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When Harvard junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill and senior winger Tammy Shewchuk strode into Minnesota's Mariucci Arena for the NCAA Frozen Four only two weeks ago, they came up short of a national title. But last night at the same venue, they rose to the top of the world...
In the gold medal game of the Women's Hockey World Championships between the United States and Canadian National Teams last night, Shewchuk scored a second-period goal to give the Canadians the lead for good, and Botterill netted the eventual game-winner with 3:15 left to give Canada...
Botterill-who scored eight times in five games to lead all scorers in the tournament-was named the Most Outstanding Forward and the Most Valuable Player of the Championship.
"I believe there are things coaches can't teach," said Canadian Coach Daniele Sauvageau. "By putting our players in different situations, in college, in club hockey, it only makes them better. They play for different coaches. Jennifer Botterill has only become a better player in college."
"[Decentralization] is just a different approach," Botterill said. "Our team is feeling great, so we don't feel like we've lost anything by playing for club and college teams. But next year, in preparing for the Olympics, we will be a centralized program,"