"Like the 10 world championship gold medals, most by a hockey player of either gender; the soon-to-be five Olympic appearances, most by any American hockey player; the scoring titles and MVP awards. But the real legacy she'll leave will have little to do with any of that. In 2019, while at the height of her career, Knight risked everything when she joined more than 200 other players in boycotting the existing women's hockey leagues to form the Professional Women's Hockey Players Assn."
"If Hilary Knight is the GOAT of women's ice hockey, then Caroline Harvey is the kid. That isn't just a reference to her age, 23, which makes her the seventh-youngest player on the U.S. Olympic team. The term is also used for baby goats. And with Knight, the oldest player on the U.S. team, expected to retire from Olympic competition after the Milan Cortina Games, that makes Harvey the GOAT in waiting."
""Hilary is a great role model," Harvey said. "She did blaze that trail. It's been exciting to see what she did, the legacy she left.""
Hilary Knight is a decorated U.S. women's hockey star with 10 world championship gold medals, multiple scoring titles and MVP awards, and soon-to-be five Olympic appearances. Knight led a 2019 player boycott that helped create the Professional Women's Hockey Players Assn., which contributed to the formation of the well-funded Professional Women's Hockey League with eight teams in the U.S. and Canada. Knight is expected to retire from Olympic competition after the Milan Cortina Games. Caroline Harvey, 23 and one of the youngest on the U.S. team, is positioned as the next-generation leader as the U.S. aims to challenge Olympic rival Canada.
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