The demise of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League hasn’t prevented the top women’s hockey players in the world from maintaining their competitive edge as they prepare for the 2020 world championships this April in Nova Scotia. “The Montreal group has been very lucky,” Olympian Mélodie Daoust said Monday as the Canadian national women’s’ team opened a four-day mini-camp at Université de Montréal. The non-national team players are there every single practice, which gives us the best-case scenario. Canada and the United States, the two leading powers in women’s hockey, have increased the number of exhibition games they play against each other and more than 100 players from both sides of the border are participating in showcase tournaments organized by the fledgling Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). In addition to the daily training sessions, the mini-camp includes two games against the men’s team from CEGEP André Laurendeau.

Source: National Post November 26, 2019 02:26 UTC