Hockey Canada names Kleinburg's Stacey, Keswick's Ambrose to women's Olympic squad

Thestar.com
Jan. 12, 2022
John Cudmore

Canada’s roster for women’s hockey at the Beijing Olympics will include two names familiar to fans in York Region.

Forward Laura Stacey and defenceman Erin Ambrose are included on the 23-player roster which was announced Jan. 11 by Hockey Canada.

For Stacey, from Kleinburg, it will be her second Olympic Games after helping Canada to a silver medal in 2018 in Pyeongchang. She is one of 13 returnees from that squad.

Ambrose, a Keswick native who now lives in Orillia, will be making her Olympics debut.

Both women are 27 years old and veterans of the national program.

Stacey and Ambrose were members of Canada’s gold-medal winning team at the IIHF world championships in 2021.

They also competed for Canada at world championships in 2017 (silver) and 2019 (bronze).

Canada begins tournament play Feb. 2 against Switzerland and is also grouped with Finland, the Russian Olympic Committee and United States for round-robin action.