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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 ...
[6] [7] Women's ice hockey was added in 1992 and the first tournament was held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [8] [9] Both events have been held at every Olympic Games since. [1] In women's hockey, Canadians Jayna Hefford and Hayley Wickenheiser hold the record for total medals (five
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.
In terms of gold medals, the women of Team USA dominated there too: 26 of the 40 total gold medals were in women's events, with female athletes earning 65% of the U.S.' golds.
The U.S. women's national hockey team dominated in its first match of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, but will be without assistant captain Brianna Decker as the tournament continues. ... Kessel scored ...
The two teams met in the final, which the United States won 3–1 to become the third American ice hockey team to win Olympic gold. Finland defeated China 4–1 to win the bronze medal. [121] A women's preliminary round game between Sweden and the United States in 2002