Abby Newhook’s Newfoundland path reached another step when Hockey Canada invited the St. John’s native to its National Women’s Team Training Camp in Quebec City. The 23-year-old forward is one of 48 players headed to the Centre Vidéotron from Oct. 8-14, giving her a chance to work toward Canada’s national team program.
Newhook arrives with a resume built through Newfoundland and Labrador, Boston College and the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women’s Hockey League. In her rookie season, she had 14 points in 29 games, a production line that helps explain why she is among the forwards selected for the camp.
Quebec City roster mix
The camp roster includes six goaltenders, 16 defenders and 26 forwards. It also includes Olympic medallists, world champions and nine players receiving their first invitation to a national team camp, which puts Newhook in a group trying to earn a place alongside more established names.
Hockey Canada said the camp will begin the process of building team identity ahead of the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship and will also fit into the next Olympic cycle. That means the work in Quebec City is not a one-off evaluation; it is part of the selection path for the broader national program.
Boston College and Boston Fleet
Newhook’s route to this camp ran through prep school before Boston College, where she served as captain in her senior season. She then joined the Boston Fleet and moved into the Professional Women’s Hockey League, where her first season produced the 14 points in 29 games that now sit on her national-team résumé.
For readers in Newfoundland and Labrador, the practical takeaway is straightforward: Newhook will be evaluated against a roster that includes players with silver from the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and members of the 2024 Women’s World Championship gold-medal team. She will spend the camp in Red and White team practices and fitness testing, then intrasquad games on Oct. 12 and 14.
Red and White teams
Canada’s schedule after Quebec City keeps the evaluation moving. The group is set for pre-tournament games in Windsor, Ontario, and Plymouth, Michigan, on Oct. 28 and 30 before the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship opens on Nov. 6 in Herning and Esbjerg, Denmark.
Whether Abby Newhook turns this first invitation into a place on Canada’s roster will be decided through that stretch of practices, games and selection work. For now, her Newfoundland rise has reached the same camp as Olympic medallists and world champions.
