The governing body of women’s hockey in Ontario has made an offer on social media to host the under-18 world women’s championship after the event was cancelled for the second straight year on Friday. The U18 championship was scheduled to take place Jan. 8-15 in Linkoping and Mjolby, Sweden. It’s the second straight year the tournament has been cancelled after the 2021 event, also scheduled for Linkoping and Mjolby, was scrapped due to the pandemic. News of the cancellation came two days before the men’s junior hockey championship was set to begin in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta. https://t.co/Hsd62RbT2P — Caroline Ouellette (@couellette13) December 25, 2021Fran Rider, the president/CEO of the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association, was one of the founders of the organization in 1975 and was named to the Order of Canada in 2015.

Source: CBC News December 25, 2021 12:48 UTC