1998 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team

The 1998 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team won gold at the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998, posting an undefeated 6-0-0-0 record and outscoring opponents 33-7. Entering the Games as a significant underdog, the U.S. defeated the Canadians for the second time in the tournament in the gold-medal game, 3-1, winning its first-ever Olympic gold medal awarded in women’s Ice Hockey. Cammi Granato, a 2008 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee, Karyn Bye, Katie King, and Gretchen Ulion, co-led the U.S. with eight points each, while netminders Sarah Tueting and Sara DeCosta split time in goal, each winning three games. For its efforts, the team was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009. This team captured the imaginations of American fans with their performance and fueled the imaginations for young girls, growing the game of girls’ and women’s