Canadian goaltender Kristen Campbell to get 1st world-championship start

Donna Spencer · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 2:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Goaltender Kristen Campbell volition commencement for Canada successful its women's satellite hockey title opener Thursday against Finland.

Campbell's archetypal commencement successful a satellite title volition beryllium the 3rd of her vocation with the nationalist team, and eighth quality successful a crippled for Canada.

The 27-year-old from Brandon, Man., has been Canada's 3rd goalie successful the past 4 satellite championships and the 2022 Olympic Games.

Canada's caput manager Troy Ryan said Wednesday helium wants to springiness Ann-Renee Desbiens, Canada's starter successful those finals, much clip to get crippled ready.

Desbiens missed the Montreal Victoire's past 3 PWHL games earlier the planetary interruption due to the fact that of a lower-body injury.

The 30-year-old was a afloat subordinate successful Canada's back-to-back skates Tuesday and Wednesday successful Ceske Budejovic, Czechia

"It's not needfully wounded related. In my mind, it's much mentation to get her sharp," Ryan said.

"I don't deliberation this wounded has changed our cognition of what Ann tin bring to this. She's played a batch of the cardinal moments for america and volition proceed to successful this lawsuit arsenic well."

Emerance Maschmeyer, Canada's No. 2 successful caller tournaments, was near disconnected the satellite title roster aft sustaining a lower-body wounded successful a March 11 crippled with the Ottawa Charge. She was placed connected semipermanent wounded reserve.

University of Minnesota-Duluth sophomore Eve Gascon of Terrebone, Que., drew successful connected the nationalist squad for the archetypal clip successful her career.

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Canada faces Switzerland connected Friday. The defending champions reason the preliminary circular with different back-to-back Sunday and Monday against the United States and big Czechs respectively.

Campbell is successful her 2nd play arsenic starter for the PWHL's Sceptres successful Toronto wherever she's besides coached by Ryan.

Her grounds this play is 9-7-2-1 with a goals-against mean of 2.23 and prevention percent of .913.

She was named the PWHL's goalie of the twelvemonth successful the league's inaugural play with a 16-6 record, a 1.99 goals-against mean and prevention percent of .927.

Campbell's 2-3 with the nationalist team. Her past planetary commencement was a unsmooth outing successful Game 1 of the Rivalry Series against the United States successful November. She allowed 5 goals connected 15 shots and was replaced by Desbiens.

Campbell backstopped Canada to a Rivalry Series triumph successful Game 4 successful 2022 with 21 saves successful a 3-2 victory.

She posted a 13-save shutout successful Canada's 8-0 blanking of Finland successful an accumulation crippled successful 2021.