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// APRIL 2023 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM
Hockey Player
N O L A N L O S A U R O
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R i d g e w o o d , N . J .
USA Wins Gold
E L I Z A B E T H O S A D C H C Y
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A l l e n , Te x a s
Avalanche Pup
S O P H I A K O S M A S
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S h e l b y To w n s h i p , M i c h .
USA Goalie
M I C H E A L WA L E G A
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S p r i n g Va l l e y, W i s .
Less Than A Sec
M A X I M U S M O L I N A
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L o n g I s l a n d , N .Y.
She Shoots…She
Scores
The puck smoothly glides in
the crowd goes wild.
A goal is a goal until it's not;
a triple deke into the top shelf
a pass of f the pad straight in.
It's a goal until it's not.
One Y chromosome is all it is
but the change is ever y thing.
Money comes with the pretty goals
fame comes with the stick moves;
what comes for the strategy
or the one touch passing?
We play spor ts to be the greatest
females play just to make it.
We are not the same
the goals are dif ferent;
so why does it matter how we do it?
A goal is a goal
until you value one more.
CHARLOTTE KOTLARCHUK
AGE 16
EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA
POEM
Red Wings Goalie
R Y E R H E L M I N E N
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A t l a n t i c M i n e , M i c h .
