Denmark, back from relegation, takes on Sweden in Group B play as the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship opens in Utica, New York on Wednesday.
Sweden, the heavy favorites to win Group B at the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship, plays in the tourmanent’s opening game on Wednesday when it takes on Denmark. The United States hosts the event this year at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, New York. The Swedes landed in Group B after finishing sixth at last year’s world championship in Brampton, Canada. Denmark won its way back into the world’s top division after finishing second in Division IA in 2023 and its best finish at the tournament came in 1992, when the Danish placed seventh. The top three teams in Group B will advance to the knockout stage along with all five teams in Group A.
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Game Date: April 3, 2024
Game Time: 11 a.m. ET
TV: NHL Network
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Sweden’s best world championship results came in 2005 and 2007 when the Lady Crowns earned bronze medals. The team gets a boost with forward Hanna Olsson joining the squad in Utica after missing most of the season in Sweden’s SDHL. Olsson and Hilda Svensson power the offense, each scoring 11 points in Brampton last year. Josefin Bouveng comes off a strong season at the University of Minnesota, as well.
The Danish won’t have veteran forward Josefine Jakobsen, a member of the national program for 15 years. Captain Nicoline Jensen assumes the leadership role, with four players from the U.S. collegiate ranks on the roster in forwards Frederikke Foss (Maine) and Sofia Skriver (Mercyhurst) and defender Sofie Skott Dahl (Vermont).
Denmark’s fourth collegiate player is goalie Emma-Sofie Nordstrom, who led St. Lawrence to the NCAA tournament. Sweden will lean on goalie Emma Söderberg, who backs up U.S. netminder Aerin Frankel with Boston of the PWHL.
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