OTTAWA — Carla MacLeod, the head coach of the Ottawa Charge and Czechia’s national women’s hockey team, says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

In a statement issued by the by the Professional Women’s Hockey League team Sunday, McLeod said: “I want everyone to know that I’m going to be OK.”

“I’m incredibly fortunate to have an exceptional medical team guiding me, and together we have built a treatment plan that gives me tremendous confidence in the road ahead,” she wrote. “There are still some variables to be determined as we move forward, but my goal — without question — is to be behind the bench as often as possible.”

That includes coaching at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, in which Czechia opens against the United States on Feb. 5. This will be the nation’s second Olympic ap

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