Local fans roared with excitement on Thursday as Team USA’s women’s hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 to earn its third gold medal in the sport. <\/p>\n
The result was a delight to fans across the country, after Team USA trailed for the first two periods. At a watch party in Chappaqua, NY, fans celebrated hometown hero and USA goalie Aerin Frankel. <\/p>\n
Nearly 100 people gathered at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center to cheer on Team USA. <\/p>\n
“It’s really cool to see someone from my hometown playing,” Chappaqua resident Leif Maher said. “Yeah. Team USA. It’s great.” <\/p>\n
Frankel attended Chappaqua schools, including Horace Greeley High School. She excelled in hockey at Boston’s Northeastern University, where she was affectionately known as the “Green Monster”.<\/p>\n
Families voiced their pride in Frankel and her representation of the New York town. <\/p>\n
“Since my grandkids play ice hockey, that’s all they talk about,” Chappaqua resident Gail Kraljevic said. “They have the same coach that coached Aerin. So, it means a lot to them.” <\/p>\n
Michele Gregson \u2014 who organized the event\u2014 said it\u2019s an opportunity to show kids what\u2019s possible if you work hard.<\/p>\n
“I hope these young people, especially women, see this and see that if you have an idea and you really want to do something, go do it,” Gregson told News 4. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local fans roared with excitement on Thursday as Team USA’s women’s hockey team defeated Canada 2-1 to earn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29209,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-139496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-2026-milan-cortina-olympics","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}