As the Canadian and U.S. women' s hockey team dominate the Winter Olympic games with scores like 18-0, 10-1, 13-1, people are concerned that women's hockey will soon no longer exist as an Olympic sport. There reasoning for this; why should national hockey teams compete with each other if two teams continue to dominate the games. The U.S. and Canada are so far ahead and much more advanced than the other countries and also have many more player to choose from. Hockey journalists are concerned that the other nations will never catch up to the level that the U.S. and Canada play at. Despite the blowouts, U.S. coach Mark Johnson says that they are just living the Olympic dream. Canadian coach Melody Davidson said, "We didn't come here to put on a second-class show. We came here to play our best."
I think that the U.S. and Canadian teams are major powerhouses, and will probably always dominate the Olympics, but I think that over time, the other nations will catch up as their girls' programs develop. I don't think that they should take womens hockey out of the Olympics because womens hockey has been growing and I think that the other nations will catch on and really try to advance their programs by playing year round and having elite leagues so that they can develop good players to represent their counry. I could see womens hockey being taken out for a few Winter Olympics, but then I think that they would just put it back in after other countries developed more, but I think there is really no point of them taking it out.
U.S. team members celebrate a goal during a preliminary game.
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