MILAN (AP) — What do golf carts have to do with hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics? Turns out, they are essential equipment. The trip from the locker rooms to the ice at the main hockey arena is so long that the heavily padded goaltenders get to ride in style in golf carts while their teammates make the mildly awkward walk in skates.

The women’s ice hockey tournament runs February 5-19.

The DJ for the USA's ice hockey opener at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics played a song commonly associated with Donald Trump following on from anti-ICE protests in Milan. The opening ceremony for the event takes place at the San Siro on Friday, with Team USA boasting a huge presence in the form of 237 athletes competing in 16 disciplines.

The Battle of the Badges, a charity hockey game, serves as a fundraiser for the Jason Carstens Memorial First Responder Scholarship.

Of the four schools that play in The Beanpot, the Eagles and the Crimson have the two longest title droughts.