Prior to her first news conference as a member of the New York Sirens, Kristýna Kaltounková had a slight hiccup getting into Prudential Center on Tuesday morning.

Being the new kid on the block seemingly comes with a learning curve from security, who hesitated in letting the No. 1 overall PWHL pick inside.

However, Kaltounková didn’t think much of it. Although it made her slightly late, it was the start of a dream she couldn’t always picture. 3

For many women hockey players, the PWHL wasn’t around during their college careers to envision as a future career option.

For the star Czech forward, she saw the opportunity arise in her last three years at Colgate but it wasn’t an obvious choice at first.

“I actually thought I was going to probably go play in Europe, which would be clos

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