BEIJING — Kendall Coyne Schofield became emotional after the United States women’s hockey team lost the 2022 Winter Olympics gold medal game to Canada. The defeat, however, was not why tears were suddenly welling up in the American captain's eyes.
“I know there’s a lot of young girls watching back home. I hope,” Coyne Schofield said, her voice cracking.
She continued: “Women’s hockey cannot be silent after these two weeks. They need to be able to see themselves in us. And it can’t be silent. It can’t just not be visible because it’s not the Olympic Games.