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CALGARY — Team captain Marie-Philip Poulin and 2022 Olympic leading scorer Sarah Nurse will help lead sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s women's hockey team when it continues its Rivalry Series with the United States next month.

Hockey sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ released its 24-player roster on Wednesday for the games Dec. 15 in Henderson, Nev., and Dec. 19 in Los Angeles.

The Canadians will be looking for their first wins of the 2022-23 series after the United States posted three victories earlier this month in Kelowna, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, Kamloops, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, and Seattle.

The series will end with two games at a date and location yet to be determined.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ had won five of six games against its archrival before the start of the Rivalry Series, including victories in the 2022 Olympic final and the gold-medal game of the women's hockey championship.

Eighteen players who competed in the first three rivalry series games are on the most recent roster.

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Goaltenders — Kristen Campbell, Brandon, Man.; Ann-Renée Desbiens, Clermont, Que.; Emerance Maschmeyer, Bruderheim, Alta.

Defence — Ashton Bell, Deloraine, Man.; Jaime Bourbonnais, Mississauga, Ont.; Megan Carter, Milton, Ont.; Renata Fast, Burlington, Ont.; Jocelyne Larocque, Ste. Anne, Man.; Ella Shelton, Ingersoll, Ont.; Claire Thompson, Toronto; Micah Zandee-Hart, Saanichton, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Forwards — Emily Clark, Saskatoon; Sarah Fillier, Georgetown, Ont.; Élizabeth Giguère, Quebec City; Julia Gosling, London, Ont.; Brianne Jenner, Oakville, Ont.; Sarah Nurse, Hamilton; Kristin O’Neill, Oakville, Ont..; Marie-Philip Poulin, Beauceville, Que.; Jamie Lee Rattray, Kanata, Ont.; Jill Saulnier, Halifax; Danielle Serdachny, Edmonton; Laura Stacey, Kleinburg, Ont.; Blayre Turnbull, Stellarton, N.S.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 30, 2022.

The Canadian Press