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...rivalry infused by almost familial connections among the players: they know one another like sisters and fight like brothers. Canadians cross the border to play for NCAA schools; Americans go north to get experience with club teams. Four-time All-American Angela Ruggiero and Canadian forward Jennifer Botterill were teenage opponents at the Nagano Olympics and later roomed together as Harvard teammates. "You know every little thing," says U.S.A.'s Kelly Stephens of Seattle, Washington. The father of Canada defenseman Delaney Collins was principal of the high school Stephens attended in British Columbia. "You get to know the players...
...game exhibition series preceding the Nagano Olympics seeded the hostilities. In one game, Granato and Wickenheiser engaged in a high-sticking duel. Then Wickenheiser and Ruggiero squared off to fight. By the time the teams reached Nagano, tension had reached Mount Fuji heights. In an otherwise meaningless first-round game, a flurry of illegal body checks-open-ice hitting is not allowed in the women's game-resulted in 48 penalty minutes. U.S.A. rallied from 1-4 in the third period for a 7-4 victory, setting the stage for its gold-medal upset...
...then. Starting Feb. 11, she will be competing with the U.S. women’s hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Cahow will be playing alongside past and present Harvard hockey stars Jamie P. Hagerman ’03, 1998 gold medalist Angela M. Ruggiero ’02-’04, and former Crimson hockey team co-captain Julie W. Chu ’06 .But Harvard doesn’t just churn out American competitors. Past Crimson puckmesiters Sarah M. Vaillancourt ’08 and 2002 gold medalist Jennifer L. Botterill...
...last year’s ECAC Rookie of the Year Sarah Vaillancourt on the team. The United States, meanwhile, and its head coach Ben Smith, added four past and current Crimson skaters to its 20-man roster. Chief among them is Angela Ruggiero ’02-’04, to women’s hockey what Spielberg is to Hollywood—a spokesperson, a leader, and an expert practitioner. Standout Julie Chu is back for her second Olympic tournament and solid blue-liner Jamie Hagerman ’03 also made the cut. The most surprising inclusion...
...months after Harvard had dropped its first NCAA national championship game in heartbreaking fashion.Even then there was talk of the coming Olympic year—if the Crimson was going to win a national championship, it would have to be in the next two years since by then Angela Ruggiero ’02-’04 and Nicole Corriero ’05 would have graduated, and Julie Chu, now a senior, would probably be taking the year off for her second Olympics with the U.S. National Team. Now that time has come, and another big gun, sophomore...