COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey today announced the 22-player 2011 U.S. Women's Under-18 Team, which will participate in the 2011 Women's Under-18 Series Aug. 18-21 in Rockland, Ont.
The Women's Under-18 Series, now in its fifth year, is a three-game competition between the United States and Canada.
Highlighting the roster are eight members of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team that captured the gold medal at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation U18 Women's World Championship this past January, including goaltender Megan Miller (Long Grove, Ill.); defensemen Courtney Burke (Albany, N.Y.) and Lee Stecklein (Roseville, Minn.); forwards Sydney Daniels (Southwick, Mass.), Paige Savage (Carrollton, Texas), and Dana Trivigno (Setauket, N.Y.). Forwards Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.) and Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Md.) also won silver with the 2010 U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.
Defenseman Briana Mastel (Wallingford, Conn.) and forward Demi Crossman (Livonia, Mich.), along with Burke, Carpenter, Miller, Savage, Skarupa and Stecklein, played for the U.S. Women's Under-18 Team that swept Canada at the 2010 Women's Under-18 Series.
The U.S. will open series play on Thursday (Aug. 18) at 7 p.m. EDT at the Canadian International Hockey Academy.
