| "Finally," Hilary could then say | The two teams advanced directly to the semi-finals |
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| She finished her first season as the best goal scorer in the championship | I am going to make sure that I am chosen for the next Olympic team |
For me, there was nothing else, nothing as dynamic or as quick, nothing that resembles what you feel skating on the rink with the wind in your hair," relates Hilary Knight, who is only 28 years old she was born on 12 July 1989 in Palo Alto, California but who has nevertheless been a pillar of the US team since 2007.
16| Hilary became world champion again with the USA in 2011 in Zurich Switzerland : she was the leading goal scorer in the competition, and in a victory over Canada scored the game-winning goal in overtime for a final score of 3-2 | "I loved ice hockey the moment I started playing, at the age of 5 or 6 |
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| Hilary began making a name for herself in her attacking position playing in National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA tournaments with the University of Wisconsin | Boston Pride won the final of the Isobel Cup against the Buffalo Beauts in 2016, but then lost against the same team in the 2017 final |
Marie-Philip Poulin scored two goals for Canada in the space of three minutes in the first period; goalie Shannon Szabados then made a series of saves and the scoreboard didn't change from there: Canada won 2-0.
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