Shannon Szabados, Canada’s top goalie at the last three Olympics, will not be going to a fourth Winter Games next year, as things stand.
Szabados, 34, is not on the 28-player centralization roster from which the 23-player Olympic roster will be named, likely in late December.
“We had some difficult decisions to make, but that just shows how hard our athletes have worked on and off the ice for the opportunity to centralize and get a chance to compete for 23 Olympic roster spots,” national team director Gina Kingsbury said in a press release Wednesday.