Will the Olympic women's hockey tournament end with another Team USA vs. Canada showdown? There have been seven gold medal games since women's hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Olympics-- and six of them have featured the Americans against the Canadians.

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Dr. Boyd is the physician for Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. He's reprising a role he had at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where he cared for the first NHL players to participate in the Winter Games including rugged forward Keith Tkachuk, the father of the Ottawa Senators captain and Florida Panthers forward.

Ilia Malinin’s backflip has been openly embraced, but it was received differently decades ago when Surya Bonaly performed the move at the 1998 Games.

Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic legends

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