2018 Olympics: U.S. Women's Hockey Team Looks For Gold

MADISON, WI — The U.S. Women's Hockey Team begins their quest for Olympic gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

After winning the gold medal in 1998, U.S. Women's Hockey Team has lost the gold medal game to Canada in 2002, 2010 and 2014. The U.S. women earned a bronze medal in 2006.

Madison's Amanda Kessel was on that U.S. Women's team 2014 in Sochi. She suffered a serious concussion in 2014, and steadily worked her way back to the ice later in 2015 as a member of the University of Minnesota's Women's Hockey Team.

Described as a creative forward who's good with the puck, Kessel won the NCAA Division I title and also the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award at Minnesota in 2012-13. She's a three-time Team USA World Championship player, who won two gold medals and one silver.

“She has a championship mentality,” added team captain Meghan Duggan in a Team USA report. “She’s committed to winning and being the best she can be, so to have her back on our team, it’s unbelievable.

USA vs. Finland
Sun. Feb. 11, 1:40 a.m.
Women Preliminary Round - Group A

USA vs. Russia
Tues. Feb. 13, 6:10 a.m.
Women Preliminary Round - Group A

USA vs. Canada
Thu. Feb. 15, 9:10 p.m.
Women Preliminary Round - Group A

Games will be televised by NBC (or ... NBC will not televise the event on its broadcast stations but you can see it live over the web.) Here’s where to find the full schedule.

We’ll post the results here as soon as they become available.

Here’s where to find the daily Olympics schedule of when athletes in Wisconsin compete, and here’s where to find results.

United States Olympic Winter Games Amanda Kessel, ice hockey, poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)