Eldridge has three points, Canada beats Sweden 5-1 at women’s hockey championship

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Hanna Thuvik had Sweden’s only goal.

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Ann-Renée Desbiens made 11 saves for Canada. Ebba Svensson Traff stopped 33 shots for Sweden.

Canada next faces Japan on Sunday.


Canada is playing in its first international tournament without Poulin on the roster since she made her national team debut in 2009. The 35-year-old, who also captains the Victoire, had knee surgery in July to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn meniscus in her right knee and could miss the entire PWHL season.

Defender Renata Fast and forward Laura Stacey are sharing Canada’s captaincy in Denmark. Fast was the captain on Friday.

Fillier is on the roster and is expected to play in the tournament at some point. She was injured in Canada’s 4-0 pre-tournament loss to the United States last week.

Canada played its first game wearing jerseys mandated by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The jerseys feature Canada’s red and white colours but lack the iconic Maple Leaf that has long been part of Canada’s branding at international tournaments.

Canada has 13 world championship gold medals, compared to 11 for the United States. But the Americans are the defending champions after defeating Canada 4-3 in the gold-medal game last year in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.

Eldridge opened the scoring just under seven minutes into Friday’s game when she tipped a Rosalie Tremblay shot from the blue line past Traff.

Clark made it 2-0 on a power play at 10:13 when she got her stick on a Darryl Watts shot and chipped the puck over Traff’s shoulder.

Leslie gave Canada a 3-0 first-period lead at 18:43 when she picked up a loose puck in front of Sweden’s net and beat Traff with a nifty move.

Cooper scored the only goal of the second period on a power play. She converted from close range on an assist from Eldridge midway through the frame.

After Sweden got on the board early in the third period on a power play, Eldridge capped the scoring at 13:44 of the period when she tucked a rebound past Traff.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2026.

The Canadian Press