#taylor-heise

#taylor-heise

Lacey Eden became the first player in NCAA women's hockey history to win four national championships after co-captaining the Wisconsin Badgers to another title in 2026.

Brad is a great coach and an even better person, which is why today is extremely difficult. This decision was made after a review of the program on and off the ice. We expect to contend at the highest level in every aspect of women's college hockey, and right now we are not doing that.

That was my first space where I was like, 'Woah, I can be this. It's not that big of a deal,' she tells Queerty. 'Then it just evolved from there.' As a freshman at the University of Maine, Jackson publicly came out, marking a pivotal moment where hockey became intertwined with their identity as an out queer, non-binary person.

They're the only reason I'm here. They've done everything for me. They've watched the kids every step of the way, and they've encouraged me and supported me. I've had so many nannies throughout the years that have allowed us to get here. It's been incredible.

It was just really surprising, I guess, because I felt like, How could that be?' she said in an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Speedskating trials ahead of the Milan Cortina Games. When you think about how many Winter Olympics we've had, I just thought it was really strange. I hope people can see my story and the stories of other Black women in winter sports and then, hopefully, we'll have more coming up soon.

When you have guys like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Sidney Crosby, and Cale Makar all combining on a line of their own it is hard to imagine having anything better, and with a lot of fans already talking about this Canadian team being the best of all time, it is almost impossible to believe it could get any better, but it can.

When Jason Robertson said that he'll let his play do the talking, he was serious.

On Sunday evening, she performed like an athlete insistent on leaving no room for doubt. Kok leveraged two years of total sprint dominance into the first Olympic gold medal of her career. She blew away the field in the women's 500m in an Olympic-record time of 36.49sec with the kind of controlled, furious circuit that has made her a three-time world champion at the distance at 25 years old.

USA hockey beat Germany 5-1 on Sunday to clinch the top spot in Group C in the 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey tournament. As they did not beat Germany by 10 or more goals, the U.S. finishes second overall in the tournament standings, trailing Canada for the top seed. Auston Matthews scored twice, and Zach Werenski, Brock Faber and Tage Thompson also scored for the Americans. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced.

I thought it was sort of a distasteful joke and unfortunately that is overshadowing a lot of the success, the success of just women at the Olympics carrying for Team USA and having amazing gold-medal feats. We're just focusing on celebrating the women in our room, the extraordinary efforts, and continue to celebrate three gold medals in program history as well as the double gold for both men's and women's at the same time.

"I feel heartbroken about what's happen[ing] in the United States," Chris Lillis said. "I think that as a country we need to focus on respecting everybody's rights and making sure that we're treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect." "It's definitely a tough time in our country right now," commented Svea Irving. "I just continue to represent my values, compassion and love and respect for others."

There were good times and not-so-good times, but I think once I was progressing at a constant rate, that's when I felt more confident in my chances of making the team,

They had never been held scoreless before in the Olympics, and the 5-0 final score was the biggest deficit a Canadian Olympic team has ever had against the USA men's or women's. With the win, Team USA clinched an undefeated run through group play and now has all the momentum as the No. 1 seed heading into the quarterfinals, where it will face host country Italy.

"I think that one of the unique things about Willy is he can play with good players and highly-skilled players, and we did talk about that, even dating back to pre when I was here. His ability to play with some of the most talented [players], whether it was Nick Backstrom, so we just had some good conversations about him being able to play that [role]."