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Four players with Pittsburgh ties helping the U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team get off to a hot start
The U.S. women’s hockey team has secured the top seed in the upcoming quarterfinals at the Olympic Games in Italy and four players on the team have Pittsburgh ties.
With a 5-0 shutout win against Canada on Tuesday, the United States earned the top seed in the quarterfinals.
The United States is off to a hot start at at the Olympics, sweeping all four of their preliminary round games by an overall score of 20-1.
During the preliminary round, the United States made history with a 5-0 shutout against Canada.
Hillary Knight tied Jenny Potter for the most all-time points in U.S. women’s hockey history and Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to ever compete on the U.S. Olympic team scored a goal in her debut.
Two more of those goals were scored by Hannah Bilka.
Edwards and Bilka along with goaltenders Ava McNaughton and Gwyneth Phillips are the four players that once played for Pens Elite, the premiere youth hockey league in Cranberry Township. All four are first-time Olympians.
Kathy Pippy, vice president of girls hockey operations for Premier Ice Prospects, is in Italy with the team and has been watching the games alongside the players’ families.
“To have both Gwyneth and Ava, two goalies on the team that both played for Pens Elite, they shared the net for the game against Switzerland and it was a combined shutout,” Pippy said. “Laila, I know has been interviewed so many times here being the first Black woman to play for Team USA. Then last night she scored her goal so first Back woman to score a goal.”
Tuesday night’s game was the final contest of the preliminary round and this team is already inspiring the next generation of women hockey players.
“I’ve been speaking back to the staff in Pittsburgh and Cranberry and they’ve been having watch parties and things like that,” Pippy said. “So it’s really great for the young players to see. I feel like this team is really close together to each other and the parents. Everyone is supportive of one another and I speak on behalf of everyone at Pens Elite. We’re certainly proud of the 4 players and that they’re each contributing to the success of the team.”
Team USA will be back on the ice Friday when they face Italy at 3:10 p.m. ET.
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With America celebrating its 250th birthday this summer, a major landmark in Pittsburgh will celebrate its 100th birthday.
Allegheny County announced a 100th Birthday Bash for the Andy Warhol Bridge on Saturday, June 27, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato made the event official on Friday morning and said it will feature art, music, games, and more.
“Allegheny County’s history is filled with innovation and creativity, beautiful architecture, and talented homegrown artists, and the Andy Warhol Bridge encapsulates all of that in one iconic structure,” said Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato. “I hope everyone will come down for a fun day of art, community, and a shared celebration of our history on June 27.”
Part of the celebration will be art projects hosted and led by the Andy Warhol Museum and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Local artist Strawberry Luna will also create a special, commemorative poster celebrating the bridge’s history.
The Andy Warhol Bridge is the only bridge in the country to be named for a visual artist, according to Allegheny County.
“As our nation commemorates the U.S. Semiquincentennial, it is fitting that we recognize the oldest of the three Sister Bridges, which represent Pittsburgh’s tradition of innovation, ingenuity, and ‘we can do it’ spirit,” said Andy Masich, president and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center. “These iconic bridges, painted in ‘Aztec Gold’ as an homage to the city’s official colors, are symbols of Pittsburgh’s vibrancy, culture, and most importantly, its people.”
Formerly known as the Seventh Street Bridge, it was renamed the Andy Warhol Bridge in 2005 to honor the famous artist as well as the 10th anniversary of the Andy Warhol Museum, which is two blocks away.
A man was critically injured after being assaulted by a group of people in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood on Thursday evening, authorities said.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said officers were called to South St. Clair and Eva streets around 5 p.m. for reports of a man who was assaulted by a group of people. The assault happened next to a Whole Foods store.
At the scene, which bordered a park with a playground, first responders found a man who was unconscious and not breathing. Officers and medics performed CPR on the man until he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The exact nature of his injuries was not released.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said “several males of unknown age” were detained and transported to police headquarters for questioning. It was not immediately known if any of them would be charged.
A KDKA-TV crew observed a second police scene nearby on Centre Avenue next to The Fresh Market, which was previously a Whole Foods. At that scene, KDKA-TV observed what appeared to be at least one teenager being taken into a police car. A witness told KDKA-TV they saw police questioning nearly 10 people, ranging from grade schoolers to teenagers.
Pittsburgh Public Safety did not say what led up to the assault.
“Those kids, whoever they were, need to be reprimanded for that, because that was horrible, horrible,” said Asia Wilter, who was nearby on Thursday evening.
Over the weekend, another man was assaulted outside a 7-Eleven store on Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. Police say the assault started inside the 7-Eleven after the victim mentioned to an employee that he believed a group of teenage males was shoplifting.
Pittsburgh police say the victim scraped his elbow and had a small abrasion on his face. He refused to be transported to the hospital, but police say he went on his own to get checked out. Police are searching for the teens.
Earlier this month, six teenage girls were charged after authorities said they chased a woman into a Sephora store in East Liberty and beat her. Sephora’s loss prevention officer estimated the teens caused approximately $30,000 in damage.
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