Tag: Womens Hockey
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Mark Kiszla: Free Bird! U.S. women flying high after 5-0 win over bitter hockey rival
MILAN – Holy schnikes! Team USA knocked the ever-loving poutine out of Canada, eh? I went to the hockey version of a border war on Tuesday night, and a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert broke out. Free Bird! That’s the classic rock song the arena DJ plays every time a U.S. woman scores a goal in the…
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Mark Kiszla: How little hug between U.S. hockey hero and toddler gave Olympics its first big goosebumps moment
MILAN — The big, beautiful, goosebump-inducing noise of the Olympics can be as quiet as the rhythmic breathing of a toddler napping on a hockey hero’s shoulder. Unable to wait until the Opening Ceremony, the Winter Games got a 24-hour head start at becoming a rip-roaring party, as the U.S. women’s team rocked Czechia 5-1…