Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod has been diagnosed with breast cancer, the team announced Sunday.

"Hearing those words was incredibly difficult, but I want everyone to know that I'm going to be OK," MacLeod wrote in a statement issued by the PWHL club.

"I'm incredibly fortunate to have an exceptional medical team guiding me, and together we've built a treatment plan that gives me tremendous confidence in the road ahead."

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MacLeod wrote that while her treatment begins this week, she plans to return to the Charge's bench this season and also coach the Czech women's hockey team at the Winter Olympics in February.

However, she will miss the next Charge game on Dec. 2. Assistant coach Haley Irwin will take the reins in her pl

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