{"id":66407,"date":"2026-02-20T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kelly-pannek-describes-u-s-womens-hockey-teams-incredible-ride-to-olympic-gold\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:23:06","slug":"kelly-pannek-describes-u-s-womens-hockey-teams-incredible-ride-to-olympic-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kelly-pannek-describes-u-s-womens-hockey-teams-incredible-ride-to-olympic-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Pannek describes U.S. women&#8217;s hockey team&#8217;s &#8220;incredible ride&#8221; to Olympic gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Team USA&#8217;s Kelly Pannek is savoring what she called an &#8220;incredible ride&#8221; after the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-milan-cortina-winter-olympics-womens-hockey-gold-medal-us-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. women&#8217;s hockey team claimed Olympic gold<\/a><\/span> Thursday night, edging out rival Canada 2-1 in a stunning overtime showdown at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its been crazy. I don&#8217;t even know how long it&#8217;s been since we won but it&#8217;s just been so fun to celebrate with this team,&#8221; the veteran forward told CBS News 24\/7 on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks the Americans&#8217; third Olympic title \u2014 their first since their <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/winter-olympics-2018-02-018-watch-live-results-figure-skating-short-maia-alex-shibutani-women-hockey-semi-final-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2018 win in South Korea<\/a><\/span>. Trailing 1-0 entering the third period, the U.S. rallied to force overtime, where Megan Keller scored the game-winning goal.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were on the edge of their seats, but Pannek said Team USA had faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that was something with this team that we always \u2013 just always \u2013 had that incredible belief even \u2026 in the winding down time of the third period, we knew it was just a matter of time before someone got that first one. And then going into overtime, we felt really good about where our team was at and just kind of kept trusting what we were doing,&#8221; Pannek said.<\/p>\n<p>After the hard-fought triumph, the team posed for photos on the ice before carrying the celebration on in the locker room and then the Winter House, where family and friends greeted them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/e97f3eb1-b2f7-49f7-94cb-c4d3ae578e41\/thumbnail\/620x349\/34ae5a67bafd4bfc2717b079c0b89cb2\/screenshot-2026-02-20-at-12-08-46-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-02-20-at-12-08-46-pm.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/e97f3eb1-b2f7-49f7-94cb-c4d3ae578e41\/thumbnail\/620x349\/34ae5a67bafd4bfc2717b079c0b89cb2\/screenshot-2026-02-20-at-12-08-46-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">U.S. women&#8217;s hockey veteran Kelly Pannek holds up Olympic gold medal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News 24\/7<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really special just to be able to, you know \u2026\u00a0 it&#8217;s the team but it&#8217;s also the team behind the team \u2013 with your friends and family. And we&#8217;ve had great support here from them this entire tournament, so again, to celebrate with them is really special,&#8221; Pannek added.<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s hockey has seen explosive growth in the U.S. in recent years, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usahockey.com\/girlshockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Hockey reporting<\/a> that girls&#8217; participation nationwide has climbed 65% over the past 15 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Pannek, who said she grew up playing in boys hockey leagues until high school, said it&#8217;s inspiring to see so many young girls now able to play the sport on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/boston-team-usa-winter-olympics-ice-hockey-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">all-girls teams<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is really cool now to see girls being able to play girls&#8217; hockey growing up and not only that, but they have something to aspire to be,&#8221; she 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