Karli Johansen

Karli Johansen is as lethal an offensive threat as she is a defender. As a junior, she had helped Canada win silver at the 2012 Junior Pan American Championship and then captained the team at the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup. She made her Commonwealth Games debut in 2014. Johansen played in 70 games in her four years with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. As a senior, she started all 21 games and recorded all four of her career goals. She was named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad as a freshman in 2010 and the Big Ten All-tournament team twice as a sophomore and junior.

In 2015 she was part of the Canadian team that won bronze at the 2015 Pan American Game in Toronto Ontario. The medal was the first time since 1999 the Canadian women took home hardware at the event. Johansen is a long-time veteran of the Women’s National Team with over 150 caps. She has played in multiple Commonwealth Games, multiple Pan American Games and the FIH World Cup in 2023. She is a defensive stalwart, a key part of the penalty corner set and a leader on and off the field.