Twenty years: that's how long it had been since the US women's ice hockey team won gold when they headed for the Olympics in 2018. In the final that year, the team would meet its bitter rivals: Canada, who'd won an unprecedented four gold medals and handed the US the silver in three of those games. The final was electrifying, ending in a nail-biting shootout with the US securing the gold for the first time since 1998. It gave the players the momentum they needed to begin pushing for higher pay in their professional league.
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