By Steve Mylemans
With the IIHF World Hockey Championship bragging rights now on the line in Canada, bet you're wondering what it must feel like for the Europeans to have the crown jewel of their hockey season brought to this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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The NHL may be right in the middle of playoffs, but the women's hockey season has officially drawn to a close.
The players on Canada's National Team finally have a chance for a little R&R. After a season of training sessions, long bus rides, and airing our equipment out in the back of our cars, we finally have a couple of weeks to let our bodies morph into a relaxed state until fitness testing begins our next season in the middle of May.
By Tom Yawney
Wake up, Canada.
Every morning when I wake up, I read online daily newspapers from all over North America. As an avid sports fan that has been living overseas, it has been my best way to keep in touch with what is going on back home. Currently, the big news in European hockey is the upcoming IIHF world championships.
Hockey.com is set to introduce its own golden gal with five-time world champion Sami Jo Small joining its editorial team.
Beginning this week, Small, former starting goaltender for the Canadian National Women's Team, will offer her opinion in blogs and columns showcasing the women's game, including player features, expert insight on international competition as well as issues facing women's hockey today.
from Canadian Press
HARBIN, China - There was poetic justice in the United States beating Canada 4-3 to win the women's world hockey championship.
In the final of the 2004 event in Halifax, the Americans scored a goal the referee didn't see because the puck rebounded hard off the back crossbar and out. Canada won the gold 2-0.
