EDMONTON – Danielle Serdachny gets to wear the Maple Leaf in her hometown in hockey games carrying weight in her Olympic future.

The 24-year-old from Edmonton and her Canadian teammates complete the four-game Rivalry Series against the United States with games at Rogers Place on Wednesday and Saturday.

The U.S. outscored Canada 10-2 over two wins to open the series in Cleveland and Buffalo, N.Y., in November.

Serdachny, who has represented Canada in the last three world championships and scored the overtime golden goal in 2024, is in her second season in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, but her first with the expansion Seattle Torrent.

Facing the U.S. in Canada’s last games against its archrival before the Olympic Games, and in a place where she grew up, layers on the magnitude

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