2007 USA Hockey Women's National Festival Concludes
Aug. 22, 2007
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - The 2007 USA Hockey Women's National Festival concluded last night at the Olympic Center with the announcement of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team that will host Canada for a three-game series from Aug. 23-26. Highlighting the 22-player U.S. roster are six members of the silver medal-winning 2007 U.S. Women's National Team, including 2006 Olympian Sarah Parsons(Dover, Mass.).
Other members of the 2007 U.S. Women's National Team that will play in the Under-22 Series are forwards Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.), Hilary Knight (Hanover, N.H.), Erika Lawler (Fitchburg, Mass.), Gigi Marvin (Warroad, Minn.) and Jinelle Zaugg(Eagle River, Wis.). In total, 10 members of last year's Under-22 team return to the 2007 squad.
In addition to the Under-22 Series, which will be played in the 1980 Rink Herb Brooks Arena at Lake Placid's Olympic Center, the first-ever three-game Under-18 Series will take place simultaneously at the University of Ottawa in Ontario. The 2007 U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team, which participated in the Women's National Festival as USA White, will face Canada on Aug. 23, 24 and 26 at the University of Ottawa Sports Complex.
The U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team is made up of members of the Red and Blue teams from the Women's National Festival. During the eight-day Festival, the 67 participating players were split into three teams (Red, Blue and White) and a total of six intrasquad scrimmages were staged. USA Blue came out undefeated, with a perfect 4-0-0 record, while USA Red went 1-2-1 and USA White was 0-3-1. Meghan Fardelmann (Lansing, Kan.) led all scorers with five points (2-3), while Becky Zavisza (Suffield, Conn.) was the top goal-scorer with three tallies. Jessie Vetter (Cottage Grove, Wis.) and Megan Van Beusekom(Loretto, Minn.) were the leading goaltenders, both with a 0.75 goals-against average.
Both the U.S. Women's Under-22 and Under-18 Select Teams will open play versus Canada on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. EDT.
NOTES: Live in-game stats for the Under-22 Series will be featured on usahockey.com ... Full box scores from the 2007 USA Hockey Women's National Festival can be found on usahockey.com ... Sarah Parsons is making her fourth appearance in the Under-22 Series (2003-04, 2006-07), while Rachael Drazan (Orono, Minn.) is competing for the third time (2004, 2006-07) ... Mark Johnson (Madison, Wis.), head women's ice hockey coach at the University of Wisconsin, is serving as the head coach of the 2007 U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team. Paul Flanagan (Canton, N.Y.), head women's ice hockey coach at St. Lawrence University, and Shannon Bryant (North Adams, Mass.), head women's ice hockey coach at Williams College, are his assistants ... Katey Stone (Arlington, Mass.), head women's ice hockey coach at Harvard University, is serving as the head coach of the 2007 U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team. Bob Deraney (Shrewsbury, Mass.), head women's ice hockey coach at Providence College, and Erin Whitten Hamlen(Hampton, N.H.), associate women's ice hockey coach at the University of New Hampshire, are her assistants.
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