Burlington's Renata Fast Named Co-Captain of Team Canada

Renata Fast is wearing a C for Canada for the first time. The Burlington defender has been named co-captain of the national women's team for the 2026 IIHF Women's World Championship, now underway in Denmark.

Fast shares the role with Laura Stacey. Fast wears the captain's C when Canada plays in its red jerseys and Stacey wears it with the white ones. Fast has worn the A as an alternate captain on multiple occasions, but this is her first time with the C.

She has suited up for Canada at seven previous world championships and won three gold medals there. She has also played in three Winter Olympics, in 2018, 2022 and 2026, coming home with one gold and two silvers. In the PWHL she plays defence for the Toronto Sceptres, where she put up 10 points in 26 games last season.

A different sweater this year

Canada is playing this tournament in generic jerseys designed by the IIHF rather than the Bauer sweaters the team usually wears, a commercial rights issue Hockey Canada addressed in a statement on November 4. Team USA is in generic jerseys for the same reason.

Canada's games are on TSN, so the C is easy enough to spot from a couch in Burlington.