GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota senior defenseman Halli Krzyzaniak has been named to the Canadian National Women's Team that will participate at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, March 31-April 7, in Plymouth, Mich.

This will be the third World Championship for the senior from Neepawa, Manitoba, having previously won silver with Canada at both the 2015 and 2016 championships.

Krzyzaniak currently leads UND with a plus/minus rating of +15 and is tied for defensive scoring on the team with five goals and 13 assists. Through her four years at North Dakota, she ranks as one of the top-scoring defensemen in program history; ranking third for career defensive points with 58 and second in defensive assists with 44.

The competition at the tournament will be one of the final scouting measurements before Canada's National Women's Team announces its centralization roster this spring.

Canada will open the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship against the United States on March 31, and also faces Finland (April 1) and Russia (April 3) in the preliminary round.