Alex Carpenter and Megan Bozek went from 2014 Olympians to the last two skaters cut in 2018. They’re back on Team USA in Beijing after a stint playing professionally in China.
BEIJING—For Team USA’s Megan Bozek and Alex Carpenter, playing hockey in the Beijing Olympics represents an unusual kind of homecoming.
Both are back in the Olympic hockey tournament for the first time since 2014, having been the last two skaters cut from the U.S. team ahead of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics . Both are back in China after stints playing professionally in Shenzhen. And both are playing key roles for Team USA, which is one win away from repeating as gold medalists in Beijing.
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