T E A M U S A G A M E N O T E S 2010 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team vs. China Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 • UBC Thunderbird Arena • 12 p.m. PST (3 p.m. EST) GAME DAY : The 2010 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team opens the XXI Olympic Winter Games Team USA Press Officers against China on Sunday, Feb. 14, with a noon face off at UBC Thunderbird Arena. Beyond Valentine’s Christy Jeffries -
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[email protected] 615.642.7106 or 778.938.28.41 THE XXI OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES: The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are taking place in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., from Feb. 12-28. The majority of the women’s ice hockey tournament wil be played at UBC Thunderbird Arena, with the semfinal and medal games taking place at Canada Hockey Place. These Games mark the third time that women’s ice hockey has been included in the Olympics.