Nearly four years ago, as the Canadian women's hockey team worked toward an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, a teenaged Chloe Primerano would record the late-night games at home.

She'd get her family to keep the score a secret, until she could watch it after school.

"I always wanted to go to the Olympics, but seeing that just made me really want to actually get there one day," Primerano said.

Now 18, Primerano is one of 30 players trying to secure a spot on the Olympic team that will go to Italy in February to try to defend gold. She's working to make the team in between her NCAA season at the University of Minnesota. She's in her second college season, after graduating from high school a year early.

The defender with a hockey IQ beyond her years is now living and training with the playe

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