The world juniors are about to begin. Why isn’t there a women’s world junior tournament? [Video]

Inside an arena in Tampere, Finland in mid-December, future top PWHL draft prospects faced off in a tournament final.

At the Women’s Euro Hockey Tour (or Six Nations Tournament), the Canadians faced an American roster stacked with senior national team talent, including Lacey Eden, Abbey Murphy, Caroline Harvey and Laila Edwards.

A Canadian squad with less international experience stuck in the game until the final minutes, when the Americans pulled ahead on a Murphy goal for an eventual 5-3 win. Canadian goaltender Ève Gascon had 33 saves in the loss, putting up a performance her coach described as “phenomenal.”

“Not necessarily the results against the U.S. that we were hoping for, but we are super proud of our team’s performances throughout the course of the tournament,” Canadian national development team head coach Alison Domenico said in an interview with CBC Sports.

“In that last game alone to kind of come …