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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strongsville, Ohio – 4 November 2025
1. Various of Laila Edwards at practice
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Edwards, USA Hockey:
“I started hockey just to do something, to stay busy.”
3. Pan of Edwards practicing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Edwards, USA Hockey:
“As I got older and more familiar with the sport and continued to work at it, these things were becoming more of a reality. At six-years-old, I never would have imagined I’d be back here playing amongst the best and with the best.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Cleveland, Ohio – 6 November 2025
5. STILL of Edwards vs Canada
6. STILL of Edwards vs Canada
7. STILL of Edwards vs Canada
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strongsville, Ohio – 4 November 2025
8. Various of Edwards practicing
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Edwards, USA Hockey:
“Cleveland is, for me, despite not spending too much time playing here, it’s the most important city to me.”
10. Various of Edwards practicing
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Edwards, USA Hockey:
“This is were I skated for the first time, where I met some of my youth coaches that helped me get to where I am today. And I played here with boys until I was 13.”
12. Various of Edwards practicing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strongsville, Ohio – 5 November 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) John Wroblewski, USA Hockey Coach:
“Just a couple of years ago, she couldn’t play in a rivalry game for us because she couldn’t get through a practice. Now she leads in practice. She knows all the drills. She’s dialed in. She’s changed positions. She goes from forward to D. Red Bull athlete. All of these things just, they’re inspiring to watch and all deserved, all the accolades.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strongsville, Ohio – 4 November 2025
14. Various of Edwards practicing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cleveland Heights, Ohio – 5 November 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Edwards, USA Hockey:
“It feels like a full circle moment to be starting the launch of my Olympic career here in Cleveland with my family.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strongsville, Ohio – 4 November 2025
16. Tight of Edwards at practice
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cleveland Heights, Ohio – 5 November 2025
17. Various Edwards family eating dinner
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Charone Gray-Edwards, Laila’s Mother:
“So you don’t know if it’s really gonna happen, but when you get that close and you can almost see it, like, opening ceremony, watching her walk with all of those athletes that are representing their countries. That’s pretty big.”
19. Various of Edwards family eating dinner
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Edwards, Laila’s Father:
“We’re trying our hardest to make sure that she knows that it doesn’t matter how she performs, that we love her to death and that we don’t think anything different of her.”
21. Tight of Edwards
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strongsville, Ohio – 4 November 2025
22. Various of Edwards practicing
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Edwards, USA Hockey:
“I would tell a six-year-old me, just keep enjoying it. Hockey’s supposed to be fun. You started it because it’s fun, and you’re going to get rewarded in a lot of different ways, meeting really cool people, going to really cool places, getting to play in some big games and there’s so much that comes from it that all the hard work is worth it, for sure.”
24. Various of Edwards practicing
STORYLINE:
Laila Edwards is set to make history as the first Black female to represent the U.S. in Olympic hockey.
Before heading to Milan, Italy, next month, the 21-year-old Edwards enjoyed a memorable homecoming in Cleveland.
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