Word: granato
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...great as Mleczko is, however, she is not a star for Team U.S.A. Led by veterans such as forwards Cammi Granato and Karyn Bye and defenseman Chris Bailey, the national team has loads of international experience. And the Americans will be looking for a big victory after the heartbreaking shootout loss to Shewchuk, Botterill, and company in the Three Nations...
...machinery in the world couldn't erase the piercing human moments: Harada, with his back against the temporary wall of a cafeteria, after his failure to win gold in the normal hill jump, a copy of the results sheet in a glove that said JAPAN; or Cammi Granato, the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team, after a black-lacquer disk with gold dust was hung around her neck, simply holding her face in her hands, overwhelmed...
...license. Or Lisa Brown-Miller, 31, married back in 1995 but so busy training and touring that she hasn't had time for a honeymoon. Or Katie King, 22, and Karyn Bye, 26, the team's leading goal scorers. Or you could be named Cammi (short for Catherine) Granato and be captain of the first U.S. Olympic women's hockey team ever. At 7:39 of the first period of their first game (against China), Granato, with assists from Jenny Schmidgall and Gretchen Ulion, scored the first ever U.S. women's Olympic goal. "It was nice to get a chance...
...team's first two matches, though, were a little harried. The morning of the opening game, "the butterflies were going," Granato says. "Finally, we were starting." The U.S. followed up its 5-0 win over China with a 7-1 win over Sweden, and both games were tougher than the scores would indicate. Both China and Sweden tend to play back in their own zone and do a lot of clutching and grabbing, almost like an outclassed prizefighter hoping to go the distance with the champion. As a result, the transitions and fast feet that are so typical...
Second Period Wis--Granato (Anderson) 3:27. Har--Storey (Millar, S. Moore) 6:29. Har--Higdon (Storey) 8:46. Wis--Reinprecht (Rothering) 17:33. Har--Chodorow (Higdon, Morrell...