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"It is the perfect way for her to break it,"
Stecklein said. "She is the best player of all
time. To score goals like that as consistently as
she did it is insane. We know she is someone
that gets it done. For her to do it, seeing her in
front of the net and realizing she tipped it in,
it is classic Hilary Knight. She is an amazing
person, player and a great leader and captain."
Knight is a record 10-time world champion
and owns all three scoring milestone records
(goals, assists and points) in IIHF Women's
Hockey World Championship history.
Five months later from when she first
spoke of Knight's leadership and game-win-
ning ability, Coyne Schofield had a simple
description of Knight's Milan magic.
"Poetic," she said. "Hilary always goes out
with a bang. From the proposal (to Brittany
Bowe) that had me falling off a chair to her
record-breaking goal. Getting another gold
medal for her, so happy for her and she is the
greatest to do it. You literally can't script it
any better."
The once "elusive" gold medal that Knight
had been chasing ever since 2018 is no more.
As the 23 players stood arm in arm at center
ice, they all sang the U.S. national anthem with
nothing but love for each other.
Their captain couldn't be prouder.
"It's been an incredible ride," Knight said.
"I just have to soak this all in because this
room is just so special. This team is so spe-
cial. This is the best U.S. Hockey team I
have ever been a part of and that is so tre-
mendous.
"I love this group."
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Megan Keller scored the golden goal for the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team
4:07 into overtime against Canada.
W A T C H
Hilary Knight: Team USA's ALL-TIME Olympic
goals & points leader
+ DIGITAL BONUS CONTENT
Hilary Knight's game-
tying goal made her the
all-time Olympic goal
scorer in USA Hockey
History with 15.
