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2018 Olympics Women's Gold Medal Preview
February 20th, 2018 Let the show begin - we've been ready. For the fifth time in six Winter Olympics, the two superpowers of women's hockey shall meet in the gold medal game. The usual prediction is that for women's hockey at any Winter Games, it will come down to Canada and USA as the two teams to remain standing. They have not disappointed in the '18...
Team USA Women's Roster & Preview for Winter OIympics
February 10th, 2018 The United States' women have not won an Olympic gold medal since the first Games to incorporate women's hockey back in 1998. For three Winter Games since they have settled for second best, and once even finished with the bronze (2006). Going so long without being at the top of the Olympic podium is borderline unsettling for the...
Zoe Hickel Made a Splash with the Whale
June 2nd, 2017 Talk about making a good first impression. In her first game with the Connecticut Whale, on her first shift, Zoe Hickel scored her first goal with her new team in their road game against the New York Riveters. She finished the period (and game) with two goals and finished the game with six shots on goal. Unfortunately for Hickel, she was...
USA Women: "Stop Treating Us Like an Afterthought"
March 17th, 2017 The United States women's national hockey team is objectively the best women's national team on the planet. Ranked #1 in the world by the IIHF, they have medalled at every single Olympic Games since their first appearance at Nagano in 1998. Similarly, at the IIHF World Women's Championships, USA has won gold seven of the last nine...
Boston Pride: 21 Straight Wins and Counting
January 24th, 2017 There have been a lot of double-digit winning streaks in hockey recently it seems, but none of them have matched the 21-game winning streak that the NWHL’s Boston Pride are currently on. Including playoff games (four), the Pride hasn't lost since Jan. 3, 2016 — and that was an overtime loss. “There’s just so much camaraderie on...
Five Takeaways From U.S. Gold at Four Nations Cup
November 7th, 2016 For the second straight year, the U.S. women's team took first at the Four Nations Cup. Though they dropped a decision to Canada in the round-robin stage, they turned it on when it mattered most and grabbed a 5-3 decision over Team Canada in the gold medal match. In Friday's loss to Canada, a warm-up for the main event, it was a power...
