KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Swedish newspaper referred to Jennifer Wakefield’s departure from her club squad to Team Canada for these IIHF world championship as a “nightmare.”
There are Canadian opponents here undoubtedly using similar terminology regarding the right winger from Pickering, Ont., with the big, booming shot.
Wakefield has been one of Canada’s best players at the tournament so far. She had two goals and two assists in a 6-1 win over Finland on Thursday night at the Sandman Centre in Canada’s final preliminary game, helping push her squad directly to the tournament semifinals on Sunday night.