Star captain Marie-Philip Poulin will lead a veteran Canadian team at the 2024 women's hockey world championship. Poulin was one of 23 players named to Canada's roster Thursday by Hockey Canada for the tournament April 3-14 in Utica, N.Y.
Canada's team includes 20 players who were on the squad that lost 6-3 to the United States in the final of the 2023 championship in Brampton, Ont.
The loss ended a run of two straight gold medals for the Canadians. Poulin also captains Montreal in the Professional Women's Hockey League and shared the league scoring lead with 17 points heading into a game Friday at Toronto.
Two players, cousins Julia Gosling and Nicole Gosling, are set to make their senior team debuts in Utica. Defender Micah Zandee-Hart, who made her senior team debut in 2016, was not named to the roster.