COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — John Wroblewski is set to coach the U.S. women’s hockey team at another Olympics and several more world championships after agreeing to a contract extension.
USA Hockey announced Friday that Wroblewski is being extended through the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps.
Wroblewski has been behind the bench for the national team since 2022 and coached the U.S. to gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February. His next tournament is worlds coming up in November in Denmark.
“John has done a terrific job over the last four years, and there’s no question our program has benefitted from his experience, leadership and passion,” USA Hockey women's national team senior director Katie Million said in a statement. “We’re excited he’ll be with us for the next quad and look forward to building on the momentum that was established by winning gold in Milan.”
Wroblewski, a Neenah, Wisconsin native, previously coached on the men's side at the USA Hockey's National Team Development Program from 2016-20 and the American Hockey League's Ontario Reign from '20-22.
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FILE - United States head coach John Wroblewski and Laila Edwards (10) celebrate after beating Canada in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - United States head coach John Wroblewski and Laila Edwards (10) celebrate after beating Canada in the women's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - United States head coach John Wroblewski looks up at the scoreboard during the third period of the women's ice hockey gold medal game against Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, authorities said.
The shooting took place at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) south of the capital, Amman.
Footage broadcast on Jordanian state television showed two gunmen who appear to be holding pistols approaching the church and firing shots. A third man who appears to be holding a semiautomatic rifle then approaches and opens fire, and all three then run toward the church.
Video footage taken by witnesses shows broken glass and pools of blood on the floor of the church.
Dorgham Halasa, who was among the mourners inside the church, said intense gunfire erupted 15 minutes after the funeral had started, and then people started running. “It was a weird situation, and heavy gunfire,” Halasa said.
He did not see the gunmen, but said other people reported seeing four of them. The Associated Press could not independently verify the number of assailants, and Jordan’s security services did not immediately release details.
A government statement said that the attack was “carried out by unknown assailants,” but didn't say whether any gunmen were captured or killed. It said that “investigations are underway at full speed.”
Jordan declared three days of national mourning, according to the kingdom’s Petra News Agency.
Karak is home to a minority Christian population.
In 2016, gunmen ambushed police in a series of attacks in Karak, including at a Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing 10 people, including seven officers, and wounding dozens. Jordanian security forces killed those gunmen after a long standoff.
Jordan’s Health Minister Ibrahim al-Budour said two of those wounded are in critical condition.
King Abdullah II said on X that Jordan “will confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties” and offered his “deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs, and our wishes for recovery to the wounded.”
Jordan’s Prime Minister Jafar Hassan said during a security meeting in Karak on Friday evening that the attack was a result of terrorist ideology and blind extremism. He said the assailants will be punished and legal measures taken against those who seek to introduce extremism.
Condemnation of the slayings came from around the region, including from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Oman.
Ahmed al-Tayeb in Cairo, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s foremost religious institution, offered his condolences to the families of victims in Friday’s shooting, calling it a “heinous terrorist attack.”
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein called his Jordanian counterpart and “affirmed Iraq’s solidarity with Jordan in the face of terrorism,” Hussein’s office said in a statement.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack during a funeral as “especially heinous,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. “The secretary-general also calls for all those responsible to be found and to be held to account.”
Residents gather as soldiers and security officers block the entrance to Prince Ali Military Hospital during King Abdullah II's visit to people wounded in a shooting at a Greek Orthodox church during a funeral hours earlier, in Karak, Jordan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo)
Soldiers and security officers hold back residents outside Prince Ali Military Hospital during King Abdullah II's visit to people wounded when gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church hours earlier, in Karak, Jordan, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo)
A security officer stands guard a Greek Orthodox Church where gunmen opened fire during a funeral earlier in Hamoud village, in Jordan's Karak governorate, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo)
A security officer stands guard outside a Greek Orthodox Church where gunmen opened fire during a funeral earlier in Hamoud village, in Jordan's Karak governorate, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo)
A man looks through a gap in a stone wall toward a Greek Orthodox church where gunmen opened fire during a funeral hours earlier in Hamoud village, in Jordan's Karak governorate, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo)
