Five days after returning from camp and leading the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team to a shutout sweep of Bemidji State University, senior goaltender Eve Gascon and junior forward Caitlin Kraemer have been named to Canada's National Women's Team for the 2026 IIHF Women's World Championship that will take place in Nov. 6-16 in Herning and Esbjerg, Denmark.

The duo are two of 25 players named to the roster -- they will join assistant coach and former Bulldog All-American Caroline Ouellette, who is currently an assistant coach for Team Canada.

Kraemer is one of seven players will make their debut at the IIHF Women's World Championship, while it will mark Gascon's second Worlds roster after she earned a silver medal in 2025 with Canada in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.

Kraemer has seven goals on the season – tying her for the fourth-most in the NCAA, and despite having played two less games than three players ahead of her or tied with her duty to Canada Camp. The native of Waterloo, Ontario recorded four points over the weekend against the Beavers, including three goals, and factored in four of the six goals scored in the series. Kraemer also ranks fifth in the NCAA in +/- with a +10.

Gascon earned back-to-back shutouts against BSU, the second time this season the Mascouche, Quebec product has held an opponent scoreless over a series. Among goaltenders that have played three or more games, Gascon ranks first in GAA (0.40), saves percentage (.982) and wins (5) and leads the NCAA outright in shutouts with four – double the netminders in second. In fact, Gascon has four shutouts in just five games played so far this season, and Friday night set UMD's career shutout record with her 24th. She secured her 25th on Saturday afternoon.

The Canadians will be joined in Group B at Women's Worlds by host Denmark, Finland, Japan and Sweden, while Group A includes Austria, Czechia, Germany, Switzerland and the United States.  

Canada will be on the ice in Windsor, Ontario (Oct. 28), and Plymouth, Michigan (Oct. 30), for pre-tournament games against the United States.