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5 unusual facts about United States women's national ice hockey team


Jackie Friesen

After playing professionally in Switzerland and the Czech Republic the Badgers hired Friesen as a temporary assistant coach in 2009 after the coaching staff was re-shuffled while Mark Johnson took a leave of absence in order to coach the United States women's national ice hockey team during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Maria Rooth

Alongside goaltender Kim Martin, she was instrumental in Sweden's upset against United States in the semi-final game.

Shannon Szabados

She was a member of the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team which won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and earned two shutouts, including the final game against the United States women's national ice hockey team.

Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin

In 1990 Cardinale was appointed the first ever captain for the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Tracey DeKeyser

During the 2009-2010 season she was temporarily given the head coaching position while Mark Johnson took a leave of absence in order to coach the United States women's national ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics.


1963 World Ice Hockey Championships

A heavy defeat by Sweden prompted President John F. Kennedy to complain about their performance in a telephone call to David Hackett.

2001–02 Canada men's national ice hockey team

It was the first Olympic gold medal for Canada in men’s ice hockey since the Edmonton Mercurys won gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

2004 Women's Baseball World Cup

Competing teams were Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Japan, USA.

2011–12 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey season

Also, sophomore forward Chris Kreider was selected to the United States national team that competed at the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia.

2012 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification

There will be a qualification held to determine the three qualifiers from the Caribbean and two from Central America who will join Canada, Mexico and the United States at the final tournament.

2012–13 KHL season

The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.

Ann-Sophie Bettez

In March 2011, she was invited to the Canada women's national ice hockey team selection camp to determine the final roster for the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Anna Vanhatalo

Anna Vanhatalo (born February 29, 1984) is a hockey and ringette player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team and for Finland women's national ringette team.

Argentina men's national ice hockey team

The Argentina men's national ice hockey team played its first game in February 2012 against Mexico in an exhibition game being held in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.

Bavaria women's national ice hockey team

The Bavaria women's national ice hockey team played its first game in 2009 against Spain during the 16th International Women Tournament being held in Cergy, France.

Canada women's national ice hockey team

Nick Cerrone, 1990
Rick Polutnick, 1992
Les Lawton, 1994
Shannon Miller, 1997–1998
Danièle Sauvageau, 1999
Melody Davidson, 2000
Danièle Sauvageau, 2001–2002
Karen Hughes, 2004
Melody Davidson, 2005–2007
Peter Smith, 2008
Melody Davidson, 2010
Matt Perisa, 2011
Ryan Walter, 2012
Dan Church, 2012–2013

Carolina–Duke rivalry

UNC was led by future Team USA legends Kristine Lilly and Mia Hamm.

Claudio Reyna

Reyna married Danielle Egan, then a member of the United States women's national soccer team, in July 1997, one week after attending the FIFA All-Star Game in Hong Kong and two weeks after the U.S. team's World Cup qualifier at El Salvador.

Congressional Country Club

The course has hosted two USGA amateur golf tournaments: the U.S. Junior Amateur of 1949, won by Gay Brewer, and the U.S. Women's Amateur of 1959, won by Barbara McIntire.

Corner kick

Megan Rapinoe of the United States Women's National Soccer Team scored an Olympic goal direct from a corner kick in the semifinal match between the United States and Canada in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Geri Donnelly

She scored both goals in a 2–1 win over the United States on 9 July 1986 at the National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota.

Get Shaky

It then went on to be a top ten hit in Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the goal song of world champions Czech Republic at the 2010 Ice Hockey World Championships in Germany.

Heather Aldama

Heather Marie Aldama (born 1 December 1978, in Redlands, California) is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Ice Hockey European Championship 1910

The tournament was played between January 10, and January 12, 1910, in Les Avants, near Montreux, Switzerland, and it was won by Great Britain.

Jan Hrbatý

Jan Hrbatý (born January 20, 1942 in Stražisko, Bohemia and Moravia, German-occupied Czechoslovakia) is an ice hockey player who played for the Czechoslovak national team.

John Johannson

He played for the United States at the 1981 World Junior Championships.

Katherine Washington

Katherine Washington is a former American women's basketball player, who played on the first two U.S. women's national teams, earning world championships in 1953 and 1957.

Kathy Flores

In 1991 the USA Rugby sanctioned Women's National Team would compile a 7-1 record at the first Women's Rugby World Cup championship with Flores on the pitch as a No. 8.

Kathy Flores is a former rugby union player from the United States and was the Head Coach of the U.S. Women's National Team until Jan. 2011 and currently Head Coach of the Brown Women's Rugby Team.

KIF Örebro DFF

Among the club's stars in 2004 were USA internationals Kristine Lilly, Christie Welsh, and Kate Markgraf; they were coached by Pia Sundhage.

Macau women's national ice hockey team

The Macau women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team in Macau.

Monica Walker

In adult competitions, she placed 4th at the U.S. National Championships in 2012 and again in 2013.

Monique Lamoureux-Kolls

She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics as was her twin sister Jocelyne, where they captured a silver medal with Team USA.

Nancy Tasman Brower

After playing on the U.S. women's national lacrosse team, Karin Brower Corbett coached at Rutgers University, Villanova University, William & Mary College, and Drew University.

Patty Cardenas

She played for Bell Gardens High School, Golden West College, University of Southern California, and the United States national water polo team.

Richard Moon

Moon received his first and only callup to represent Australia in 2001 where he joined the national senior team to compete in the 2001 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Majadahonda, Spain.

Ross Howell

Howell was first called up to represent Australia in 2001 where he joined the national senior team to compete in the 2001 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Majadahonda, Spain.

Ryan Phelan

Alongside Sports Tonight, Phelan reported for Network Ten on various other sports events including Clipsal 500, the 2003 US Women's Open, the final Melbourne Cup covered by Ten in 2001 and the 2005 City to Surf.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon men's national ice hockey team

Saint Pierre and Miquelon played its first game in 2008 against France in Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Saudia Roundtree

She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1995 Jones Cup Team that won the Bronze in Taipei.

Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The date of the final was pushed forward from 28 February after the recent success of the Slovak men's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Softball at the 2011 Pan American Games

On October 23, the United States defeated Canada to win its seventh straight gold medal.

The United States are the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Spain men's national ice hockey team

Spain won their first international game against Belgium in the Challenge de Haute–Garonne tournament held in Bagnères-de-Luchon, France.

T. J. Brodie

He averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game and earned an invitation to join Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.

The Merit Club

The Merit Club hosted the United States Women's Open in 2000, won by Karrie Webb.

Trail Smoke Eaters

The senior team also won two Ice Hockey World Championships playing for Canada in 1939 and 1961; they were the last independent ice hockey club to represent Canada in international competition before the Canada men's national ice hockey team was established in 1963.

University Hall Turf Field

The Turf Field features a blue surface similar to the one used at the Riverbank Arena in London and was used by the United States women's national field hockey team prior to the 2012 Olympics for this reason.

Vicki Goetze

In 1989 she was still only 16 years old when she defeated Brandie Burton to become the third youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Women's Amateur at the Pinehurst Country Club, in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Vyacheslav Bykov

On 10 August 2006, Bykov was named as the new head coach of the Russian national hockey team taking over from Vladimir Krikunov.

Women's Baseball World Cup

In the five times it has been held, the tournament has been won twice by United States and most recently three times by Japan in 2008, 2010 and 2012.


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