Émilie Lavoie, Émilie Lussier, Jordyn Verbeek and Alexandra-Anne Boyer from women’s hockey were chosen to represent Team Canada at the 2025 FISU games in Torino, Italy.
The women’s hockey team is led by Head Coach Kelly Paton (Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks), the roster is the picture of balance, comprised of five players from the Canada West conference, six from the OUA, five from the RSEQ, and five from the AUS.
“We are excited to announce the group of student-athletes who will represent Canada at the upcoming 2025 FISU Winter World University Games,” said Paton. “We are incredibly fortunate to build a team from such a high caliber pool of talent within USPORTS, which reflects the strength of women's hockey in Canada. As a staff, we've worked to build a vision that supports a fast, physical style of play and we look forward to seeing these athletes carry that into our team game in Italy. Representing Canada on the international stage is a tremendous honour, and we are confident our group will wear the maple leaf with great pride and passion.”
Canada’s roster features a trio of 2024 U SPORTS All-Canadians, including Gabrielle Santerre (Bishop’s University), Mackenzie Keenan (University of New Brunswick), and Émilie Lussier (Concordia University). Lussier is currently leading the country in goals with 12 in 11 games.
The goaltending trio of Verbeek (Concordia University), Kaitlyn Ross (Mount Royal University) and Grace Beer (Dalhousie University) have a combined win-loss record of 22-6, with each maintaining a goals-against average under 1.70 and a save percentage over .920.
The 2023 edition of Team Canada featured two Stingers, Rosalie Bégin-Cyr and Emmy Fecteau. The team went on to win 5-0 in the gold medal game vs. Japan.
Team Canada will open its schedule on Saturday, January 11th against Chinese Taipei.
