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Tonight at 11:10 p.m. ET, @HC_Women play against @usahockey for the gold medal🥇at #BEIJING2022

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Canada has played in every Olympic gold medal final since women’s hockey was added at the 1998 Nagano Games, writes @RBradyGlobe. A small handful of well-recognized veterans on this team have played in several finals – four in @pou29 's case.

But 10 of the Canadian women are competing in their first Olympic gold medal final. Many of them dreaming of this game for a long time, and taking in every chapter of the Canada-U.S. rivalry along the way.
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@emmamaltais17 remembers watching the 2014 Sochi Olympics gold medal game. She screamed when @pou29 scored the game-tying goal and the overtime winner as well to complete the dramatic come-from-behind win. 🥇

“I just remember thinking like, wow, I would give anything to be there and to be a part of that,” @emmamaltais17 told @RBradyGlobe .

Tonight, Maltais is a fourth-liner for @HockeyCanada , writes @RBradyGlobe. She grins when reminded that @pou29 was a fourth-line forward for Canada at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics when she scored twice in the 2-0 win over the U.S. for gold.
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On 🎙The Decibel podcast, @RBradyGlobe chats with @menakarw from Beijing about the storied rivalry between Canada and the U.S. ahead of the final, and why there are still so few opportunities outside of the Olympics for these elite athletes. tgam.ca/3gWruUY