IIHF Women’s World Championship 2025: Will Canada See Off USA For Their 14th Title? Epic Showdown Awaited

The IIHF Women’s World Championship 2025 is set to take place in Czechia. The city of České Budějovice near the Austrian border will play host to the world’s top 10 women’s teams from 9–20 April 2025.

Canada will be the team to watch out for as they will be looking to extend their ice hockey women’s world title record by clinching their 14th title.

After suffering a shock defeat to USA in 2023 in the gold-medal match on home ice, they avenged the loss last year in New York by defeating the Americans  6–5 in overtime . 

The Maple Leaves are now looking to register back-to-back wins at the championship. 

Ever since the conception of the tournament in 1990, 23 editions of the championship have been held. Canada has emerged as the most successful country with 13 world titles. They are one of the only three countries other than the USA and Finland to have ever made it to the gold-medal game at the IIHF Women’s World Championship. 

Canada and the U.S. have won a medal at every Women’s World Championship since the tournament’s inception in 1990.

The stage is now set for yet another Canada–USA rivalry in Czechia this year. 

Canada has fielded a strong squad of 25 members including 18 champions from the 2024 gold-winning contingent. They have five new faces, and will be led once more by captain Marie-Philip Poulin, with alternate captains Renata Fast, Brianne Jenner, Jocelyne Larocque, and Blayre Turnbull all also returning. Olympic history-maker Sarah Nurse is also on the squad. 

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IIHF Women’s World Championship 2025: Team Canada Roster

Forwards

Laura Stacey
Sarah Fillier
Brianne Jenner
Sarah Nurse
Emily Clark
Emma Maltais
Marie-Philip Poulin
Blayre Turnbull
Kristin O’Neill
Danielle Serdachny
Jennifer Gardiner
Daryl Watts
Julia Gosling
Natalie Spooner

Defence

Sophie Jaques
Jocelyne Larocque
Renata Fast
Ella Shelton
Chloe Primerano
Erin Ambrose
Micah Zandee-Hart
Claire Thompson

Goaltenders

Kristen Campbell
Ann-Renée Desbiens
Ève Gascon

IIHF Women’s World Championship 2025: Team USA Roster

On the U.S. side, Hilary Knight is back for her 15th World Championship appearance. She boasts of a record 14 medals for any player in IIHF Women’s World Championship history. She also holds the World Championship career records for most points and goals, at 111 and 65 respectively.

Kendall Coyne Schofield in Czechia this year will make a comeback after her maternity break for her second World’s appearance. 

Forwards 

• Alex Carpenter 
• Jesse Compher 
• Kendall Coyne Schofield 
• Britta Curl-Salemme 
• Joy Dunne 
• Lacey Eden 
• Taylor Heise 
• Tessa Janecke
• Hilary Knight 
• Abbey Murphy 
• Kelly Pannek 
• Hayley Scamurra
• Kirsten Simms 
• Grace Zumwinkle

Defenders 

• Cayla Barnes 
• Laila Edwards 
• Savannah Harmon 
• Caroline Harvey
• Megan Keller
• Lee Stecklein 
• Anna Wilgren 
• Haley Winn 

Goaltenders 

• Aerin Frankel 
• Ava McNaughton 
• Gwyneth Phillips