The Stoney Creek Girls Hockey Association welcomes Team Japan to Canada as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations! Our U18 AA team faced the Japanese selection on Wednesday, September 6th, 7:30pm at Gateway Arena covered by Cable 14!
ストーニークリーク女子ホッケー協会は設立50周年記念祝賀行事の一環として、日本女子アイスホッケーチームをカナダにお迎えします。地元U18AAチームが日本選抜チームとゲイトウェイアリーナにて9月6日の水曜日、7時半より試合を行いますので、日本女子チームを歓迎しに是非アリーナにご来場ください！また、試合はオンラインチャンネル、LiveBarnでもご覧になれます。
The game on September 6th was part of an exhibition series Team Japan is playing in preparation of joining our
U18 AA Showcase (September 8th-10th). Don't miss the opportunity to see Team Japan play in the Showcase tournament!
この9月6日に行われる試合はU18AAショーケース (September 8th-10th)のエキシビションシリーズの一つとなります。U18AAチームにとって2023/2024シーズンの最初のホームゲームの一つである、日本チームとのこの試合を是非お見逃しなく！
Haruna Yoneyama at the World Championships in Austria 2017
The Japanese delegation is led by
Haruna Yoneyama, 3-time Olympian, who is looking forward to experiencing the Canadian passion for hockey again. Players, officials and team staff are excited to return to Stoney Creek after 4 years of absence to join the premier Showcase event in North America.
The Japan Ice Hockey Federation (JIHF)'s main purpose participating in this event is to continue to develop their program by competing with teams from the world's top level countries like Canada and the US.
Team Japan vs Stoney Creek U18 AA
In 2022/2023 both the U18 and senior national team of Japan played in the IIHF top division world tournaments. The senior national team finished the 2023 Women's Worlds in Brampton in 7th place after playing close games against top nations like Czechia (1-2 OT loss) and Sweden (0-1 loss). Team Japan was relegated to Division 1 at the U18 Women's Worlds in Sweden in January 2023 after losing the relegation series against Switzerland (1-2, 0-5, 1-2) and aims to return to the top division by developing their 14-16 year-old players through participating in events like our Showcase tournament.
Team Japan vs Stoney Creek U18 AA
The Japanese players have great potential and are on the radar of U Sports and NCAA scouts attending the Showcase. To mention only two for now, Kika Terauchi and Nanaho Yamaguchi are particularly interested to play hockey in North America in the near future. Kika represented Japan at the U18 world championship in Sweden. She was the youngest defence but played as many shift as other senior players. Her father is Canadian and the passion for hockey runs in the family. Nanaho was invited to the U18 development camp last season. She lives in Hyogo, where only a few girls playing hockey, but ice hockey is her passion. Her puck handling skills make her a key player to watch.
Team Japan 16U at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan en route to Canada
All games of the 2023 Stoney Creek Showcase series will be available live and on Video On Demand on LiveBarn.
Please find the schedule for Team Japan here and rosters below. In the preliminary round Japan will face the Bluewater Hawks, Mississauga Hurricanes, Kitchener Lady Rangers and the Durham West Lightning.
