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Beijing Olympics women's hockey preview: Canada, U.S. set to battle for gold again

If there is one date that needs to be circled on the Olympic calendar, it's Wednesday, Feb. 16.

That's when the United States and Canada will — barring a massive upset somewhere along the way — meet in the women's hockey final for the seventh-straight Winter Olympics, adding another high-drama chapter to one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

The United States enter the tournament as the defending champions for the first time in two decades. The Americans' shootout victory in the final four years ago in PyeongChang ended a streak of four straight Olympic triumphs for Hockey Canada, and marked the nation's first gold medal at the event since the inaugural competition in 1998 in Nagano.