CALGARY - Canada's preparation that has yielded a lot of Olympic gold medals in women's hockey will change for 2026 because of the women's pro league.

Instead of the top players from across the country relocating to Calgary for months leading into a Winter Games, the Canadian women will get together for training blocks in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal scheduled around the Professional Women's Hockey League calendar.

"It's a change, but it's a great change," Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin said.

"The new league for us, the PWHL, that's the exciting part."

Canada opens defence of the Olympic gold medal Feb. 5 against Finland in Milan, Italy.

Of the 30 women invited to Hockey Canada's Olympic orientation camp in Calgary this week, 27 play in the PWHL that starts its third season lat

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