The United States women's national ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. The United States has been one of the most dominant women's hockey teams in international play, having won gold or silver in every major tournament with the exception of the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they captured bronze. The U.S. had 75,832 female players in 2018, 13.6% of the 555,935 total.
In 1998, the Women's Olympic Hockey Team was named the USOC Team of the Year. In 2015, the Women's National Ice Hockey Team was named the USOC Team of the Month, in April. In 2018, the Women's Olympic Hockey Team won the gold medal in a 3-2 shootout, ending their 20-year drought.
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History
Since the beginning of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship in 1990, Team USA has participated. USA Hockey started to improve their women's hockey program once the conversation over adding women's ice hockey into the Olympics started at an IOC executive board meeting in July 1992. In 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano women's ice hockey was included for the first time in the history of Olympics. USA Hockey wanted a team that could beat the Canadians since the stakes were very high for the 1998 Games, so they hired Ben Smith, who led the 1998 U.S. Olympic women's hockey as the head coach. The U.S. women's ice hockey team won gold in the 1998 Games, winning 3-1 against Team Canada. It became the first country to win gold in the women's ice hockey competition in Olympic history. This was also the first gold in the history of the U.S women's ice hockey team. This success inspired future generations of girls and women hockey players, including Meghan Duggan, a Team USA and Olympic athlete, who watched and celebrated the win as a 10-year-old girl.
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Facilities
The team's training and development program was located in Blaine, Minnesota, at the Schwan Super Rink, the largest ice facility in the world for the 2010 Winter Olympics. For the 2014 Winter Olympics, the team's training was located in the Greater Boston region at The Edge Sports Center in Bedford, Massachusetts and for off-ice fitness at the Mike Boyle Strength & Conditioning Center in Woburn, Massachusetts.
2017 IIHF Women's World Championship
On 15 March 2017, players for the US women's ice hockey team announced that they would boycott the World Championship over inequitable support and conditions for women's hockey unless concessions were made by USA Hockey. Members of the team including captain Meghan Duggan made public statements regarding poor pay and conditions for female hockey players. The players were publicly supported by the players' associations for the NBA, WNBA, MLB and the NHL. On 28 March 2017, the players agreed to play in the World Championship after an agreement was struck with USA Hockey to increase player pay and support for women's development.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
- 1998 - Won gold medal
- 2002 - Won silver medal
- 2006 - Won bronze medal
- 2010 - Won silver medal
- 2014 - Won silver medal
- 2018 - Won gold medal
World Championship
- 1990 - Won silver medal
- 1992 - Won silver medal
- 1994 - Won silver medal
- 1997 - Won silver medal
- 1999 - Won silver medal
- 2000 - Won silver medal
- 2001 - Won silver medal
- 2004 - Won silver medal
- 2005 - Won gold medal
- 2007 - Won silver medal
- 2008 - Won gold medal
- 2009 - Won gold medal
- 2011 - Won gold medal
- 2012 - Won silver medal
- 2013 - Won gold medal
- 2015 - Won gold medal
- 2016 - Won gold medal
- 2017 - Won gold medal
3/4 Nations Cup
- Note: The event was the 3 Nations Cup from 1996 to 1999, and 2001. It was the 4 Nations Cup in 2000, and from 2002 to present.
- 1996 - Won silver medal
- 1997 - Won gold medal
- 1998 - Won silver medal
- 1999 - Won silver medal
- 2000 - Won silver medal
- 2002 - Won silver medal
- 2003 - Won gold medal
- 2004 - Won silver medal
- 2005 - Won silver medal
- 2006 - Won silver medal
- 2007 - Won silver medal
- 2008 - Won gold medal
- 2009 - Won silver medal
- 2010 - Won silver medal
- 2011 - Won gold medal
- 2012 - Won gold medal
- 2013 - Won bronze medal
- 2014 - Won silver medal
- 2015 - Won gold medal
- 2016 - Won gold medal
- 2017 - Won gold medal
Pacific Rim Championship
- 1995 - Won silver medal
- 1996 - Won silver medal
Other tournaments
- 2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament - Won gold medal
Team
Current roster
The following is the United States roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Head coach: Robb Stauber Associate coaches: Brett Strot, Paul Mara
Coaching staff
- General Manager: Reagan Carey
- Head Coach: Robb Stauber
- Associate Head Coach: Brett Strot
- Assistant Coach: Paul Mara
- Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jim Radcliffe
- Mental Skills Coach: Colleen Hacker
- Head Scout: Matt Kelly
- Team Physician: Ally Howe
- Athletic Trainer: Sheri Walters
- Massage Therapist: Jennifer Chee
- Sports Dietician: Carrie Aprik
- Equipment Manager: Brent Proulx
- Video Coordinator: Nick Laurila
- Communications Manager: Andrea Mazzarelli
Former rosters
- List of United States national women's ice hockey team rosters
- Olympic Team Captains
- 1998 Winter Olympics Cammi Granato
- 2002 Winter Olympics Cammi Granato
- 2006 Winter Olympics Krissy Wendell
- 2010 Winter Olympics Natalie Darwitz
- 2014 Winter Olympics Meghan Duggan
- 2018 Winter Olympics Meghan Duggan
- US Women's National Team Captains
- 1989 - 1996 Cindy Curley
- 1998 - 2005 Cammi Granato
- 2005 - 2006 Krissy Wendell
- 2007 - 2010 Natalie Darwitz
- 2011 - 2013 Julie Chu
- 2014 - present Meghan Duggan
See also
- 2009-10 United States women's national ice hockey team
- 2010-11 United States women's national ice hockey team
References
External links
- Official website
- IIHF profile
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