Why Hockey Canada must rethink the women's program right after these Olympics — not later

For almost 58 minutes on Thursday night in Milan, Hockey Canada was getting ready to serve its doubters a big, heaping plate of told-you-so.

The women’s hockey team, the one that was too old, too slow, too full of veterans who couldn’t keep up with the fresh-faced American college kids, had been doing exactly that.

The pre-Olympic assurances from leaders like general manager Gina Kingsbury and head coach Troy Ryan, who insisted that they brought the best Canadians available...