The 2026 Winter Olympics may not officially begin until Friday’s Opening Ceremony, but action has already begun in Italy.
And on Thursday February 5, the women’s ice hockey tournament gets into gear.
Canada enters the 2026 Winter Olympics as the defending gold medal winners, having won their fifth title at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. As always, Team USA is a contender for the gold medal, and this veteran squad has a singular goal in mind.
“[A] gold medal and gold medal only” is the expectation for Team USA, according to four-time Olympian Kendall Coyne Schofield.
Another veteran back for Team USA is captain and five-time Olympian Hilary Knight, who already announced that the
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