October 31, 2008

Johnston Joins Team Canada for Four Nations Cup

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell women’s hockey sophomore Rebecca Johnston has rejoined the Canadian National Team to play in the Four Nations Cup held in Lake Placid, N.Y., from Nov. 4-9. Johnston and Team Canada will be looking to capture their fifth-straight gold medal.

This is the second time Johnston will play in the Four Nations Cup; she helped Team Canada win its fourth-straight gold medal last season in Leksand, Sweden. The team is currently holding a three-day camp from Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in Pierrefonds, Quebec. Team practices are open to the public free of charge. Team Canada will face the Châteauguay Patriotes Midget AAA boys team on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. (EST) at the Concordia University arena on the Loyola campus. Tickets for this game can be purchased at the door.

Team Canada will open the 2008 event facing Finland on Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. Canada will play the United States on Nov. 6 and will wrap up the round-robin competition on Nov. 7 against Sweden.

All contests will be played at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. The bronze and gold medal games will be held on Nov. 9. For ticket information please go to www.orda.org.

Johnston opened her sophomore season last weekend notching two goals and six assists at Vermont, and earned ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honors. Last season, she led the Big Red with 32 points, including 16 goals and 16 assists. Johnston became the first Cornell player to be named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year or receive ECAC Hockey first-team honors.