Sports & Recreation

Badgers vs. Badgers for the Gold

UW women’s hockey players shine in the winter Olympics.

A large crowd wearing red gathers inside an event space to watch an ice hockey game on a large screen, cheering, waving flags, and raising hands as the action unfolds.

Bryce Richter

An Olympics watch party or a Badgers watch party? The answer was both for the Union South crowd who saw the U.S. women’s hockey team defeat Canada in the gold medal game in February. Throughout, the TV broadcast cut to this watch party at the Sett, where fans cheered for the 11 Badgers representing both countries — including Hilary Knight ’12, who scored the dramatic game-tying goal for Team USA.

Published in the Summer 2026 issue

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