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table of contents media General guidelines Information ---- 2-3 During the 2000 IIHF Women’s this is usa hockey----------------- 2 World Championship, players will be available for interviews for 30- girls’ and women’s hockey ----- 3 45 minutes following practices and games. On game days, pre- game interviews must be USA Hockey completed no later than 90 min- administration -- 4-8 utes before game time. Following games, players and walter l. bush, jr.------------------ 4 coaches will be available for in- ron degregorio -------------------- 5 terviews following a 10-minute cool-down period. doug palazzari -------------------- 6 To arrange interviews with mem- brian petrovek -------------------- 7 bers of the U.S. Women’s National Team at times other than those art berglund ----------------------- 8 specified above, please contact Heather Ahearn, Team USA Me- dia Relations Manager, (719) team usa --------- 9-44 576-8724, ext. 169. head coach ben smith--------- 10 CREDITS assistant coaches --------------- 11 support staff -------------------- 12 The 2000 United States Women’s National Team Media Guide was team roster ---------------------- 13 produced by the USA Hockey the players ----------------------- 14 Media and Public Relations De- partment. Editor: Heather Ahearn record book Assistant Editors: & History ------- 45-63 Jennifer Dame Patty Hughes past event rosters & results -- 46 Chuck Menke through the years -------------- 61 Design & Production: Dana Ausec schedule ------------ 64 © Copyright 2000 USA Hockey. All rights reserved. 2000 UNITED STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • 1 this is USA hockey USA Hockey, Inc., is the National Gov- classifications; sponsors regional and na- erning Body for the sport of hockey in the tional player identification and United States. As such, its mission is to pro- development camps; studies and makes rec- mote the growth of hockey in America and ommendations for protective equipment; provide the best possible experience for all distributes Hat Trick, Playmaker and Zero participants by encouraging, developing, Club Awards; and provides an insurance advancing and administering the sport. program that includes excess accident, gen- Headquartered in Colorado Springs, eral liability and catastrophic coverage. Colo., USA Hockey is the official represen- For coaches and officials, USA Hockey tative to the United States Olympic conducts clinics and produces training Committee (USOC) and the International manuals and videos through the Coaching Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). In this role, Education Program and the Officiating Edu- USA Hockey is responsible for organizing cation Program. These programs enrich the and training men’s and women’s teams for knowledge of coaches and officials through international tournaments that include the careful study, training and examination. IIHF World Championships and the USA Hockey also promotes unifor- Olympic Winter Games. USA mity in playing rules and the Hockey also coordinates activities interpretations of those rules. with other national hockey fed- USA Hockey has not forgotten erations around the world and, parents, supplying this vital seg- closer to home, works with the ment of the hockey family with a National Hockey League (NHL) ™ “Parent’s Introduction To Youth and the National Collegiate Ath- Hockey” brochure, which includes letic Association (NCAA) on matters of tips on buying equipment, rules of the mutual interest. game and the role of parents in youth With a membership of more than sports. 560,000 ice and inline hockey players, USA Hockey also publishes American coaches, officials and volunteers, USA Hockey Magazine, the main communica- Hockey’s primary emphasis is on the sup- tion vehicle for the organization which is port and development of grassroots hockey sent to the household of every registered programs. USA Hockey is divided into 11 member as a benefit of membership. geographical districts throughout the In December 1994, USA Hockey intro- United States. Each district has a registrar duced its official inline hockey program — to register teams; a referee-in-chief to reg- USA Hockey InLine — to provide structure ister officials and organize clinics; a and support for the growth of the sport coach-in-chief to administer educational across America. Through valuable mem- programs for coaches; a risk manager to bership packages which include oversee liability and safety programs; and standardized playing rules, competitive an initiation program administrator to fa- playing opportunities at the regional and cilitate learn-to-play programs for youth national levels, and a variety of educational players and their parents. programs for players, coaches and officials, For the player, USA Hockey annually USA Hockey InLine is dedicated to provid- conducts regional and national champion- ing a positive experience for all ship tournaments in various age participants. 2 • 2000 UNITED STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM girls’ and women’s hockey USA Hockey, the National Governing 99 registration season, 33,639 girls and Body for the sport of hockey in the United women were registered with the States, has grown tremendously since 1990. organization, marking a growth rate of Registration figures for every player more than 430% since the beginning of category have risen dramatically since the the decade. Overall USA Hockey beginning of the decade. Currently, USA registration (total players, coaches and Hockey’s overall registration exceeds officials) has more than doubled over 560,000 ice and inline members and the same period. continues to grow every day. • The number of girls’ and women’s teams One of the fastest-growing segments in the U.S. has grown from 149 in 1990- during the past decade has been girls’ and 91 to 1,268 at the end of USA Hockey’s women’s membership: 1998-99 registration season. The 1,119 • During the 1990-91 season, 6,336 female new teams represent a growth rate of ice hockey players registered with USA more than 750% since the beginning of Hockey. At the conclusion of the 1998- the decade. Girls’ and Women’s growth USA Hockey Reg. Year Individuals +/- Teams +/- 1998-99 34,156 +5,810 1,268 +197 1997-98 28,346 +3,093 1,071 +161 1996-97 25,253 +2,684 910 +200 1995-96 22,569 +3,728 710 +212 1994-95 18,841 +5,000 498 +146 1993-94 13,841 +3,425 352 +83 1992-93 10,416 +2,125 269 +37 1991-92 8,291 +1,955 232 +83 1990-91 6,336 — 149 — 2000 UNITED STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • 3 president walter L. bush, jr. One of the most recognized and National Team that participated in the IIHF respected leaders in the sport of hockey, World Championship in Prague, Walter L. Bush, Jr., has served as president Czechoslovakia and, in 1964, served as of USA Hockey for more than a decade and general manager of the U.S. Olympic Team. has been a member of the organization’s Most recently, Bush served as special board of directors since 1959. Bush became assistant to United States Olympic president of USA Hockey in June 1986, Committee President Bill Hybl for the U.S. following Wm. Thayer Tutt, who served as Delegation at the XVIII Olympic Winter president from 1972-86, and Tom Lockhart, Games in Nagano, Japan. who was president from 1937-72. Bush served as president of the In recognition of his 45 years of service Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association for to USA Hockey, the organization dedicated three years and was owner and president its national headquarters as The Walter L. of the minor-league Minneapolis Bruins Bush, Jr. Center in June 1999. from 1963-65. He later led a group of On the international level, Bush serves businessmen in securing a National Hockey as one of 11 members of the International League franchise — the Minnesota North Ice Hockey Federation Council and, in June Stars — for the Twin Cities area. He served 1998, was re-elected to a second as the North Stars’ first president from consecutive term as vice president of the 1967-76 and later became chairman of the IIHF. Bush is also active with numerous board. Bush spent 17 years in the NHL committees within the IIHF, having served working with a variety of committees. Bush as chairman of the IIHF Women’s Ice Hockey remains active in professional hockey today Committee, the IIHF In-Line Hockey as one of two principal owners of the Committee, and the Selection Committee American Hockey League’s Kentucky for the newly created IIHF Hall of Fame. As Thoroughblades. chairman of the IIHF Women’s Ice Hockey Bush is a member of the board of Committee, Bush was instrumental in directors of the United States Olympic organizing the first IIHF Women’s World Committee and is secretary of the U.S. Championship, which was held in 1990 in Olympic Foundation. Ottawa, Ontario. He also led the successful A recipient of numerous awards, Bush charge that made women’s ice hockey a was honored with the NHL’s Lester Patrick medal sport in the Olympic Winter Games, Award in 1973 in recognition of his beginning in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. outstanding service to ice hockey in the Bush has been involved in hockey United States. He was enshrined in the U.S. virtually his entire life as a player, coach, Hockey Hall of Fame in 1980 and, in 1989, manager, administrator and team owner. was elected to the Minnesota Sports Hall His hockey background includes having of Fame. He currently serves as a governor played at the high school, college and and vice-chairman for the Hockey Hall of senior levels. His senior team won three Fame in Toronto, Ontario. Bush, who Minnesota state championships and, from resides in Edina, Minn., is also a director there, Bush became involved in team and member of the selection committee for management. He managed the 1959 U.S. the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. 4 • 2000 UNITED STATES WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM vice president, international council chair ron DEgregorio Ron DeGregorio has been involved in 1995, DeGregorio was elected to his current the sport of hockey for more than 40 years post as vice president and chairman of the as a player, coach, administrator and team USA Hockey International Council.

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