Scamurra scores 2, and U.S. opens women’s Olympic hockey tournament with 5-1 win over Czechia
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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready By JOHN WAWROW MILAN (AP) — Hayley Scamurra scored twice, and the United States opened the Milan Cortina Games women’s hockey tournament with a 5-1 win over Czechia on Thursday. Alex Carpenter had a goal and assist, while captain Hilary Knight and Joy Dunne also scored for the Americans, who improved to 8-0 over the Czechs in international play. Aerin Frankel, making her Olympic debut in net, stopped 13 shots. Laila Edwards had an assist while becoming the first Black female to represent America in hockey at the Olympics. Barbora Jurickova scored Czechia’s lone...