Canadian women win Four Nations Cup

This is from a Facebook friend attending the Four Nations Cup in St. John, NL.


"I had goosebumps after the winning goal was scored and as the national anthem was played while Team Canada gathered for their team picture. I don't care what anyone says about women's hockey being a two-team competition between Canada and USA. It may be now and it may be for a few more years, but how can other teams improve if they don't have better teams to play against? What would be the incentive to improve? I can tell you that the Fins are much better than they were a few years back. And the Swedes are coming along. The Hockey Hall of Fame will have more than two female hockey players inducted in the not-too-distant future. So I say to the critics of national/international female hockey ... GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON!"

Time for a pro women's league?

Sportnet's Nick Kypreos checks in with an excellent column about women's hockey - from his sister's aspirations to his daughter's realizations.
Can there ever be a women's pro hockey league? It's one of the things Kypreos ponders.
If it ever were to work, it should be compact and in markets where it would be the star attraction.
I could see a league built around Southwestern Ontario, Michigan, Ohio and upper New York State.
Cities such as my hometown London - where the major junior London Knights draw 9,000 fans to home games - might be viable spots for franchises.
Maybe the girls can debate the merits during down time at the Four Nations Cup.

Women tune up with AAA match

We're all for developing women's hockey and looking forward to more nations - are you reading this Russia? Denmark? France? Germany? - becoming competitive on the world stage, it's interesting to note what level the women's game is at when compared with the world's top men. The best female hockey teams in the world right now are comparable with the best AAA midget teams in Canada. Given the number of countries with serious women's hockey programs and the level at which they are playing, how much longer can it continue to be a medal sport at the Winter Olympics?
Here's a post left on my Facebook page about the upcoming Four Nations Cup in St. John's, NL. (One of my favourite cities in the world, but I digress.)
Canada's National Women's Team is @ the Glacier Ice Arena in Mount Pearl, N.L. right now, warming up for a pre-4 Nations Cup exhibition game against the Midget AAA St. John's Pennecon Privateers. Should be a great game, as the Pennecon Privateers are defending league champions and this is the first official NWT game of the 2010-11 season! If you're in the area, come out to the rink to catch Team Canada in action!
TSN has the tournament covered well on line http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?id=10852 and Hockey Canada is great http://www.hockeycanada.ca/

How to meet ice women

A Facebook friend - and fellow Ryerson journalism grad from some time ago - bemoans the lack of hockey in St. John's, NL, and looks forward to the Four Nations women's hockey tournament. Guess they still miss the Toronto Maple Leafs' farm team.
Developing women's hockey beyond Canada and the United States is important to the sport, especially if they hope to keep it as an event at the Women's Olympics.
Hockey Canada's http://www.hockeycanada.ca/ excellent website has details and there's this blog http://www.themuse.ca/articles/35207