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More seasoned Canadian team ready for women's world championship

Canada will be less green at this year's women's world hockey championships.

The return of Hayley Wickenheiser, Meghan Agosta and Meaghan Mikkelson to the lineup, plus several players who made their world championship debut a year ago make for a seasoned lineup.

Hockey Canada announced the host country's 23-player roster Monday for the tournament from March 28 to April 4 in Kamloops, B.C.

Seventeen played last year in Malmo, Sweden, where Canada lost 7-5 to the Americans in the final. Of the 10 who made their world championship debut for Canada there, seven have been named to this year's squad.