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...Americans have been able to succeed despite a mixture of ages that ranges from defenseman Lyndsay Wall, age 16, to Cammi Granato, age 30. Several players, including Mleczko, are now married...
...Canada owed much of its victory to outstanding goaltender Kim St. Pierre of McGill University, who stopped 33 of 35 U.S. shots, including a clean breakaway from U.S. captain Cammi Granato in the first period...
...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...
...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...