The United States and Canada will face off for Olympic gold for a seventh time since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Games in a border rivalry that never gets old.

Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women’s hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games.

Many Minnesota-based athletes at the Winter Olympics this week have more on their minds than sports.

Hilary Knight is set to make her fifth Olympic appearance, and this time lead a younger, faster U.S. women’s national team favored to win gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month.

Brianna Decker, a former U.S. national team forward, has transitioned from playing to coaching after a career-ending injury at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.

The United States downed defending champion Canada 2-1 at the women’s hockey world championship in a matchup of the game’s global powers.

The United States is bringing a mix of familiar faces and youth to the women’s world hockey championship tournament in the Czech Republic next month.