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In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [1] [4] Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; by 1997, however, the American team had improved ...
The United States women's national ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. The U.S. has been one of the most successful women's ice hockey teams in international play, having medaled in every major tournament. In 1998, the women's Olympic hockey team was named the USOC Team of the Year. In April 2015, the women's national ice hockey team ...
The following is the United States roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Head coach: Katey Stone Assistant coaches: Hillary Witt , Bobby Jay
The United States of America's men's, women's, and men's under-20 teams compete annually in the Ice Hockey World Championships, IIHF World Women's Championships, and the IIHF World Junior Championship. The men's and women's senior teams also compete quadrennially in the Olympic Games, starting from 1920 and 1998, respectively.
Before being named to the U.S. Women's National Team, Kessel was a member of the United States Under-22 Team and Under-18 Team. Kessel played for the United States Under-18 in 2009 and was named the World Under-18 tournament's most valuable forward. She scored six goals and 13 assists for 19 points to lead Team USA to a gold medal.
FILE - Brianna Decker (14), of the United States, skates with the puck away from Bailey Bram (17) and Renata Fast (14), of Canada, during the first period of the women's gold medal hockey game at ...
She was named USA Women's Player of the Year in 1996. Granato was the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics. On February 8, 1998, she scored the first ever Olympic goal for the U.S women's hockey team. [1] In 205 career games for the national team, Granato had 186 goals, 157 assists, and 343 ...
The team already experienced significant change ahead of the Olympics with key players retiring. There are still 13 players on the 23-player roster who won in PyeongChang and 15 with prior Olympic ...