If the beginning of 2020 feels like a lifetime ago because of everything we have gone through, imagine how it feels to be a member of Canada’s women’s hockey team. April, 2019 was when they had their most disappointing senior best-on-best tournament ever.
Their bronze medal victory over Russia in 2019 may have ended their tournament on a winning note, but it was far from a tournament they will look back on fondly. To make matters worse, they had to wait 859 days for a chance to get back on the ice in a tournament game.
Canadian hockey teams in best-on-best competitions — especially on the women’s side — aren’t built to win bronze.