Canada’s Haley Irwin and teammate Cherie Piper (right) pose with their gold medals after defeating the USA in the women’s final ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Thursday Feb.25, 2010. Piper has retired from the Canadian women’s hockey team.The 31-year-old forward from Toronto is the third player to make that announcement in the past week following forward Sarah Vaillancourt of Sherbrooke, Que., and goaltender Kim St. Pierre of Chateauguay, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada’s Meghan Agosta, left, celebrates with Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin after the second goal against USA’s goaltender Jessie Vetter during first period women’s final in Olympic ice hockey action at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Thursday Feb. 25, 2010.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Canada’s Lauriane Rougeau, Rebecca Johnston, and Laura Fortino, left to right, celebrate after beating the USA 3-2 in overtime to win the gold medal in the women’s hockey final at the Sochi Winter Olympics Thursday, February 20, 2014 in Sochi. Fortino felt like every single person in the Bolshoy Ice Dome was screaming “Shoot!” The Canadian defenceman had the puck on her stick in overtime of the Olympic women’s hockey final in 2014.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson