U.S. Women's team agrees to new deal with USA Hockey

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The U.S. Women's Hockey team will play in the World Championships after all.

The players, who had planned to boycott the event scheduled to begin this week in Plymouth, MI, came to an agreement with USA Hockey on a new wage compensation plan, the details of which were not revealed as part of the deal.

“Today reflects everyone coming together and compromising in order to reach a resolution for the betterment of the sport,” said Jim Smith, president of USA Hockey. “We’ll now move forward together knowing we’ll look back on this day as one of the most positive in the history of USA Hockey.”

“Our sport is the big winner today,” said Meghan Duggan, captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team. “We stood up for what we thought was right and USA Hockey’s leadership listened. In the end, both sides came together. I’m proud of my teammates and can’t thank everyone who supported us enough. It’s time now to turn the page. We can’t wait to play in the World Championship later this week in front of our fans as we try and defend our gold medal.”

The U.S. will open defense of its championship with a game against Canada, scheduled for 7:30pm on Friday, March 31.

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