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Pond to Podium: Grassroots to gold medal

Apr 13, 2022

Minor hockey players across the country got the opportunity to meet and learn from members of Canada’s Women’s Olympic Team on the Pond to Podium Gold Medal Tour, presented by Canadian Tire.

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2025 4NF: CAN 3 – USA 2 OT (Championship)
McDavid scored 8:18 into OT, giving Canada the 4 Nations championship.
2025 4NF: CAN 5 – FIN 3 (Preliminary)
MacKinnon scored 2G, helping Canada past the Finns and into the final.
2025 4NF: USA 3 – CAN 1 (Preliminary)
McDavid scored, but Canada was edged by the Americans in Montreal.
2025 4NF: CAN 4 – SWE 3 OT (Preliminary)
Marner scored 6:06 into OT to give Canada the opening-game victory.
2024-25 NWT: CAN 3 – USA 1 (Game 5)
Gardiner scored the GWG with 6:44 left, giving Canada the series win.
2024-25 NWT: USA 2 – CAN 1 SO (Game 4)
Turnbull tied it late, but Canada fell to the U.S. in a shootout.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 3 – USA 0 (Gold Medal)
Grenier made 14 saves to backstop Canada to its eighth U18 gold medal.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 4 – CZE 2 (Semifinal)
Zablocki and Tiller had 1G 1A apiece to send Canada to play for gold.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 17 – JPN 0 (Quarterfinal)
Zablocki and Cimoroni had 3G 2A each to help Canada into the semis.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 6 – SVK 2 (Preliminary)
Canada pulled away in the third period to earn an opening-game win.

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