Carla MacLeod, the coach of the Czech Republic national women’s hockey team and PWHL’s Ottawa Charge, revealed Sunday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

And in the 43-year-old’s typical upbeat fashion, MacLeod wrote in a message posted by the Charge on X : “I want everyone to know that I’m going to be okay.”

“I’m incredibly fortunate to have an exceptional medical team guiding me, and together we have built a treatment plan that gives me tremendous confidence in the road ahead,” she wrote. “There are still some variables to be determined as we move forward, but my goal — without question — is to be behind the bench as often as possible.”

That includes coaching at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, in which the Czech Republic opens against the United States on Feb. 5. This wi

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