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Emma Maltais may have been a rookie on the senior national team, but she was by no means new to the wave of heartbreak the United States had been dealing to Canada in womens hockey.Two years in a row, Maltais watched the U.S. celebrate world under-18 championships, one decided in overtime and the other on a g
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