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Canada chases 3-peat at women’s world under-18 hockey championship

Canada last won three straight women’s world under-18 titles between 2012 and 2014
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Canada’s Caitlin Kraemer, foreground right celebrates scoring with teammates from left, Ava Murphy, Piper Grober, Emma Pais and Alex Law after scoring the opening goal during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden at the Ostersund Arena, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TT News Agency, Per Danielsson

A bunch of Canadian teenagers are abuzz about their immediate and distant hockey futures.

Canada’s team in Zug, Switzerland, is attempting their country’s first three-peat at the women’s world under-18 hockey championship in a decade. The defending champions open the 2024 tournament Saturday against Germany.

The young women also watched the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s first game Monday (Jan. 1) from their pre-tournament camp in Lugano, Italy.

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