They're being hailed Canada's Golden Girls, the best (women's) hockey team ever assembled, the most prepared, and well coached. It's players are saying it is the most professional and well balanced team they have ever played for. Hayley Wickenheiser even played with a broken wrist, it broke last week but she kept it secret until after the games. She said she just tried to pass more than to take shots.
Player's represented 5 provinces (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) and over a twenty year age span. The youngest player, Meghan Agosta, just turned 19 this month and veteran Danielle Goyette 40, has already won a silver and gold Olympic medal. They outscored the opposition 46-2 and outshot them 222-55.
It took a lot of commitment and dedication. In May they met in Prince Edward Island for a training camp and then in August they met in Calgary to train together for the next 7 months. They even went as far as to take on Midget AAA boys teams to try and raise the level of their game. But it paid off.
*Apologies for being so far behind on Olypmic Updates, we were out of town on vacation (more to come on that after the Olympics)
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Hooray for Canada!
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