But more than anything, it stoked the dreams of just about every hockey player who wasn’t invited to the 4 Nations Face-Off.

I think we have a team, like you saw last year, that’s capable of going down and accomplishing our goal,” Greupner said.

Following her remarkable sixth position during the World Cup race, the Stifel U.S. Ski Team uploaded a video of Cashman’s race on their Instagram handle. “Confidence is huge and every race ...