Could America’s Crucial Trial Trigger an Unexpected Setback?

If nothing else, the Women’s hockey team for America has been consistent with their goal scoring through three games. They have played against Czechia, Finland, and Switzerland. All three games they scored five goals. They have only allowed one goal on defense. This team is build to be an offensive juggernaut, and to find ways to crush any potential rally from their foe. I’m not going to sit here and tell you the competition they’ve faced has been fantastic, but these are still Olympic teams that have a decent amount of talent on their side. What I’ve noticed about Team USA is that they seem to get off to a slow start. They’ve only scored one goal in each of the three first periods of the Olympic Games. The second period tends to be where they show their offensive prowess. Yesterday, however, it came in the third as the team finally broke Switzerland’s goalie (who is considered one of the best in the world). Today will be the biggest challenge, though, facing the team that many consider the only real threat to the USA’s gold medal hopes.