Why Hockey Canada must rethink the women’s program now after these Olympics — not later

Some of the Milan post-mortem should naturally focus on team selection. Ryan and Kingsbury had said before the Olympics, after Canada had been thoroughly pantsed by the Americans in the four-game Rivalry Series last fall, that Canada simply didn’t have the wealth of young talent, all blooming at the same time, that Team USA brought to Milan. By this time the details can by recited by rote: nine Americans under the age of 24, and seven of them in college. Canada in those categories: zero and zero.