Safe Dragonfly

After all the sucking up to Trump, making an award for him, and giving him the stage for 10 minutes, I AM SHOCKED! 
 
I would think foul play was afoot if not for FIFA's stellar reputation of being adverse to corruption. 

Not terrible, but that last pick was the worst possible option. Could have had Cape Verde. 
 
Thanks, Wayne. 

Canada draws Switzerland, Qatar, and a European team TBD (possibly Italy) for their World cup group.

Alexandria Loutitt is undergoing knee surgery and will miss the up coming Olympics

Bronze for Abigail Strate at the first Summer Grand Prix event in Courchevel

Woooooooooooo! 

She won!!!

Mboko will very likely be seeded at the US Open and will be Canadian # 1 next week :O

She won!!!

She won!!!

Woooooooooooo! 

Quite a few major hockey stories over the last two weeks:
 
Men's Olympic Team Coaching Staff Unveiled:
 
Head Coach:
Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning)
 
Assistant Coaches:
Bruce Cassidy (Boston Bruins)
Peter DeBoer
Rich Tocchet (Philadelphia Flyers)
Misha Donskov
 
Same coaches as the 4 nations face-off.
 
Men’s Olympic Team coaching staff named for 2026 Olympic Winter Games
 
Women's Olympic Team Coaching Staff Unveiled:
 
Head Coach:
Troy Ryan (Toronto Sceptres)
 
Assistant Coaches:
Kori Cheverie (Montreal Victoire)
Caroline Ouellette (Concordia University)
Britni Smith (Syracuse University)
 
Troy Ryan to lead Canada’s Women’s Olympic Team at 2026 Olympic Winter Games
 
42 NHL Players Invited to National Teams Orientation Camp
 
 
It seems like the goalies have already been decided.
 
2025 National Teams Orientation Camp
 
30 players named to Canada's National Women's Team for 2025-26 Season
 
 
2025 National Women’s Team Training Block Roster (Aug) | Road to Italy
 

Mboko going to the final!!!

Yeah overall I think it was a solid year, lots of ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, and new talent coming in as well. 
 
Overall I do expect a lot of things in a few months, def looks as tho we'll do a lot better in terms of medals than Beijing.
 
It's really nice to see how well curling has rebounded after the state it was several years ago.
 
As for hockey? Well...
 
"We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them.
We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – we get it.
This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way."
 
(what HC should've said after the loss a few days ago for humour lol)

Yeah overall I think it was a solid year, lots of ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, and new talent coming in as well. 
 
Overall I do expect a lot of things in a few months, def looks as tho we'll do a lot better in terms of medals than Beijing.
 
It's really nice to see how well curling has rebounded after the state it was several years ago.
 
As for hockey? Well...
 
"We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them.
We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – we get it.
This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way."
 
(what HC should've said after the loss a few days ago for humour lol)

With this win,  also win the IIHF Triple-Triple of 2025. 
 
World Juniors, Women's Worlds, and Men's Worlds

With this win,  also win the IIHF Triple-Triple of 2025. 
 
World Juniors, Women's Worlds, and Men's Worlds

Well either way, to say it's not a fun year for Canadian hockey is not enough.
Only golds came from our U18 teams, on the men and women side. 4 Nations was also a great success for us.
 
Asides from that though, yikes.
 
World Juniors? Disaster (Never let Dave Cameron coach again)
Women's Worlds? Outcoached in OT
Men's Worlds? Today's all you really need
 

Silver for the Canadian women in the 2025 Worlds
 
Crazy game, really coulda gone either way, but yea shame just one mistake ended up leading to the GWG

Team Homan win back-to-back golds at the Women’s Curling World Championships, defeating Switzerland 7-3 in the final! 

Worlds roster this year

Worlds roster this year

And it's Gold!!

Gold for Mikael Kingsbury in men's dual moguls at the Freestyle Ski/Snowboard World Championships!