The United States has won its third Olympic gold medal in women's hockey.

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.

Hayley Scamurra scored twice, and the United States opened the Milan Cortina Games women’s hockey tournament with a 5-1 win over Czechia.

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.

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.

Professional Women’s Hockey League fans in Detroit set a new U.S. attendance record on Saturday.

One of the feel-good stories of the last Winter Olympics was the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team winning gold over rival Canada.

Here is a list of athletes with ties to the state of Michigan who are competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

There will be over 2,000 athletes gearing up with the hopes of traveling and competing in Beijing for the winter games, including some Metro Detroiters who have already qualified.

Two Michiganders will be competing as Olympians on the U.S. women’s ice hockey team in Beijing this year.