Baker, Laurie (1976–)
Baker, Laurie (1976–)
American ice-hockey player. Born Nov 6, 1976, in Concord, Massachusetts.
Won a team gold medal at Nagano (1998), the 1st Olympics to feature women's ice hockey; won a team silver medal at World championships (1997 and 2000) and a team silver medal at Salt Lake City Olympics (2002).
See also Mary Turco, Crashing the Net: The U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team and the Road to Gold (HarperCollins, 1999); and Women in World History.
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