Posts About "Hilary Knight"
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...
Hilary Knight Joins Boston Pride
August 1st, 2016 The Boston Pride were able to agree to a new contract with an integral part of their roster from the 2015-16 season, co-captain Hilary Knight. The contract, as is the case with all U.S. National Team players, are set to be officially signed sometime this week. The contract will last one-year and will pay Knight...
4 Players The Boston Pride Must Re-Sign
April 15th, 2016 The Boston Pride were absolutely dominant in the NWHL's inaugural season, going 14-3-0-1 before sweeping their way through the postseason. Will defending their title be as tough as it is in other leagues or will new signings and draft picks fail to help the league's other teams catch up to the Pride? Restricted free agency is...
Storylines Omnipresent as U.S. and Canada Open World Championship
March 28th, 2016 The 2016 Women's World Championship kicks off Monday with four games, including a 2015 gold medal rematch between Team USA and Team Canada. The U.S. team is looking to win their third straight gold at Worlds and assert some dominance in best-on-best competition with six of the last seven World Championship gold medals. However, Canada...
2016 NWHL Awards Announced, Decker Named MVP
March 20th, 2016 The inaugural season of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) has concluded with the announcement of the 2016 NWHL Awards on Sunday. The announcements were made from Durham, New Hampshire, where the 2016 Women's Frozen Four was taking place. Here are the winners of the 2016 NWHL Awards. NWHL MVP: Brianna Decker, Boston...
Boston Pride Claim Isobel Cup Championship
March 13th, 2016 NEWARK, N.J. — On paper, before the season began, it appeared that the NWHL's first Isobel Cup championship was the Boston Pride's to lose. Saturday, in Newark, New Jersey, the Pride claimed that title with a two-game sweep of the Buffalo Beauts. The Pride ran the table, not losing once during the postseason. In fact, the last...
Boston Pride Take Game 1 Amid Controversy
March 12th, 2016 The NWHL’s first-ever Isobel Cup Final match may have been one of the league's most exciting games of the year. It was highlighted by major momentum shifts, star players doing starry things, great goaltending, a late-game rally, overtime and a controversial penalty shot. Boston Pride In Control The Pride controlled large swaths of...
Hilary Knight Talks Isobel Cup & the State of Women's Hockey
March 11th, 2016 Hilary Knight is the NWHL’s premier player, playing on the league's best team. At least, the Boston Pride can be considered the league's best team until they or the Buffalo Beauts win this weekend's Isobel Cup. After the season they've had, Knight says her teammates won't accept anything less than a win this weekend. The Pride's...
