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See how Canadians celebrated World Girls' Ice Hockey Weekend in 2025.
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See how Canadians celebrated World Girls' Ice Hockey Weekend in 2023.
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See how Canadians celebrated World Girls' Ice Hockey Weekend in 2022.
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See how Canadians celebrated World Girls' Ice Hockey Weekend in 2021.
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40 players gathered for hockey, culture and empowerment.
2019 WGIHW: Canadians celebrate women’s hockey
The women’s game was in the spotlight Oct. 4-6 during the ninth annual World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend.
DEV: Girls go global in Calgary
Calgary hosted female players from every corner of the country for the Canadian leg of the IIHF Global Girls’ Game.
2018 WGHW: Celebrating the female game
Canada joined with 41 countries around the world as part of the eighth annual World Girls’ Hockey Weekend
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Check out the great jerseys your team could wear with the atoMc program.
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Team Canada hung out with a lucky Calgary girls’ team Nov. 29 with Sportchek.
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