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Sarah Fillier and Claire Thompson '20, who helped Canada to the IIHF World Championship last summer, will aim for Olympic gold with Canada in February.
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Olympians! Fillier, Thompson Set to Make Games Debut with Canada
January 11, 2022 | Women's Ice Hockey
Claire Thompson '20 and Sarah Fillier will make their Olympic Games debut with Team Canada when the tournament begins on Feb. 2.
Hockey Canada announced the 23-player roster on Jan. 11. The Tiger pair helped Canada to an IIHF World Championship in August 2021 after being named to the Olympic centralization roster in May 2021.
The Canadians are in Group A and will face Switzerland on Feb. 2, Finland on Feb. 4, the Russian Olympic Committee on Feb. 6, and the U.S. on Feb. 7 as part of Group A play. A quarterfinal berth is assured as part of Group A, and those games will take place on Feb. 10 or 11. The semifinals would be on Feb. 13 or 14, with the medal games on Feb. 16 (all dates reflect Eastern Time).
Thompson stands fifth among defensemen on Princeton's all-time scoring list with 87 career points on 31 goals and 56 assists, and Fillier finished her sophomore season in 2020 with 22 goals and 35 assists for the second straight year, giving her 70 assists and 114 points to stand already more than halfway to Princeton's career records for assists (122) and points (218).
Fillier, who competed her sophomore season in 2019-20, earned AHCA All-America honors in each of her first two seasons as well as All-ECAC and All-Ivy, and Thompson was an All-ECAC honoree twice during her career, All-Ivy three times and an Academic All-Ivy selection.
The Canadian women have medaled at every Games since women's ice hockey became an Olympic medal sport with the 1998 Games, earning silver in that debut games as well as last time out in 2018, and gold in all four Games in between.
Hockey Canada announced the 23-player roster on Jan. 11. The Tiger pair helped Canada to an IIHF World Championship in August 2021 after being named to the Olympic centralization roster in May 2021.
The Canadians are in Group A and will face Switzerland on Feb. 2, Finland on Feb. 4, the Russian Olympic Committee on Feb. 6, and the U.S. on Feb. 7 as part of Group A play. A quarterfinal berth is assured as part of Group A, and those games will take place on Feb. 10 or 11. The semifinals would be on Feb. 13 or 14, with the medal games on Feb. 16 (all dates reflect Eastern Time).
Thompson stands fifth among defensemen on Princeton's all-time scoring list with 87 career points on 31 goals and 56 assists, and Fillier finished her sophomore season in 2020 with 22 goals and 35 assists for the second straight year, giving her 70 assists and 114 points to stand already more than halfway to Princeton's career records for assists (122) and points (218).
Fillier, who competed her sophomore season in 2019-20, earned AHCA All-America honors in each of her first two seasons as well as All-ECAC and All-Ivy, and Thompson was an All-ECAC honoree twice during her career, All-Ivy three times and an Academic All-Ivy selection.
The Canadian women have medaled at every Games since women's ice hockey became an Olympic medal sport with the 1998 Games, earning silver in that debut games as well as last time out in 2018, and gold in all four Games in between.
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