Canadian forward Victoria Bach has confirmed her retirement from hockey at the age of 28, capping a brief, yet very successful, career marked by league success in the NCAA, CWHL and PWHL, and highlighted by a pair of World Championship Gold medals.

Bach began her career at Boston University, being named a first-team All-American and Patty Kazmaier Award finalist in her senior year. Following graduation, Bach would spend her first pro season in the CWHL’s final season with the Markham Thunder, winning Rookie of the Year honours. Following the CWHL’s shutdown, Bach spent time with the PWHPA until the formation of the Professional Women’s Hockey League in 2024, spending the league’s debut season in Toronto. Bach would begin her second (and ultimately final) PWHL season with the newly named Sceptres before being traded to the Ottawa Charge early in the sophomore year, helping the Charge make an unexpected run to the 2025 Walter Cup Finals.

A native of Milton, Ontario, Bach debuted for Team Canada at the 2014 Under-18 Worlds, making her senior team debut at the 2018 (and what would end up being the final) Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon, capturing Silver. Bach would be a regular on the Rivalry Series tours beginning in 2019, being named to her first World Championship roster in 2020, which of course was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, delaying her Worlds debut until 18 months later. Bach would end up playing at just two World Championships, going a perfect 2-0 in Gold medals with wins in both 2021 and 2022.

Over the course of her career, Bach would capture the IHLC on seven different occasions in just five years, book-ended by Rivalry Series wins in 2019 and 2024. We wish Victoria and her family the very best for her retirement and the things to come!

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