U.S. women's hockey routs Italy, advances to Olympic semifinal

Laila Edwards ices her place in U.S. Olympic history

Laila Edwards made history last Thursday when she became the first Black woman to play for the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team. A native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio — the hometown of Jason and Travis Kelce — Edwards began playing hockey there with her brother Bobby and sister Shayla. Their younger brother, Colson, would later take up the sport as well. “To have the opportunity to be an Olympian is crazy just to even say out loud,” Edwards said a…

Italian players proud of magical Olympic run: 'We knew we were going to shock the hockey world'

While the Italian women's hockey team was eliminated in the quarterfinal round, they will leave the tournament feeling golden.

U.S. women's hockey routs Italy, advances to Olympic semifinal

The U.S. women's hockey team is headed to the semifinals.

U.S. routs Italy to advance to women's hockey semifinals

MILAN (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice, and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women’s hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games on Friday night. Megan Keller, Laila Edwards, Hannah Bilka, and Britta Curl-Salemme also scored in an outing during which the U.S. had five […] The post U.S. routs Italy to advance to women’s hockey semifinals appeared first on Sports Gossi…