2025 World Ringette Championships – Day 2

Lahti, Finland – November 5th, 2025 – Today, Canada’s U18 Development team demonstrated why ringette is called the fastest game on ice, scoring five goals in just over six minutes during the last quarter of their second exhibition game.

Let’s not jump ahead! The U18 Canadian Development team has been training in Pajulahti at the Olympic Training Centre, with on-ice sessions, classroom learning, and lots of off-ice line dancing. Earlier this week, participants experienced Finnish culture ahead of their two exhibition games. They will now be mixed and resorted onto teams that combine Finnish and Canadian players. This is the second iteration of the International Development Festival. 

In the first game, Canada started strong against Finland U18’s 2008 team. Anouk Dugas (Ste-Julie, QC) started the game in net, stopping shot after shot in a scoreless first quarter. Canada dominated the second, with Brigette Parks (Regina, SK) opening the scoring, and Kyla Koester (Strathmore, AB) closing the quarter with a goal in the last 10 seconds. Canada went into halftime up 2-0. But Finland picked it up in the third, scoring six minutes in. Alyssa Carew (Spruce Grove, AB) started the second half, and goal scorers in the third were Anna Hausmanis (Calgary, AB) and Jocelyne Galbraith (Calgary, AB), with the quarter ending with a score of 4-2 Canada. In the fourth, Emily Barteaux (Kanata, ON) scored her first of the event, and Brigette Parks scored her second of the game for Canada’s sixth and final goal. Canada triumphed 6-2, with Emily Barteaux named MVP.

After a few hours rest, Canada U18 returned against Finland U18’s 2009 team. Anaïs Lamothe (Lévis, QC) started in net for the red and white, and the first three periods passed with Finland scoring two goals and Canada left off the scoreboard. But Olivia Gagnon (Lévis, QC) opened the fourth with a goal, and Finland answered with three more. With the score now reading 5-1, Canada needed to make some magic. And they did. Gagnon scored again with 10:51 left in the game, and the excitement reinvigorated the team. A minute later, Gabrielle Montplaisir (Beloeil, QC) scored, and 30 seconds later, so did Doris Xu (Richmond Hill, ON). Quickly after that, Gabrielle Montplaisir tied the game 5-5, and despite an all out effort in the final minutes of the game, the second exhibition game resulted in a tie. Anna Hausmanis was named Canada’s MVP. 

All of the goalies put up an incredible effort, and as co-head coach Tracey Tulloch (Halifax, NS) said, the well-matched game is a positive sign. “[This program] builds for the future so that ringette can continue to grow, and be as exciting as it is now but maybe even have more excitement,” Tulloch said post-game.

You can watch the remaining  World Ringette Championship Exhibition Games on pay-per-view on ringette.tv, and Championship Weekend (Nov 8-9) free on CBC Sports YouTube. 

For more information on the event, including links to rosters, schedules, standings, and statistics, please visit worldringette.com. 

Competition continues for the Sam Jacks and Juuso Wahlsten pools on Thursday, November 6th at 13:30 EET.