After the 2018 Winter Olympics, Shannon Szabados wasn't quite sure what her next move would be. At 31, should she hang up her skates? Give it another go in professional men's hockey? Or perhaps venture into professional women's hockey, which had been growing over the past few years?
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The Winter Olympics technically began yesterday, on February 7 with training runs for ski jumping, luge, and biathlon. Today, more training sessions follow, and round robin sessions begin for mixed doubles curling (a two-person curling event with one man and one woman per team, which is making its Olympic debut
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As expected, the U.S. Women's National Team swept the two-game exhibition series against Team NWHL. Though the Olympic team won both games, the talented NWHL squad put up a good fight -- and managed to score twice.
The first game of the exhibition series
This is Part 2 of an informal series we are doing this summer about officials in women's ice hockey. Part 1, on how the pro leagues are expanding opportunities for officials, is here.
