Sarah Nurse and Emerance Maschmeyer won’t be heading to Hockey Canada’s world championship training camp, but the Vancouver Goldeneyes still expect both to be ready when the season opens.
The Goldeneyes said the star centre and starting goalie have declined invitations to the camp that begins tomorrow in Quebec City, even though both were included on Vancouver’s training camp roster announced Wednesday morning. Vancouver’s own camp starts Nov. 18, and the club opens its second regular season on Dec. 5 against the Seattle Torrent at the Pacific Coliseum.
Nurse had been part of Hockey Canada’s original 48-player camp list before being replaced Wednesday morning by Alexia Aubin, a 20-year-old from Levis, Que., who plays at Colgate University. Maschmeyer was also among the players invited to camp.
A Goldeneyes spokesperson said Nurse and Maschmeyer remain on Vancouver’s roster and are expected to be available for the start of the season.
Skipping the first worlds after an Olympic year isn’t unusual, and this tournament was moved from its usual April slot to fit the PWHL calendar.
Nurse, 31, has represented Canada at six worlds and three Olympics. An upper-body injury limited her to 19 games in Vancouver’s 30-game season last year. Maschmeyer, 32, has appeared at eight worlds and two Olympics.
Vancouver has four other players at camp in defenders Ashton Bell and Sophie Jaques and forwards Jenn Gardiner and Hannah Miller. The Goldeneyes also had five players on Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic team last winter: Nurse, Maschmeyer, Jaques, Gardiner and defender Claire Thompson.
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