After leading Canada to the gold medal on home soil in November, Ryan Walter will get another crack.
This time, Walter will take the Canadian women’s national team into Switzerland in April.
On Friday, Hockey Canada announced Walter would coach the team at the 2011 IIHF world women’s hockey championships.
They are slated to run April 16-25 in Zurich and Winterthur.
Walter coached Canada to the gold medal at the Four Nations Cup and after enjoying that experience, he is looking forward to the world championships.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us, but I know our players and staff are a strong teams capable of accomplishing our ultimate goal of winning gold,” he said.
He will joined by Dan Church and Lisa Jordan, the head coaches at York University and St. Mary’s University, respectively.
Canada is in search of its 10th world championship.
Walter spent 15 seasons in the NHL, playing in more than 1,000 games with Washington, Montreal and Vancouver. He was the second overall pick in the 1978 NHL draft and won a Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1986.
Following his retirement, he worked in the broadcast booth before becoming an assistant coach with the Canucks in 2008, spending two seasons with Vancouver.
Walter has also written several books and works as a motivational speaker.
