Forty Players Set to Attend 2010 USA Hockey Women's Winter Training Camp

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Forty of the nation's top female hockey players will take part in the 2010 USA Hockey Women's Winter Training Camp, set for Dec. 26-31 in Blaine, Minn. The six-day camp, which will take place at the National Sports Center's Schwan Super Rink, will serve as a tryout and training session for the U.S. Women's National Team.

Included on the camp roster are 20 of the 22 players who recently competed at the 2010 Women's Four Nations Cup in St. John's, N.L. The remaining two are part of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team that is traveling to Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's U18 Championship during the camp.

A total of 17 Olympians will be on hand in Blaine, led by Jenny Potter (Edina, Minn.) and Angela Ruggiero (Simi Valley, Calif.), who have each competed in four Olympic Winter Games.

The coaching staff for the camp includes Katey Stone, head women's ice hockey coach at Harvard University, Mark Hudak, head women's ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College, and Hilary Witt, assistant women's ice hockey coach at Northeastern University.

NOTES: The full camp roster can be found here ... The 20-member U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team will be in Blaine, Minn., on Dec. 26 prior to departing for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship on Dec. 27 ... A newly constructed USA Hockey locker room at the Schwan Super Rink will be utilized during the camp ... The White and Blue Teams listed in the below schedule will be interchanged throughout the camp. The teams will scrimmage boys' teams to be announced, as well as each other.

2010 USA Hockey Women's Winter Training Camp Practice/Scrimmage Schedule
Dec. 26-31 • Blaine, Minn. • Schwan Super Rink