Coach John Wroblewski’s bid to inject youth and speed to the United States women’s hockey lineup proved too much for rival Canada in their preliminary round-closing showdown at the world championships on Monday. Kirsten Simms, one of four college newcomers making their tournament debuts for the U.S., scored 3:38 into overtime of a 1-0 win over Canada and clinch the Americans the Group A title heading into the playoffs. Aerin Frankel stopped 26 shots for her second shutout of the tournament and t
Kirsten Simms scored 3:38 into overtime to lift the United States to a 1-0 preliminary round win over rival Canada, and clinch the Americans the Group A title heading into the women’s world hockey championship playoffs.
UTICA, N.Y. Behind two goals from defender Haley Winn, the U.S. Women’s National Team skated past Switzerland, 4-0, in its first preliminary round game of the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship at the Adirondack Bank Center Wednesday evening. “There’s a lot of respect there for Switzerland, they stood tough and blocked a lot of […]
UTICA, N.Y. Behind two goals from defender Haley Winn, the U.S. Women’s National Team skated past Switzerland, 4-0, in its first preliminary round game of the 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship at the Adirondack Bank Center Wednesday evening. “There’s a lot of respect there for Switzerland, they stood tough and blocked a lot of our shots coming out in the game,” John Wroblewski, head coach of the 2024 U.S. Women’s National Team, said. “We made some adjustments at the blue line to manufacture our offense. We diversified how we attacked in the offensive zone and it paid off.” Team […]
Whether that happens at this year’s 10-nation world championship, which opens in Utica, New York today, or at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the U.S. captain said she can envision a