Olympics: Japan women win 1st Olympic ice hockey game in historic matchup

The third time proved to be the charm for the Japan women's ice hockey team, which earned its first Olympic win by defeating Korea 4-1 on Wednesday.After failing to win at either Nagano in 1998 or Sochi in 2014, Japan finally got in the win column after two Group B defeats here. When the victory did come, it was against the first Olympic team with members from both North and South Korea.Hanae Kubo opened the scoring 1 minute, 7 seconds into the game, and Shoko Ono scored on a power play after Randi Heesoo Griffin was penalized for a cross check, but the Korean side settled down and held Jap…READ FULL ARTICLE