Vaillancourt, Botterill Named to Canada's IIHF Roster
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CALGARY, Alta. -- Harvard senior Sarah Vaillancourt, a finalist
for the 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, has been selected to
represent Canada at the upcoming International Ice Hockey
Federation (IIHF) World Women's Championship, which will be held
April 4-12 in Hämeenlinna, Finland.
Vaillancourt, the Ivy League and ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
for the last two seasons, is joined by former Harvard standout and
2001 and 2003 Patty Kazmaier Award winner, Jennifer Botterill
'02-03, on the team. Vaillancourt, the 2008 recipient of the Patty
Kazmaier trophy, and Botterill were teammates on Canada's 2006
Olympic gold-medal winning team.
Canada’s world championship roster includes three
goaltenders, six defensemen and 12 forwards. Sixteen players on the
roster competed at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship
in Harbin, China, helping Canada win a silver medal. Canada will
attempt to win its 10th gold medal all-time at the IIHF World
Women’s Championship since the event began in 1990. Canada
has won nine of 11 world championships all-time.
Players and staff will depart Canada on March 24 for Helsinki,
Finland, site of Canada’s pre-tournament camp. Canada opens
the 2009 IIHF World Women’s Championship on April 4 against
China, and will also take on Sweden on April 6 in preliminary round
action. The 2009 IIHF World Women’s Championship includes
three pools of three teams each, with the first-place team in each
pool moving on to the medal round, which starts on April 8.
Complete roster can be accessed via Hockey Canada Web site by clicking here.
