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Pucci, Team USA Women's Hockey Faces Sweden

Team USA will play Sweden 1 p.m. EST time today in the opening game of the Women's Four Nations Cup in Nykoping, Sweden.

Defender Josephine Pucci of Pearl River and the rest of Team USA will return to the ice to face host Sweden 1 p.m. EST today (7 p.m. local game time) in the Women's Hockey Four Nations Cup in Nykoping, Sweden.

The Americans will play 9:30 a.m. EST Thursday and Finland 10 a.m. EST Saturday. The championship and third-place games are scheduled for Sunday.

The tournament, now in its 16th year, rotates home sites among the four nations, which are among the best in the world. The United States is 10-0 all-time against Sweden in this tournament and has only one loss to Sweden ever in international play, which came in the semifinals at the 2006 Olympic Games.

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Pucci is one of three Harvard students on Team USA.


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