1999 Canadian National Women's Hockey Team

Events

• Tour vs. Finland, January 1999
• 1999 World Championship, March 8-14 1999, Espoo, Finland
• Evaluation Camp, October 5-12 1999, Caledon, ON
• Three Nations Cup, Nov 28 - Dec 5 1999, Montreal, QC

Year's Overview

Team Canada competed in a series of exhibition games against the Finnish National team in January 1999, to help prepare for the upcoming World Championship. These games were part of their Ontario/Quebec tour. Here is a link to the roster for this tour, and here is an article from the Gazette from January 19 1999.

January 20, 1999: Canada 6 -vs- Finland 6 -- game summary
Oshawa Civic Auditorium Complex, Oshawa, ON at 7:30 pm

January 21, 1999: Canada 6 -vs- Finland 2 -- game summary
Ma-te-way Activity Centre, Renfrew, ON at 7:30 pm

January 22, 1999: Canada 2 -vs- Finland 1 -- game summary
Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, QC at 7:30 pm

January 24, 1999: Canada 6 -vs- Finland 0 -- game summary
Centre Marcel-Dionne, Drummondville, QC at 2:30 pm

The inaugural TSN Challenge saw the top two teams in women's hockey face-off, as Canada's National Women's hockey team took on arch-rival Team USA on March 1, 1999 at the Brampton Centre for Sports and Entertainment. This game was broadcasted by TSN. Canada's National Women's team got together on February 27, 1999 and held practices for two days prior to the TSN Challenge on March 1.

March 1, 1999: Canada 6 -vs- USA 1 -- game summary
Brampton Centre for Sports & Ent., Brampton, ON at 7:00 pm EST

Canada then departed for Sweden on March 2 for training, prior to competing at the 1999 Women's World Hockey Championship in Espoo, Finland from March 8-14. Here are the results for two exhibition games that they played against Sweden:

March 4, 1999: 19:00: Canada 3 -vs- Sweden 0 -- game summary
Stockholm, Sweden, M/B Arena

March 6, 1999: 12:00: Canada 7 -vs- Sweden 1 -- game summary
Stockholm, Sweden, Vasby Arena

The main event of the year was the 1999 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship. It took place in Espoo, Finland from March 8-14, 1999. Canada claimed the gold medal for the 5th consectutive time.

The year closed with an evaluation camp in the fall of 1999, and the 1999 Three Nation's Cup tournament.

Team Rosters

• 1999 Pre-World Championship (Ontario/Quebec)
• 1999 World Championship (Espoo, Finland)
• 1999 Three Nations Cup (Montreal, Canada)

Training Camp Rosters

• 1999 National Selection Camp (Toronto, Oct. 5-12 1999)

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