October 27, 2026 — Windsor, ON — LINK
Hockey Canada announced their leadership team for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship due to the absence of long time Team Captain, Marie Philip Poulin who had off-season knee surgery in the summer of 2026 and will miss the World Championship and long stretches of the 2026-27 PWHL regular season.
Four-time (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022) alternate captain, Renata Fast was named as a Co-Captain by Hockey Canada where she will wear the C for all games where Team Canada is deemed to be the HOME TEAM (Red uniform), while Laura Stacey will be wear the C for all games where Team Canada is deemed to be the AWAY TEAM (White uniform). Kristen O’Neil will where an A in all games for the first time in her career. In games in which Fast or Stacey do not wear the C, they will wear an A as well. This will be the first time that Stacey will wear a letter for Canada in her career.
Renata will only be the second defender to wear the C for Canada in the history of the event joining Théresé Brisson who was the Captain for 3 years last wearing it in 2001. In all, 8 women have previously worn the C since 1990. Renata and Laura will join this remarkable group of women over the years.
SUE SCHERER (1 time)
FRANCE ST-LOUIS (2 times)
STACY WILSON (1 time)
THÉRÉSE BRISSON (3 times)
CASSIE CAMPBELL (2 times)
HAYLEY WICKENHEISER (6 times)
MARIE-PHILIP POULIN (9 times)
BRIANNE JENNER (1 time)
Twenty one women have worn the A for Canada previously at the Women’s World Championship including:
ANGELA JAMES, NATHALIE PICARD, JUDY DIDUCK, STACY WILSON, CASSIE CAMPBELL, FRANCE ST-LOUIS, HAYLEY WICKENHEISER, VICKY SUNOHARA, CAROLINE OUELLETTE, BECKY KELLAR, JAYNA HEFFORD, BRIANNE JENNER, REBECCA JOHNSTON, LAURIANE ROUGEAU, NATALIE SPOONER, MEGHAN AGOSTA, MEAGHAN MIKKLESON, HALEY IRWIN, JOCELYNE LAROCQUE, BLAYRE TURNBULL & RENATA FAST
The IIHF Women’s World Championship will take place November 6-16 in Denmark. Canada will face host nation Denmark, Finland, Japan and Sweden in Group B play in the preliminary rounds of the tournament. Group A consists of Austria, Czechia, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. All games will be live on TSN.
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