Olympics-Canada sends mix of veterans, rookies in bid to reclaim women's ice hockey gold


  • Hockey
  • Wednesday, 12 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: Canada players, including Marie-Philip Poulin, Rebecca Johnston and Natalie Spooner take the ice with the U.S. for the national anthems ahead of their international hockey exhibition game on a My Why Tour stop in Maryland Heights, Missouri, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

(Reuters) -Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Johnston will compete in their fourth Olympics as Canada fights to recapture women's ice hockey gold at the Beijing Games, with 10 rookies also named to the roster on Tuesday.

Canada has medalled in every Olympics since women's hockey was introduced to the programme in 1998, claiming four straight golds from 2002.

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