One year before Ottawa hosts the world championships itself, Canada will face USA in a women’s hockey exhibition on March 31 in the lead-up to the 2012 worlds in Burlington, VT.
Despite setting what was at the time a new women’s hockey attendance record during a 2010 exhibition match at Scotiabank Place, the contest will take place at the smaller J. Benson Cartage Centre at Lansdowne Park.
Ottawa native Stefanie McKeough, recently chosen as conference defensive player of the year for her NCAA Wisconsin Badgers, was named to Canada’s selection camp roster. The 21-year-old defender dressed for Team Canada at November’s Four Nations Cup.
Ottawa’s Erica Howe, a Clarkson Golden Knight, was also honoured as her NCAA conference’s goalie of the year recently, while teammate Jamie Lee Rattray is a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as college hockey’s top player.