The Big Wroblewski: USA Women’s Hockey coach returns home to Hermosa from the 2026 Winter Olympics with a medal more precious than gold

by Laura GarberTwo minutes were all that was left. The U.S. women's hockey team was still down 1-0 to archrival Canada, and it looked like that was how it was going to end, so stifling was the defense. But then Hilary Knight — 36 years old, playing on a torn MCL she'd told nobody about, in what she had already announced would be her final Olympics — tipped a shot from Laila Edwards past the Canadian goalie to tie the game, sending the Santagiulia Arena into bedlam.Then came one of th