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PHT Morning Skate: 20 years in the making, American women finally golden

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during the Women’s Gold Medal Game on day thirteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre on February 22, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

Bruce Bennett

Welcome to the PHT Morning Skate, a collection of links from around the hockey world. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at phtblog@nbcsports.com.

• U.S. women end drought, beat Canada for Olympic gold in a shootout (NBC Olympics)

• Wanna see hockey in the summer Olympics? So does Jack O’Callahan. (Chicago Tribune)

• The Near-Miracle on Ice: An Oral History of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. (Puck Junk)

• Germans, Czechs in unfamiliar territory, improbably reach Olympic semifinals. (NBC Olympics)

Be sure to visit NBCOlympics.com and NBC Olympic Talk for full hockey coverage from PyeongChang.

• Olympic gold medalist AJ Mleczko to serve as an analyst for NHL game on NBCSN in March. (NBC Sports)

• It seem’s unthinkable, but the Ottawa Senators are exploring trade options for Erik Karlsson. (TSN)

• What is Erik Karlsson worth in the trade market? (SenShot)

• Jeff Carter, who has been out since Oct. 18, set to resume practice. (L.A. Kings Insider)

• Chris Kreider could return in a few games after blood clot scare. (NY Daily News)

• Why the Taylor Hall-John Hynes bond is so good for the Devils, and Hall. (North Jersey)

• Cam Ward: Wine man. (Sports Illustrated)

• Anders Lee’s Kancer Jam raises over $100,000 for pediatric cancer. (The Sports Daily)

• Bad luck, not bad play, to blame for Michael Frolik’s down season. (Flames Nation)

• Eugene Melnyk needs to go. (Silver Seven Sens)

• Scoring binge masks deeper issues for Sharks’ third line (NBC Sports Bay Area)


Scott Billeck is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @scottbilleck