In this section I will be talking about the success of the Canadian women in hockey. Women’s hockey was first played in 1896 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Canada invented hockey and won the first four Olympic gold’s. Unlike the Canadian men’s hockey Olympic team, the women are the dominant team in the women’s hockey. Eight countries competed in women's ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA. The top six countries from the 2000 Women's World Hockey Championship qualified automatically for the 2002 Winter Olympics. One of them was Canada. Canadian National Women's Team has represented Canada at