
Karissa Donkin
Reporter at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC reporter who writes about the PWHL, women’s hockey and more. [email protected] / Book tweets: @author_kdonk
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1 week ago |
cbc.ca | Karissa Donkin
PWHLSeveral players with national team experience have declared for the 2025 PWHL draft, including Canadian Nicole Gosling, who won a world championship last season. Canada's Nicole Gosling among notable players expected to join burgeoning leagueThe PWHL will hold its third annual entry draft on June 24 in Ottawa.
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2 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Karissa Donkin
PWHL·NewFor players hoping to earn a spot on the Canadian women's hockey team heading to Italy for the Olympics next February, this world championship is a crucial audition. It's also the last major tournament before the Games, and a key opportunity for the Canadian staff to test things out. Canada begins play against Finland on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET. Canadians open vs.
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2 weeks ago |
shorturl.at | Karissa Donkin
Natalie Spooner had April 2025 circled on her calendar. The reigning PWHL MVP missed the beginning of this season as she recovered from off-season knee surgery, the product of an injury she sustained during the Toronto Sceptres's first-round playoff loss to Minnesota last spring. But Spooner knew she wanted to be back and up to full speed in time to help defend Canada's title as world champions.
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2 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Karissa Donkin
PWHL·NewThe 34-year-old Toronto Sceptres forward is grateful' to be back on a Canadian team looking to repeat as world champions. Canada's first game is Thursday against Finland. Toronto Sceptres forward 'grateful' to be back on Team Canada squad aiming to repeatKarissa Donkin · CBC Sports · Posted: Apr 08, 2025 8:37 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoToronto Sceptres forward Natalie Spooner will compete in her 11th world championship for Canada, beginning Thursday in the Czech Republic.
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2 weeks ago |
cbc.ca | Karissa Donkin
Less than two months is all that separated Toronto Sceptres forward Hannah Miller from playing her first game with the Canadian senior national team. After a standout season with the Sceptres where she scored 24 points in 26 games, the 29-year-old Miller was named to the Canadian roster that will play for a world championship in the Czech Republic. But the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) deemed the forward from North Vancouver, B.C., ineligible earlier this week.
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