WASHINGTON: With America's women ice hockey players threatening a World Championships boycott, 14 US senators have written to USA Hockey urging them to treat the women's national team fairly.

Members of the reigning world champion US women's team said this month that they would not play in the World Championships that open on Friday in Plymouth, Michigan, without "significant progress" toward change after year-long talks over wages and other support.

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