Overview
- Hockey Canada finalized a 23-player squad with 16 returnees from the 2022 gold-medal team and 20 from the 2025 Worlds, led by Marie-Philip Poulin in her fifth Olympics.
- Ann-Renée Desbiens, Emerance Maschmeyer and Kayle Osborne form the goaltending trio, while seven players—highlighted by Daryl Watts, Jenn Gardiner and Sophie Jaques—will make their Olympic debuts.
- All selections come from the PWHL, with GM Gina Kingsbury and coach Troy Ryan leaning on experience and physicality in building the roster.
- Canada opens Group A against Finland on Feb. 5 and faces the United States on Feb. 10; the knockout round begins Feb. 13 and the gold medal game is set for Feb. 19.
- Recent U.S. supremacy—a 2025 world championship win and a Rivalry Series sweep—sets the context as Canada monitors Sarah Nurse’s fitness, retains the option to replace injured players, and departs Jan. 29 for a pre-tournament camp in Lugano.