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One Olympian Proposes to Another
One Olympian
Proposes to Another
2026 olympics
Feb 20, 2026 2:20 PM CST

One Olympian Proposes to Another

Hockey's Hilary Knight gets engaged to speed skater Brittany Bowe

(Newser) - Hilary Knight says the scariest part of her Olympic week in Milan wasn't facing Canada in a gold medal showdown—it was getting down on one knee. The five-time Olympian revealed she proposed to US speed skater Brittany Bowe the day before the women's hockey final, reports USA ...

USA's Golden Goal Scorer: 'I Thought, Why Not?'
USA's Golden Goal Scorer:
'I Thought, Why Not?'
2026 olympics
Feb 20, 2026 10:32 AM CST

USA's Golden Goal Scorer: 'I Thought, Why Not?'

Megan Keller recounts the remarkable move that resulted in a goal for the ages

(Newser) - Megan Keller's overtime goal against Canada to give Team USA the gold medal in women's hockey is one for the ages, writes Jason Gay at the Wall Street Journal . "It's a shifty sequence that will outlive Keller's career and will probably get mentioned by some...

US Wins 3rd Gold in Women's Hockey
US Beats Canada
in Overtime for Hockey Gold
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2026 3:27 PM CST

US Beats Canada in Overtime for Hockey Gold

Megan Keller scores winner for 3rd US gold in women's hockey

(Newser) - Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the US won its third Olympic gold medal in women's hockey, beating defending champions Canada 2-1 at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday night to close another thrilling chapter of one of sports' most heated rivalries. American captain...

US Beats Sweden to Reach Women's Hockey Final
US Women Book Their
Place in Hockey Final
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2026 12:44 PM CST

US Women Book Their Place in Hockey Final

Frankel stopped 21 shots in 5-0 win over Sweden

(Newser) - Aerin Frankel stopped 21 shots for her third shutout of the Olympic women's hockey tournament and the favored United States advanced to the gold-medal game by defeating Sweden 5-0 at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday. Abbey Murphy, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Hayley Scamurra scored on consecutive shots over...

US Dominates Canada 5-0 in Hockey Showdown
US Dominates Canada
5-0 in Hockey Showdown
2026 OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2026 8:08 PM CST

US Dominates Canada 5-0 in Hockey Showdown

Preliminary round game could be a preview of the women's hockey final

(Newser) - Team USA didn't just beat Canada in Milan—it changed the tone of the entire women's hockey tournament. In a group-stage matchup that felt like a dress rehearsal for the gold-medal game, the US steamrolled its longtime rival 5–0, scoring less than four minutes in and building...

World's Best Women's Hockey Player Just Got Injured
World's Best Women's Hockey
Player Just Got Hurt
2026 olympics
Feb 10, 2026 7:16 AM CST

World's Best Women's Hockey Player Just Got Hurt

It's not clear if Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin will be able to play against USA on Tuesday

(Newser) - The rivalry between Canada and USA in women's hockey is one of the best in all of sport, notes the CBC , but this year's chapter just took a turn. The two teams meet in a preliminary round Olympic game Tuesday afternoon, with one giant question looming: Will Canada'...

Recovering Finns Fall to US, 5-0
US Women
Shut Out
Ill Finns
2026 olympics
Feb 7, 2026 1:57 PM CST

US Women Shut Out Ill Finns

Hilary Knight sets record as opponents struggle with norovirus

(Newser) - Hilary Knight scored to tie the US Olympic women's hockey career goal record, and the Americans wore down a Finland opponent that spent much of the week dealing with a stomach virus in a 5-0 win at the Milan Cortina Games on Saturday. The favored Americans, who are now...

Players 'Pinching Themselves' as New Hockey League Begins

New York shuts out Toronto 4-0 in inaugural game of Professional Women's Hockey League

(Newser) - Jan. 1 was a fresh start for us all—and the beginning of a "new era for women's hockey," courtesy of the inaugural game of the Professional Women's Hockey League, a six-team venture that features some of the world's best female athletes on the ice,...

Allegations of Brutal Culture Hit Harvard Women's Hockey

The Athletic explores 'mental health Hunger Games' of coach Katey Stone

(Newser) - Katey Stone is the winningest coach in women's college hockey, having racked up more than 500 victories in her 27 seasons at Harvard. But a story at the Athletic suggests the 56-year-old Stone has cultivated a toxic culture, with the parent of one recent player describing it as a...

Canada Beats US for Women's Hockey Gold
More Heartbreak for US Hockey
Feb 17, 2022 4:06 AM CST

More Heartbreak for US Hockey

Canadian women's team reclaims Olympic gold in 3-2 win over Americans

(Newser) - Canada’s Captain Clutch, Marie-Philip Poulin, delivered at the Olympics again. Poulin scored twice, including her third gold-medal clinching goal, and Canada reclaimed its place atop the women's hockey world by capping its run through the Beijing Games with a 3-2 win over the defending champion United States on...

Guess Why They Nixed Hockey Championships

Yes, the coronavirus

(Newser) - The women's world hockey championships in Canada were canceled Saturday because of the new coronavirus. International Ice Hockey Federation President René Fasel tells the AP the decision was made by conference call. The two-week tournament was set to open March 31, with venues in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia....

Women to Take the Ice During All-Star Weekend

3-on-3 scrimmage may feature US and Canadian teams

(Newser) - Many of the best female hockey players will gather for the NHL's All-Star Weekend later this month, as they have for the past couple of years. But this time, women will play. The league is expected to announce later this week that it will host a three-on-three scrimmage, possibly...

US Wins First Hockey Gold in 20 Years

USA women beat Canada in tiebreaker shootout

(Newser) - The United States has beaten Canada in a shootout to win their first Olympic gold since 1998 in women's hockey. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored in the first extra round of the first shootout tiebreaker in Olympic women's hockey history on Thursday to give the United States the gold medal...

Koreas' Combined Team Makes Its Debut

The women's hockey team loses 3-1, but no one really seemed that bothered

(Newser) - Wearing a powder-blue logo of a map symbolizing peace between the Koreas, the most talked-about team at this year's Olympics finally saw action Sunday in a friendly that drew thousands in a country that never showed much passion for hockey. The North and South Korean women's hockey players,...

Why US Women May Ditch Hockey World Championships

Ladies say they want a living wage to keep up with the guys

(Newser) - Meghan Duggan isn't even 30 and she's already won six world championships with the US women's hockey team—and yet she says her team can't get living-wage paychecks that would put them on par with male colleagues. "That's why our team is taking a...

Canada Stuns US in OT for Women's Hockey Gold

Team USA gives up two late goals in the third in 3-2 loss

(Newser) - The gold-medal game in women's hockey played out as advertised, with yet another thriller between USA and Canada. The Canadians prevailed with a 3-2 win in overtime for their fourth straight gold medal, reports AP . The loss is especially stinging for the US because it held a 2-0 lead...

John Kerry Wins a Hockey Bet
 John Kerry Wins a Hockey Bet 
Apr 11, 2013 3:19 PM CDT

John Kerry Wins a Hockey Bet

Unfortunately, that means he gets a case of Molson—in cans

(Newser) - The good news: John Kerry gets a case of beer while he's on a 10-day foreign policy trip. The bad news: He now has to chug his way through 24 cans of Molson. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird gave Kerry the lager in London because USA beat Canada 3-2...

IOC Probing Boozy Hockey Gold Party
 IOC Probing Boozy 
 Hockey Gold Party 
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2010 5:32 AM CST

IOC Probing Boozy Hockey Gold Party

Victorious Canadian women swigged beer, champagne on ice

(Newser) - Canada's victorious women's hockey team should have left the ice before they cracked open celebratory beers and champagne, said the executive director of the International Olympic Committee. "It is not what we want to see," Gilbert Felli told AP . "I don't think it's a good promotion of...

Canadian Women Top US, Claim Hockey Gold
 Canadian Women 
 Top US, Claim 
 Hockey Gold 
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
Feb 25, 2010 7:49 PM CST

Canadian Women Top US, Claim Hockey Gold

Marie-Philip Poulin scores both for home team

(Newser) - Marie-Philip Poulin’s two first-period goals stood up tonight as the Canadian women’s hockey team shut out the US, 2-0, to claim the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. Shannon Szabados turned away all 28 shots she faced. It’s the third consecutive gold for the Canadians, who have...

US, Canadian Women Will Play for Hockey Gold
US, Canadian Women Will Play for Hockey Gold
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2010 9:26 PM CST

US, Canadian Women Will Play for Hockey Gold

Both steamroll semifinal opponents, will face off Thursday

(Newser) - Haley Irwin scored two goals, Meghan Agosta set an Olympic record with her ninth goal, and Canada beat Finland, 5-0, tonight to secure its long-anticipated gold-medal meeting with the US team—which beat Sweden, 9-1, in an earlier semifinal. Today's victory was the closest call yet for Canada, which has...

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