The look on Jenelle Kohanchuk’s face, when reminded by a reporter that the Toronto Furies All-Star forward was cut from Team Canada’s most recent women’s hockey Olympic team, seems to suggest “Why you gotta bring that up?”
But the Winnipeg native laughs just seconds later, not outwardly perturbed and instead displaying her resolve to hopefully represent her country when the Winter Games are held in South Korea in a year’s time.
“Pyeongchang is on my mind, and it’s what I want, essentially in the end, and I keep fighting for it,” Kohanchuk said. “Being let go from Sochi makes me want it even more and more.