T E A M U S A G A M E N O T E S U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Russia Monday, April 18, 2011 • Hallenstadion • 4 p.m. (10 a.m. EDT)

TELEVISION: N/A Team USA Communications Manager WEBCAST: N/A Christy Cahill - [email protected] LIVE STATS: bit.ly/WWCLiveStats 617.777.4489 / 079.411.57.18 GAME DAY: The top-seeded and two-time defending world champion (1-0-0-0) and No. 5 seed Russia (0-0-0-1) meet in the in the second preliminary-round game of Group A for both teams TEAM USA SCHEDULE & RESULTS at Hallenstadion (capacity: 10,630). The U.S. is coming off a 5-0 blanking of Slovakia to open the tour- Date Opponent Time (Local/EDT)/Result nament yesterday (April 17), while Russia fell to Sweden by a 7-1 score. Team USA arrived in Zurich Thurs., April 7 Canada* L, 1-3 on April 13 after holding a selection/training camp in Ann Arbor, Mich., from April 4-12. Prior to the Fri., April 8 Canada* W, 4-1 final U.S. roster being announced on April 9, the 30-player preliminary team played Canada in a pair Sun., April 17 Slovakia W, 5-0 of pre-tournament games on April 7 and 8. Canada won the first game by a 3-1 score before the U.S. Mon., April 18 Russia 4 p.m./10 a.m. garnered the second win, 4-1. Wed., April 20 Sweden 8 p.m./2 p.m. Fri., April 22 Quarterfinals TBA USA vs. RUSSIA: The U.S. and Russia are meeting for the sixth time in IIHF World Women’s Sat., April 23 Semifinals TBA Championship history. In the five previous meetings, Team USA holds the 5-0-0-0 advantage, having Mon., April 25 Bronze-Medal Game 4 p.m./10 a.m. outscored the Russians by a combined total of 47-3. All but one of the games between the two teams Gold-Medal Game 8 p.m./2 p.m. have come in the preliminary round (in 2001, the teams met in the semifinals), with the last matchup *Pre-tournament game in Ann Arbor, Mich. taking place on April 6, 2009, when the U.S. garnered an 8-0 victory. Overall in the event, Team USA holds a 47-1-4-8-1 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T), with three gold medals and nine silvers. Meanwhile Russia COVERING TEAM USA has previously participated nine times, has a 16-0-0-24-2 mark and one bronze medal (2001). At the last world championship, the United States captured the gold medal with a 4-0-0-1 record, while Russia USAHOCKEY.COM COVERAGE ...... bit.ly/USA-WWC finished fifth with a 2-0-0-2 mark. The two teams also met at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Feb. TEAM USA BLOG...... bit.ly/USWomensBlog 16, 2010, when the U.S. won by a 13-0 score. Overall, dating back to the teams’ first meeting in 1999, TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE ...... bit.ly/WWCMediaGuide the U.S. and Russia have played 12 times and the Americans have won all 12 contests. In those 12 games, the U.S. outscored the Russians, 110-3. .com/USAHockey Facebook.com/USAHockey USA vs Russia at the World Championship #2011WWC Date Venue Location Result April 6, 2009 Patria Arena Hameenlinna, Finland USA 8, RUS 0 April 1, 2004 Halifax Metro Centre Halifax, N.S. USA 8, RUS 0 U.S. RESULTS AT April 7, 2001 Mariucci Arena Minneapolis, Minn. USA 6, RUS 1 WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS April 4, 2000 Hershey Centre , Ont. USA 15, RUS 0 March 8, 1999 Lansi-Auto Arena Espoo, Finland USA 10, RUS 2 Year Head Coach Record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Finish 2009 Mark Johnson 4-0-0-1-0 Gold 2008 Jackie Barto 4-0-1-0-0 Gold GOALIE RECORDS: Both and have played in net against Russia. Schaus earned her first career U.S. shutout at the 2009 world championship on April 6, 2009, with 13 2007 Mark Johnson 3-0-1-1-0 Silver saves in an 8-0 win, while Vetter made seven stops in a 13-0 shutout victory at the 2010 Olympics on 2005 Ben Smith 4-1-0-0-0 Gold Feb. 16, 2010. 2004 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver 2001 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver 2000 Ben Smith 4-0-1-0-0 Silver GAME 1 VS SLOVAKIA: Five different players scored and Brianne McLaughlin turned aside all 10 shots she faced in leading Team USA to a 5-0 victory over Slovakia to start the 2011 IIHF World 1999 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Women's Championship yesterday (April 17). Playing in her first world championship, McLaughlin's 1997 Ben Smith 3-0-1-0-1 Silver shutout was the first of her U.S. career. Overall, the U.S. outshot the Slovaks by a 63-10 count, scoring 1994 Karen Kay 4-0-0-1-0 Silver two goals in the second period and three in the third. 1992 Russ McCurdy 4-0-0-1-0 Silver 1990 Don Macleod 4-0-0-1-0 Silver THE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP: The IIHF World Women’s Championship is being held USA vs GP W OTW OTL LTGF GA SOF SOA for the 13th time since its inception in 1990. Since 1999, it has been run on an annual basis, with the Canada 16 41 3 8035 53 12 exception of Olympic years (2002, 2006, 2010) and 2003, when the event was canceled due to SARS China 66000056 630 virus concerns. This year marks the first time that Switzerland has hosted the event - Canada has host- Finland 11 90 1 0150 17 31 ed five times, Finland has hosted three times, the U.S. has hosted twice and China and Sweden have Germany 55000060 230 each hosted once. For the preliminary round, Group A (No. 1 United States, No. 4 Sweden, No. 5 Russia, Japan 1100008010 No. 8 Slovakia) is based at Hallenstadion in Zurich, while Group B (No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Finland, No. Kazakhstan 1100009010 6 Kazakhstan, No. 7 Switzerland) is stationed at Deutweg Rink in Winterthur. The U.S. and Sweden will Norway 33000033 120 also play one game in Winterthur (April 20). From there, the playoff and medal rounds will take place Russia 55000047 330 in Zurich, with the relegation round set for Winterthur. Canada has won the championship on nine occa- Sweden 77000057 11 20 sions (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007), while the U.S. has captured the title the Switzerland 55000055 520 Totals 60 46 1481410 98 21 3 other three years (2005, 2008-09). Team USA has only lost once to a team other than Canada in the

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world championship, which happened in 2008 to Finland in of the round- MILESTONES robin playoff round (the U.S. went on to win the gold medal that year). • Seven players are skating in their first IIHF World Women's Championship, including goaltender Brianne McLaughlin, defensemen and FORMAT: Each team plays three round-robin games within its group. The top fin- Anne Schleper, and forwards Kendall Coyne, , Jen Schoullis ishing team in each group advances directly to the semifinals, while the second- and and Kelley Steadman. third-place teams play crossover quarterfinal games. The winners of the two quar- • Jenny Potter is on the verge of her 100th for Team USA - she current- terfinals move on to the semifinals. The winning teams in the semifinals play for the ly stands at 96. She will become the sixth player in U.S. history to reach the 100- gold medal, while the losing teams play for the bronze. goal plateau (-186, Katie King-146, -117, Karen Bye-110, Krissy Wendell-105). ALSO IN ACTION: The U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team is also in action, play- • will be playing in her 100th game for Team USA. She current- ing in the 2011 IIHF World Men’s U18 Championship in Germany. Similar to the ly stands at 99. Meanwhile, will soon play in her 200th game for Team women, the men’s U18 team is also looking for a world championship three-peat. USA. She currently stands at 197. Off to a 3-0-0-0 start, the squad next faces Germany tomorrow (April 19) at 7:30 • Josephine Pucci scored her first U.S. goal in Team USA’s 5-0 win over p.m. (1:30 p.m. EDT). Slovakia on April 17. • Jen Schoullis and Kelley Steadman are making their U.S. senior-team RECAPPING THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: After outscoring Japan debuts. Schoullis and Steadman join Anne Schleper in looking for their first sen- and Russia by a total of 15-0 in the preliminary round, Team USA earned the top ior-team goals. spot in its group for the qualifying round. The U.S. defeated Finland, 7-0, in its first qualifying-round game and, in the process, clinched a spot in the gold-medal game TEAM NOTES against Canada for the 12th consecutive year. Team USA lost its qualifying-round UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: The U.S. Women’s National Program is under new matchup against Canada, but topped the Canadians in the gold-medal game, 4-1, to management with Reagan Carey as USA Hockey’s director of women’s hockey. claim its second consecutive world championship. With the victory, the U.S. earned Last fall, she replaced Michele Amidon, who had served in the role for four years the No. 1 world ranking for the first time since the system was introduced in 2004. before shifting to take a position as a regional manager for USA Hockey’s American Development Model. Carey had been working for the ’s FAMILIAR FACES: All 21 players have skated in at least one international event Atlanta Thrashers for the nine years and is a graduate of Colby College, where she for Team USA. The squad features 15 Olympians, including 14 players returning played hockey for four years. from the gold medal-winning 2009 U.S. Women’s National Team. Fifteen of the players skated in the 2010 Women’s Four Nations Cup last November. Two forwards VETERAN EXPERIENCE: Fourteen members of Team USA have already competed - Jen Schoullis and Kelley Steadman - are making their National Team debuts in an IIHF World Women’s Championship, including 12 who were part of the cham- at the senior level. An additional five players will be playing in their first IIHF World pionship-winning teams in both 2008 and 2009 (-Kolls and Women's Championship, including goaltender Brianne McLaughlin, defensemen Jocelyne Lamoureux did not play in the 2008 world championship). The players Josephine Pucci and Anne Schleper, and forwards Kendall Coyne and combine for 51 world championship appearances, led by , who is Brianna Decker. The only two who have not competed in either an Olympics, playing in the tournament for the 10th time. World Championship or World U18 Championship are Pucci, who skated in the 2010 Women's Four Nations Cup, and Schoullis, who played in the 2010 Under-22 Series. SPANNING GENERATIONS: The average age of Team USA is 22.4 years old. Kendall Coyne is the youngest at 18, while Jenny Potter is the oldest at 32. POTTER’S CAPTAINCY: Jenny Potter is serving as Team USA’s captain again after doing so at the 2010 Women’s Four Nations Cup. She has played in four TEAM USA STATISTICS Olympics and has suited up in the USA sweater 190 times since 1997. She was select- # Player GP G A PTS PIM +/- GWG PPG ed as USA Hockey's Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year in 2010 after leading the 21 Hilary Knight 11230000 14 Brianna Decker 11122000 U.S. to the Olympic silver medal with a team-best 11 points (6-5) while serving as 26 Kendall Coyne 11010001 alternate captain. She is competing in her ninth world championship. 10 11012000 24 Josephine Pucci 11012000 SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE: The U.S. Women's National Program has 22 10110000 8 Caitlin Cahow 10110000 enjoyed much success in recent years. U.S. teams have won three of the last four 13 Julie Chu 10110000 IIHF World Women’s Championships (2005, 2008-09), as well as three of the first 9 10112000 four IIHF World Women’s U18 Championships (2008-09, 2011). 17 Jocelyne Lamoureux 10110000 19 10000000 12 Jenny Potter 10000000 ABOUT ZURICH: Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland. It is located in central 4 Angela Ruggiero 10000000 Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. While the municipality itself has 15 Anne Schleper 10000000 approximately 380,500 inhabitants, the Zurich metropolitan area is an urbanised 3 Jen Schoullis 10002000 16 10000000 area of international importance constituted by a population of nearly two million 27 Kelley Steadman 10000000 people. The city has previously hosted the IIHF World Men’s Championship on four 7 Monique Lamoureux-Kolls 00000000 Team 1 occasions - 1939, 1953, 1998 and 2009. Totals 15813 10 001

NEXT UP IN BURLINGTON: The United States is hosting the 2012 IIHF World # Goaltender GP-GS MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W-OTW-OTL-L SO 29 Brianne McLaughlin 1-1 60:00 0 0.00 10 1.00 1-0-0-0 1 Women’s Championship in Burlington, Vt., at the University of Vermont. It will mark 1 Molly Schaus 0-0 0:00 0 0.00 0 .000 0-0-0-0 0 the third time the event has been set in the U.S., after it was hosted in Lake Placid, 31 Jessie Vetter 0-0 0:00 0 0.00 0 .000 0-0-0-0 0 N.Y., in 1994 and Minneapolis in 2001. Totals 1-1 60:00 0 0.00 10 1.00 1-0-0-0 1

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Coyne is finishing a post-graduate year at Berkshire School (prep school), while Potter is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth and has two children, TEAM USA BY THE NUMBERS ages 4 and 10. AVERAGES Age ...... 22.4 CWHL: Six members of Team USA spent the 2010-11 season with teams in the Height ...... 5-7 (171) newly restructured Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Kacey Bellamy, Caitlin Weight ...... 156 (71) Cahow and Angela Ruggiero played for the Blades, while Julie Chu skat- ed for the Montreal Stars, Molly Engstrom played for the Thunder and BY STATE (12) Massachusetts ...... 3 Brianne McLaughlin was rostered with the . Chu and the Minnesota ...... 3 Montreal Stars captured the 2011 Championship. Wisconsin ...... 3 New York ...... 2 UNIVERSITY LIFE: Eleven players on the U.S. team played NCAA Division I North Dakota ...... 2 women’s hockey in 2010-11, while another nine have already completed their NCAA Ohio ...... 2 playing careers and one is still NCAA eligible (Kendall Coyne - committed to ...... 1 Northeastern University for 2011-12). Connecticut ...... 1 Idaho ...... 1 NATIONAL TITLES: Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight are Illinois ...... 1 all hot off winning the NCAA title with the University of Wisconsin last month. In Maine ...... 1 Pennsylvania ...... 1 total, six members of Team USA have won collegiate national championships, led by Duggan (2007, 2009, 2011) and Jessie Vetter (2006, 2007, 2009), who each BY BIRTH YEAR (11) have three championships with Wisconsin. Knight was also on hand for Wisconsin’s 1989 ...... 4 championship in 2009 alongside Duggan and Vetter. Meanwhile, Jenny Potter was 1987 ...... 4 an NCAA champion with the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2003 and Angela 1990 ...... 3 Ruggiero captured the national title with in 1999. 1988 ...... 2 1985 ...... 2 PLAYER/COACHES: Julie Chu is currently an assistant coach for the Union 1992 ...... 1 College women’s team (she previously spent 2007-08 as an assistant 1991 ...... 1 coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth) and Jessie Vetter serves as the 1983 ...... 1 1982 ...... 1 director of hockey for Athletic Republic and coaches the Madison Capitols 19U girls’ 1980 ...... 1 team. Meanwhile, Kacey Bellamy helped with her former college team - the 1979 ...... 1 University of New Hampshire - during the 2010-11 season. BY COLLEGE CONNECTION (9) A SEASON TO REMEMBER: Meghan Duggan had a memorable senior season University of Wisconsin (WCHA) ...... 5 at the University of Wisconsin. In addition to captaining the Badgers to the Western Harvard University (ECACH) ...... 4 Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season and tournament championships, she University of Minnesota (WCHA) ...... 3 helped the team earn the overall No. 1 seed heading into the NCAA tournament and (HEA) ...... 2 eventually led the squad to the national championship. Meanwhile, she was named University of North Dakota (WCHA) ...... 2 the WCHA Player of the Year, earned First Team All-America honors, was selected as Mercyhurst College (CHA) ...... 1 University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) ...... 1 the MVP of the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four and was chosen as the recipient of the University of New Hampshire (HEA) ...... 1 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the top player in NCAA Division I women’s (CHA) ...... 1 ice hockey. BY 2010-11 TEAM (12) TOP HONORS: This year’s recipient Meghan Duggan makes four current mem- Boston Blades (CWHL) ...... 3 bers of Team USA who have won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the top University of Wisconsin (WCHA) ...... 3 player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. Jessie Vetter took home the trophy Boston College (HEA) ...... 2 in 2009, while Julie Chu won the award in 2007 and Angela Ruggiero captured University of Minnesota (WCHA) ...... 2 the prize in 2004. Caitlin Cahow, Molly Engstrom, Hilary Knight, Monique (WWHL) ...... 2 Lamoureux-Kolls, Jenny Potter, Molly Schaus and Kelli Stack were all pre- University of North Dakota (WCHA) ...... 2 Berkshire School (Prep) ...... 1 viously top-10 or top-three finalists for the award. Brampton Thunder (CWHL) ...... 1 Burlington Barracudas (CWHL) ...... 1 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: During the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Harvard University (ECACH) ...... 1 Angela Ruggiero was voted to become a member of the International Olympic Mercyhurst College (CHA) ...... 1 Committee Athletes’ Commission. She became only the third IOC member from the Montreal Stars (CWHL) ...... 1 United States on the board and was thereafter appointed to the 11-member IOC Evaluation Commission that recently inspected the three cities competing to host the BY 2010-11 LEAGUE 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Western Collegiate Hockey Association ...... 7 Canadian Women’s Hockey League ...... 6 LAWYER IN THE MIX: Caitlin Cahow is currently enrolled in her first year at ...... 2 Western Women’s Hockey League ...... 2 the Boston College Law School. She lives in Cambridge, Mass., and trains with both ...... 1 the Boston Blades (CWHL) and Team USA. She earned her bachelor’s degree in ECAC Hockey ...... 1 social/biological anthropology from Harvard University in 2008. U.S. Prep ...... 1

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FAMILY AFFAIR: Jenny Potter is the lone mother on the U.S. roster. She has a In addition to the team’s success under Stone, she has coached some of the best indi- daughter, Madison “Maddy,” who is 10 years old; and a son, Cullen, who is four. Her vidual talent in the sport of women’s hockey. In 17 years at Harvard, Stone has father, Dwayne Schmidgall, is the founder and coach of the Minnesota Whitecaps in coached nine Olympians and six of the 13 winners of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial the Western Women’s Hockey League where Potter plays. Her husband, Rob, is also Award, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. a Whitecaps’ coach and helps Potter on a day-to-day basis on the ice and in the weight room. He is also the coach for the Coon Rapids (Minn.) High School girls’ Stone continues to be an integral voice in the sport of women’s hockey. She is a team. Potter and her husband team up for Potter’s Pure Hockey, a series of training member of the NCAA Championship committee and has served multiple tenures on camps and sessions for hockey players of all ages. the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Selection Committee, and previously served as a member of the NCAA rules committee and president of the American Women’s ALL IN THE FAMILY: Twin sisters Jocelyne Lamoureux and Monique Hockey Coaches Association. Lamoureux-Kolls are the first set of twins (or sisters) in the U.S. Women’s National Program. They are also teammates at the University of North Dakota and come Stone graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1989 with a bachelor’s from a hockey family. Their brother, Jean-Philippe, currently plays for the American degree in physical education. She was a captain and four-year letterwinner in both Hockey League’s Abbotsford Heat. He previously played hockey for North Dakota hockey and lacrosse for the Wildcats. Stone helped the hockey team win ECAC cham- and for Team USA at the 2004 Viking Cup. Meanwhile, another brother, Jacques, pionships in 1986 and 1987 and the lacrosse team capture an NCAA title in 1985. recently completed his hockey career at the Air Force Academy and another, Pierre- She earned All-ECAC honors in hockey and was a two-time All-America selection in Paul, is the manager for the North Dakota men’s hockey team. Finally, their lacrosse. youngest brother, Mario, recently completed his second season on the North Dakota hockey team and played for Team USA at the 2006 Viking Cup, and their father, Before coaching at Harvard, Stone served as assistant athletic director and coach at Jean-Pierre, played hockey for North Dakota (1979-82). Tabor Academy (Mass.) and had coaching stints at Northfield Mount Hermon School (Mass.) and Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.). CLOSE KNIT: Julie Chu is very close with her family, which lives in Fairfield, Conn. Her mother is half Chinese and half Puerto Rican and her father is from Hong Kong, Joining Stone behind the bench as assistant coaches are Mark Hudak, head and they travel to nearly every tournament their daughter plays in, no matter what women’s ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College, and Hilary Witt, assistant part of the world. Chu, her parents and her sister and brother all have matching tat- women’s ice hockey coach at Northeastern University. In addition, Robb Stauber is toos of the Olympic rings, along with Chu’s number 13. serving as the goalie coach and Misha Donskov is the skill development coach and recruiting specialist. UP NEXT: Next on the agenda for the U.S. Women’s National Program is the USA Hockey Women’s Summer Training Camp, set for early June in Colorado Springs, Colo. THE STONE FILE , head women’s ice hockey coach at Harvard University, returned to the U.S. bench after having been involved with the U.S. Women’s National Program extensively since 2006.

Prior to the 2010-11 season, Stone most recently served as the head coach of the U.S. Women’s Select Team at the 2008 Women’s Four Nations Cup. There, Team USA captured the tournament title for the first time since 2003. Prior to that, Stone led the U.S. to the gold medal at the first-ever International Ice Hockey Federation World Women’s U18 Championship in January 2008. She also coached the U.S. Women’s Under-18 Select Team at the 2007 Under-18 Series and the U.S. Women’s Under-22 Select Team at the 2006 Under-22 Series against Canada.

Stone is in her fifth season of involvement in the coaching curriculum and player selection for the U.S. Women’s National Program, spending time at the Women’s National Festival, Women’s Winter Training Camp and the USA Hockey Girls’ Select Player Development Camps. In addition, she served as an assistant coach with the 1996 U.S. Women’s Select Team for a three-game exhibition series against Sweden.

Along with her accomplishments on the international stage, Stone is the winningest coach in the history of women’s hockey at Harvard and one of the most successful coaches ever in the women’s collegiate game. Stone recently completed her 17th season behind the Harvard bench with 356 victories, which is tops among NCAA Division I coaches.

Stone has led the Crimson to a 356-155-31 (.685) record during her tenure, which included the 1999 American Women’s Collegiate Hockey Alliance national champi- onship, three straight appearances in the NCAA championship game (2003, 2004, 2005), eight NCAA tournament appearances in the event’s 11-year history, six ECAC Hockey regular-season titles, five ECAC Hockey tournament championships, five Ivy League titles and 10 championships. Page 4 USAHockey.com

U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM # Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Hometown 2010-11 Team GOALTENDERS (3) 29 Brianne McLaughlin 5-8 (174) 130 (59) 6/20/87 L Sheffield Village, Ohio Burlington Barracudas (CWHL) 1 Molly Schaus 5-8 (174) 148 (67) 7/29/88 L Natick, Mass. Boston College (HEA) 31 Jessie Vetter 5-8 (174) 169 (77) 12/19/85 L Cottage Grove, Wis.

DEFENSEMEN (6) 22 Kacey Bellamy 5-8 (174) 143 (65) 4/22/87 L Westfield, Mass. Boston Blades (CWHL) 8 Caitlin Cahow 5-4 (163) 156 (71) 5/20/85 L Vinalhaven, Maine Boston Blades (CWHL) 9 Molly Engstrom 5-9 (175) 178 (81) 3/1/83 R Siren, Wis. Brampton Thunder (CWHL) 24 Josephine Pucci 5-8 (173) 157 (71) 12/27/90 R Pearl River, N.Y. Harvard University (ECACH) 4 Angela Ruggiero 5-9 (175) 192 (87) 1/3/80 R Simi Valley, Calif. Boston Blades (CWHL) 15 Anne Schleper 5-10 (178) 167 (76) 1/30/90 L St. Cloud, Minn. University of Minnesota (WCHA)

FORWARDS (12) 13 Julie Chu 5-8 (174) 147 (67) 3/13/82 R Fairfield, Conn. Montreal Stars (CWHL) 26 Kendall Coyne 5-2 (157) 130 (59) 5/25/92 L Palos Heights, Ill. Berkshire School (Mass.) 14 Brianna Decker 5-4 (163) 152 (69) 5/13/91 R Dousman, Wis. University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 10 Meghan Duggan 5-9 (175) 164 (74) 9/3/87 R Danvers, Mass. University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 21 Hilary Knight 5-10 (178) 172 (78) 7/12/89 R Sun Valley, Idaho University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 17 Jocelyne Lamoureux 5-6 (168) 154 (70) 7/3/89 R Grand Forks, N.D. University of North Dakota (WCHA) 7 Monique Lamoureux-Kolls 5-6 (168) 156 (71) 7/3/89 R Grand Forks, N.D. University of North Dakota (WCHA) 19 Gigi Marvin 5-8 (174) 166 (75) 3/7/87 R Warroad, Minn. Minnesota Whitecaps (WWHL) 12 Jenny Potter 5-4 (163) 145 (66) 1/12/79 L Edina, Minn. Minnesota Whitecaps (WWHL) 3 Jen Schoullis 5-9 (175) 165 (75) 3/7/89 L Erie, Pa. University of Minnesota (WCHA) 16 Kelli Stack 5-5 (165) 130 (59) 1/13/88 R Brooklyn Heights, Ohio Boston College (HEA) 27 Kelley Steadman 5-11 (180) 160 (73) 7/17/90 R Plattsburgh, N.Y. Mercyhurst College (CHA)

STAFF PRONUNCIATIONS NUMERICAL ROSTER Director, Women’s Hockey Kacey BELLAMY BELL-uh-mee 1 Molly Schaus...... G Regan Carey, Colorado Springs, Colo. Caitlin CAHOW KAY-how 3 Jen Schoullis...... F Head Coach Katey Stone, Arlington, Mass. Julie CHU CHOO 4 Angela Ruggiero ...... D Assistant Coaches BRIANNA Decker bree-AN-uh 7 Monique Lamoureux-Kolls...... F Mark Hudak, Hanover, N.H. Meghan DUGGAN DUHG-ihn 8 Caitlin Cahow...... D Hilary Witt, Lowell, Mass. Molly ENGSTROM AYNG-struhm 9 Molly Engstrom...... D Goalie Coach Robb Stauber, Edina, Minn. Jocelyne LAMOUREUX LAHM-uh-roo 10 Meghan Duggan...... F Skill Development Coach/Recruiting Specialist Monique LAMOUREUX-Kolls LAHM-uh-roo 12 Jenny Potter...... F Misha Donskov, London, Ont. GIGI Marvin GEE-gee 13 Julie Chu ...... F Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Angela RUGGIERO ruh-JEER-oh 14 Brianna Decker...... F Michael Boyle, Reading, Mass. Strength & Conditioning Coach ANNE Schleper AN-ee 15 Anne Schleper...... D Dawn Strout, Lisbon, Maine Jen SCHOULLIS SHEW-lihs 16 Kelli Stack ...... F Video Coordinator Jessie VETTER VEHT-er 17 Jocelyne Lamoureux...... F Brad Aldrich, Hancock, Mich. 19 Gigi Marvin ...... F Athletic Trainer Jill Radzinski, Davis, Calif. 21 Hilary Knight...... F Physician 22 Kacey Bellamy...... D Joan Eicker, Richmond, Vt. 24 Josephine Pucci...... D Massage Therapist 26 Kendall Coyne ...... F Travis Green, Cottage Grove, Minn. Equipment Manager 27 Kelley Steadman...... F Brent Proulx, St. Paul, Minn. 29 Brianne McLaughlin...... G Communications Manager 31 Jessie Vetter...... G Christy Cahill, Colorado Springs, Colo.

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USA vs Slovakia - Preliminary Round

April 17, 2011—at Hallenstadion United States 02 3—5 Slovakia 00 0—0

Scoring 1st: None 2nd: USA-Coyne (Engstrom, Knight), 3:50 USA-Pucci (Lamoureux), 8:18 3rd: USA-Knight (Decker, Cahow), :11 USA-Duggan (Chu), :19 USA-Decker (Knight, Bellamy), 7:27 Penalties: USA 5-10; SVK 3-6 Power Plays: USA 0-2; SVK 0-5 Saves: USA-McLaughlin (4-2-4---10), 60:00 SVK-Tomcikova (26-12-20---58), 60:00 Shots: USA 26-14-23---63; SVK 4-2-4---10 Attendance: 585 Notes: Brianna Decker was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Josephine Pucci scored her first U.S. goal ... Brianne McLaughlin earned her first career U.S. shutout in her first IIHF World Women’s Championship game.

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