stacey, and Blayre Turnbull all won silver at the 2018 Olympics. Notably, Johnston was cut from the 2020 World Championship roster but has worked her way back into the mix and should feature in the top-six.
Author of the article: Ryan Pyette • The London Free Press
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Taya Currie will be following the OHL draft in early June to see how many of her Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs teammates are selected.
And there is a chance her name pops up on the computer screen at some point, too.
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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 file photo, goalie Shannon Szabados (1), of Canada, stares at the flying puck during the second period of the women s gold medal hockey game against the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Tyler Tumminia is leaving the door open should members of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association ever want to reach out to the National Women’s Hockey League in a bid to thaw what’s been a chilly relationship. PWHPA member and former Canadian national team goalie Shannon Szabados was skeptical. “Until I see a league in North America that I would want my daughter to play in, my stance with the PWHPA remains united to create a better opportunity for future generations,” Szabados wrote in a text. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) Credit: The Associated Press