The presidency of the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation extended Pat Cortina’s contract as captain of the women’s national team for two years, until the end of the 2024/25 season, with an additional option for the 2025/26 Olympic season.
The Canadian head coach continues to work with Germany’s Riessersee, so when his club activities conflict with the national team’s schedule, Delaney Collins runs the national team at MJSZ Thursday advertisement according to
“We trust the existing staff, and the priority has been to continue working with them, and we hope to experience success together again. When Pat can’t be with the team because of his duties in Germany, Delaney is the acting captain of the national team, and that hasn’t caused any disruption in the season. the past too” – said Zsuzanna Kolpenhaer, head of the women’s department.
Pat Cortina became the captain of the women’s team in the spring of 2019, and with her the Hungarian team Káposztámegyer won the historic promotion to Group A. He is the first coach in hockey history to lead the men’s and women’s teams to the elite. In the spring of 2020, the World Cup in Group A was canceled due to the pandemic, so he could not manage the team among the best, and then he could not continue his work due to the commitments of his club in Germany. However, he returned in the spring of 2022, and with that, the team reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Denmark.
He also led the team at this year’s Group A World Championships in Canada, and now he can continue to work.
According to the association, the women’s national team program has been drawn up for the new season. The first competition will be held in Kloten, Switzerland, from next Thursday to next Saturday, where it will be Switzerland and Germany interested in the elite, as well as the French team, which was eliminated this year along with Hungary. The Hungarian team is traveling to the tournament with 26 people, 19 of whom were also there at the World Cup in April.
Austria and Slovakia will be the rivals in November, and in December you can support the national team against the French, Danes and Japanese in Matthiasvold. Next February, the team will travel to a tournament in Slovakia, where, in addition to the host team, they can play a match against the national teams of France and Norway. Preparations before the World Cup begin at the end of March. A decision has yet to be made – but one is expected soon – whether the Tier A/A World Cup will be held in China or elsewhere.
The team that will attend the tournament in Switzerland:
Goalkeepers: Anikó Nemeth, Zsuzsa Revész, Zoé Takács
Backs: Taylor Baker, Greta Balogh, Lila Faggias, Francisca Case-Simon, Buglarca Conch, Adele Marton, Frosina Meyer, Bernadette Nemeth, Lottie Odnoja
Strikers: Boglárka Báhiczki-Tóth, Réka Dabasi, Fanni Garát-Gasparics, Tamara Gondos, Alexandra Huszák, Emma Kreisz, Luca Márton, Regina Metzler, Berta Mozolai, Zsófia Pázmándi, Alexandra Rónai, Lara Strobli
