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Kristýna Kaltounková is playing in her first IIHF Women's World Championship and she's added a goal-scoring element that has sometimes been lacking on the Czech women's national team. Through three games, she has scored two of the team's five goals and her rocket from the point on the power play late in Saturday's game against Finland got everyone's attention.
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