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NHL needs to make 'substantial offer' to unite women's pro hockey
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation are set to meet at the request of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. But if Bettman truly wants to bring the two sides together, he'll need to make a "substantial offer."
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The 3 certainties in life: Death, taxes, and a golden goal from Marie-Philip Poulin
Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals, including the game winner, to lead Canada to the Olympic gold medal. If that sounds familiar, it's because she's now done it three times. As Kirsten Whelan writes, Poulin has made a career of stepping up in the biggest moments, and capping off the Canadians' undefeated tournament in Beijing was no different.
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Canada, U.S. took very different paths to Olympic women's hockey gold-medal final
After four long years, Canada's women's hockey team will seek to reclaim the Olympic title from the arch-rival Americans. The Canadians enter the gold-medal game as the favourite, but as Kirsten Whelan writes, don't be surprised if the teams need more than 60 minutes to settle things.
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Canadian women's blue-liners have opponents seeing red at Beijing 2022
It's a common adage that the best defence is a good offence. Canada's women's hockey team appears to have taken that to heart, beating Switzerland 10-3 to advance to the gold-medal game, with three of their five first-period goals scored by defenders.
'Generational talent' Sarah Fillier exceeding lofty pre-Games expectations in Beijing
Those who know Sarah Fillier expected her to turn some heads at the Olympics. But as the women's hockey tournament progresses, the 21-year-old is finding ways to surprise even them.
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Olympic hockey teams don't see Canada's Brianne Jenner until it's too late
Leave it to Brianne Jenner to fly under the radar while leading the Olympic women's hockey tournament in goal scoring. The 5-foot-9 winger tallied her second hat trick of the week in Canada's 11-0 quarter-final win over Sweden, bringing her total to eight goals in five games.
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Lean on me: Canadian women's hockey team relies on star power to withstand American onslaught
While Canada's depth may have been on display earlier in Olympic tournament, the team needed their stars to step up and take control to defeat the rival U.S. team on Tuesday in Beijing.
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Delays, masks, and lineup changes: Adaptability a key theme for Canadian women's hockey team
If a strange scenario relating to "safety and security concerns" threw off the Canadian women's hockey team, they certainly didn't show it. Sarah Nurse and Sarah Fillier tallied goals 20 seconds apart in just the third minute of action to jumpstart Canada to a 6-1 win, maintaining a perfect 3-0 record.
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Sarah Fillier's offensive blitz continues to lift Canadian women's hockey team in Beijing
If you turned on Canada's women's hockey games a couple minutes late, you'll have already missed half of Sarah Fillier's Olympic goals. For the second match in a row, the 21-year-old centre scored barely 60 seconds after the puck dropped as Canada rolled over Finland, 11-1.
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Canadian women's hockey team relies on depth rather than Poulin heroics in rout of Swiss
Twelve different players got on the board for Canada, including six Olympic rookies, in a 12-1 preliminary round victory over Switzerland at the Beijing Games on Wednesday.