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The following article, which features former Harvard standout Angela Ruggiero, appeared February 11 on the Colorado Springs Independent Web site.
By Ralph Routon
Angela Ruggiero thinks back to those cold, compact Aqua Wing and
Big Hat arenas in Nagano, Japan, where Olympic women's hockey was
born 12 years ago, and her memories come in a vivid torrent.
She was only 18 then, the youngest player on the 1998 American
team, but as the celebration erupted at the end of the 3-1 victory
against Canada in the gold-medal game, the Harvard-bound kid had
the clear-headed gumption to skate across the Big Hat rink and
retrieve the final puck for her father, who couldn't make the trip
to Nagano.
Jenny Schmidgall, meanwhile, was among those leaping into a
massive pile of screaming teammates. The Minnesota native was just
a few months older than Ruggiero, and neither one had an idea that
their lives would remain entwined — all the way to now, as
30-year-old elder stateswomen in their sport.
Complete article can be accessed via the Independent Web site by clicking here.
