Team Canada, featuring Ottawa Vanier Women’s Ball Hockey League players Elysia Desmier, Lesley McArthur, Alicia Blomberg, Erika Pouliot, Fannie Desforges, Susie Laska and Danika Smith, won a silver medal at the June 19-26 ball hockey world championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The Canadians didn’t allow a single goal as they outscored Austria, Greece (twice) and the U.S. by a combined 42-0 total to reach the final before the host Slovaks ended that streak with just over five minutes left in the championship game to take the title 1-0.