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Columbus Cottonmouths and Shannon Szabados

Shannon Szabados: The Cottonmouths announced Friday the team intended to sign the Edmonton goalie. Szabados would be the first female to play in the 10-team since its formation 10 years ago, the team said. , according to CBC. "When I got home from Sochi, I thought I'd be hanging my stuff up for the summer, but definitely excited to get over there," Szabados told The Canadian Press. Fresh off her second Olympic gold medal and a practice with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, goaltender Shannon Szabados will join the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League next week. It's been an eventful two weeks for Szabados, who backstopped the Canadian women's hockey team to Olympic gold Feb. 20 in Sochi. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.