The American Ice Hockey Association recently announced the list of women's ice hockey teams participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, including 15 veterans and 8 newcomers with Winter Olympic experience. As the women's ice hockey champion at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the U.S. women's ice hockey team expects to defend its title at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
PyeongChang Winter Olympics gold medallion, source international ice hockey federation
U.S. head coach Joel Johnson said in a statement: "After a comprehensive assessment, we finalized this 23-man list. The team is led by outstanding veterans, but also young talent to inject new energy into the team. Our goal is to bring the gold medal home. ”
According to the official website, the average age of the U.S. women's ice hockey team is 25.9 years old, of which the youngest Caroline Harvey and Abby Murphy are only 19 years old, and the oldest is 32-year-old Hillary Knight. The Beijing Winter Olympics is Knight's fourth appearance for the United States in the Winter Olympics, and she is the most goals scored by women's hockey players in history at the World Championships and the most goals scored in the women's ice finals of the Winter Olympics.
The Women's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics featured 10 teams, with Group A being the top five seeded teams: the United States, Canada, Finland, the Russian Olympic Committee and Switzerland, while Group B consisted of China, Japan, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Sweden. The united states will play the first game of the group stage against Finland. At the end of the group stage, all 5 teams in Group A and the top 3 in Group B advance to the quarter-finals, and the opponents in the quarter-finals will be determined according to the group ranking.
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