IIHF World Championships comes to British Columbia for first time in 2016
As Canada gets the honor of hosting the IIHF Women’s World Championships in 2016, the venue shall shift to the Pacific coast for the first time in Canadian hockey history. Kamloops, British Columbia shall be the host city for the event as Canada looks to avenge its gold medal game loss from 2013 (the last time that Canada hosted the event). Coincidentally, Kamloops had placed a bid to host the event in 2013, but lost out to Ottawa, Ontario’s bid. The six previous times that Canada hosted the IIHF Women’s Worlds, the province of Ontario hosted four times (1990, 1997, 2000, 2013). Interior Savings Centre and McArthur Island Sports and Event Centre shall host a total of 22 games during the event in 2016. Of note, the city of Kamloops does hold a connection to Hockey Canada’s newly appointed president and CEO, Tom Renney. Having once coached there, he led the Kamloops Blazers to the Memorial Cup in 1992. Kamloops becomes the second city in Western Canada to host the IIHF Worl...