Shannon Szabados gets comfy again in goal for the Canadian women’s hockey team
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Switching from men’s to women’s hockey is like riding a bike for Shannon Szabados.
Canada’s premiere female goalie has spent the majority of her career facing shots from men in either Junior A, college or minor pro leagues.
Szabados typically spends the most time in the women’s game in the six months leading up to the Winter Olympics when the national team is training full-time in Calgary.
It’s a formula that has worked for the 30-year-old from Edmonton. Szabados was Canada’s winning goaltender in the gold-medal games of both 2010 and 2014, allowing two goals on a combined 55 shots.