1997 Canadian National Women's Hockey Team
The 1997 National team competed in the 1997 World Championship in the spring. After the World Championship, a series of evaluation camps were held to select a team that would train for four months in the fall in Calgary. The year closed with a number exhibition games (in preparation for the 1998 Winter Olympics) and the 1997 Three Nations Cup.
The Canadian National women's team received government funding to train at the Canadian Hockey Centre in Calgary, from September 1997 until January 1998 in preparation for the 1998 Winter Olympics. This was the first time in the history of this country that Canada's national women's hockey team has received the government financing, that has until now been an all-male domain.
There were evaluation camps in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal in the spring of 1997 to finalize the list of 28 players who were invited to train in Calgary. The evaluation camps were as follows:
While in Calgary, the national team's regimen included on-ice and off-ice sessions, and exhibition games once or twice a week against male and female teams.
From November 12-22, 1997, Team Canada traveled to Finland to play a series of exhibition games against Team Finland and Team Sweden. And from December 12-21, 1997, the Canucks particpated in the Three Nations Cup in Lake Placid, NY, against the No. 2-ranked Americans and third-ranked Finnish national teams. Team Canada took home the silver medal.
As federally carded athletes, Canada's National team members can receive between $300 and $810 per month. Canadian Hockey plans to augment that amount to bring the athletes' income to between $15,000 to $20,000 for the six months or so the team is together leading to the Olympics.
Team USA and Team Canada played a series of exhibition games throughout Canada and the USA prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics. See the section below entitled Exhibition Games leading up to the Olympics for game results.
Some game summaries are available from the Canadian Hockey Association's Road to Nagano Schedule web page. A complete schedule of events can be found on the Canadian Hockey Association's National Women's Olympic Team web page.
Oct 8 1997: Canada 6 -vs- China 2 (Calgary, AB, Father David Bauer)
Oct 9 1997: Canada 3 -vs- China 0 (Calgary, AB, Father David Bauer)
***Sweden Series***
Oct 16 1997: Canada 10 -vs- Sweden 0 (Calgary, AB, Father David Bauer)
Oct 17 1997: Canada 6 -vs- Sweden 1 (Saskatoon, SK, Saskatchewan Place)
Oct 19 1997: Canada 7 -vs- Sweden 0 (Regina, SK, Regina Agridome)
Oct 20 1997: Canada 6 -vs- Sweden 1 (Melfort, SK, Northern Lights Palace)
Oct 25 1997: Canada 4 -vs- USA 5 (Salt Lake City, Utah, E Center)
Nov 7 1997: USA 2 -vs- Canada 3 (Bathurst, NB, K.C. Irving Center)
Nov 8 1997: USA 1 -vs- Canada 4 (Saint John, NB, Harbour Station)
Nov 10 1997: USA 3 -vs- Canada 2 (Kitchener, ON, Memorial Auditorium)
***Tour of Finland***
Nov 13 1997: Canada 5 -vs- Sweden 3 (Vierumaki, Finland)
Nov 14 1997: Finland 2 -vs- Canada 5 (Valkeala, Finland)
Nov 17 1997: Sweden 2 -vs- Canada 5 (Vierumaki, Finland)
Nov 18 1997: Finland 4 -vs- Canada 7 (Helsinki, Finland)
Nov 20 1997: Finland 1 -vs- Canada 6 (Matinkyla, Finland)
Dec 4 1997: USA 3 -vs- Canada 1 (Minneapolis, MN, Mariucci Arena)
Dec 6 1997: USA 4 -vs- Canada 5 (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
***1997 Three Nations Cup***
Dec 14 1997: USA 2 -vs- Canada 3 (Lake Placid, NY, Olympic Center)
Dec 15 1997: Finland 3 -vs- Canada 6 (Ottawa, ON, Nepean Sportsplex)
Dec 17 1997: USA 4 -vs- Canada 5 (Burlington, VT, Gutterson Fieldhouse)
Dec 18 1997: Finland 3 -vs- Canada 8 (Belleville, ON, Quinte Sports Centre)
Dec 20 1997: USA 3 -vs- Canada 0 (Lake Placid, NY, Olympic Center)
Jan 16 1998: USA 1 -vs- Canada 2 (Vancouver, BC, GM Place)
Jan 20 1998: USA (OT)4 -vs- Canada 3 (San Jose, CA, San Jose Arena)
Jan 26 1998: USA 3 -vs- Canada 1 (Calgary, AB, Saddledome)
Jan 28 1998: USA 2 -vs- Canada 4 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Feb 4 1998: Canada 1 -vs- Sweden 1 (Nagano, Japan)
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