CALGARY, Alberta – Hockey Canada has announced that the organization, alongside National Women’s Team general manager Gina Kingsbury (Rouyn-Noranda, QC/Toronto, PWHL) and head coach Troy Ryan (Spryfield, NS/San Jose, PWHL), have mutually agreed that the pair will not return to the National Women’s Program for the 2026-27 season. A search committee has been established to identify the next general manager of Canada’s National Women’s Team.
The search committee will include three National Women’s Team alumnae—committee chair and Hockey Canada board member Gillian Apps (Toronto, ON), Therese Brisson (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC) and Cassie Campbell-Pascall (Brampton, ON)—as well as vice-president of hockey operations Misha Donskov (London, ON), senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations Scott Salmond (Creston, BC), Own The Podium’s high performance advisor Cara Thibault (Calgary, AB) and a current member of Canada's National Men's Team management group, Brad Treliving (Penticton, BC). “Gina and Troy were instrumental to tremendous success with our women’s team in their respective roles and we are grateful for the time and effort that was given to Canada’s National Women’s Team,” said Salmond. “Moving forward, Hockey Canada is looking to bring in the best available candidate for the general manager position with the National Women’s Team who will focus on implementing the strategy and vision of the program heading into the 2026-27 season and our next quad.” Under contract through the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, Kingsbury and Ryan were instrumental in the preparation of Canada’s National Women’s Team through multiple IIHF Women’s World Championships, Rivalry Series and Olympic Winter Games, including Canada’s gold medal victory in Beijing in 2022, back-to-back gold medals at the 2021 and 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championships and gold at the 2024 Women’s Worlds. “Hockey Canada is extremely grateful for the commitment, passion and expertise that Gina and Troy displayed each time they represented Canada with our National Women’s Team,” said Katherine Henderson (Thunder Bay, ON), president and chief executive officer. “We cannot thank them both enough for providing world-class treatment to our women’s hockey program and exemplifying what it means to be a leader on the international stage.”
The successful candidate will be in charge of hiring the next head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team, along with the coaching staff, management group and support staff.
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