The Norwegian national women’s hockey team will be in Canada from Friday August 27th to Saturday September 4th for training sessions and matches with different university and college teams. Due to the volcanic eruption on Iceland and the following ash cloud, the hockey team’s plans to arrive in April were cancelled. The team will be playing matches in Quebec City and Montreal before coming to Ottawa on September 1. The team will meet Limoilou Titans for two matches, Laflèche College Dragons, Nepean Team, Ontario Hockey Academy and Ottawa Carleton Ravens on their Canadian tour.
The team didn’t qualify for the Olympic Games this year, but coming to the homeland of hockey for training sessions and matches will be a good experience before the World Championship next year. The long-term goal for the team is the Olympic Games in 2014.
The minister counselor from the Norwegian embassy in Ottawa, Jo Sletbak, will be dropping the puck together with Carleton University’s President Roseann O’Reilly Runte on September 3 before the match against Ottawa Carleton Ravens.
Matches:
Saturday August 28: Limoilou Titans vs Norway
Sunday August 28: Limoilou Titans vs Norway
Monday August 30: Laflèche College Dragons vs Norway
Wednesday September 1: Nepean Team vs Norway
Thursday September 2: Ontario Hockey Academy vs Norway
Friday September 3: Ottawa Carleton Ravens vs Norway