TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Going for Gold 5 CHAPTER 2 Early Years 11 CHAPTER 3 Hockey Worldwide 17 ATHLETE BIO Hilary Knight 22 CHAPTER 4 Looking Ahead 25 Focus on Women in Hockey 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 GOING FOR GOLD On February 22 2018 the women’s hockey Olympic gold medal game entered a shootout Canada was facing the United States Thousands of fans held their breath in the arena The winning team would become Olympic champions Four years earlier Canada had beaten the United States to win the gold medal US forward Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson skates down the ice during the 2018 Olympic finals 5
