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Ben Pickman

U.S. Star Brianna Decker Suffers Tournament-Ending Injury in Women's Hockey Opener

Team USA star forward Brianna Decker will miss the rest of the Beijing Olympics after she was stretched off the ice with what appeared to be a severe leg injury in the first period of the team's opening game against Finland on Thursday.

USA Hockey ruled Decker out for the games shortly after the U.S. defeated Finland 5–2. 

Decker, an assistant captain and member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2014 and 2018, appeared to get tripped from behind by Finland’s Ronja Savolainen to the left of the U.S. net. Savolainen hooked her leg around Decker’s, and the two fell awkwardly to the ice. Savolainen landed on top of Decker.

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