page_title: List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for the United States
section_title: Skaters
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for the United States / Skaters
caption_attribution_description: United States forward Kerry Weiland in a game against the ECAC All-Stars on January 3, 2010.
context_page_description: Women's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1998. The United States women's national ice hockey team has participated in every tournament since then. Ten goaltenders and sixty-seven skaters have played for the United States.
  Men's ice hockey had been introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; however, by 1997, the American team had improved and was evenly matched with Canada. In thirteen games played between the two teams in 1997, Canada won seven and the United States six. Canada and the United States dominated the preliminary round of the 1998 tournament, and in their head-to-head match up during the final round-robin game, the United States won 7–4. The two teams met again in the gold medal game, which the United States won 3–1.
caption: Kerry Weiland made her Olympic debut in Vancouver and won a silver medal.
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