T E A M U S A G A M E N O T E S U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Canada Monday, April 25, 2011 • Hallenstadion • 8:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. EDT)

TELEVISION : Universal Sports Team USA Communications Manager WEBCAST : UniversalSports.com 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 (4-0-0-0) and No. 2 Canada (4-0-0-0) meet in the in the gold-medal game of the 2011 IIHF World Women’s TEAM USA SCHEDULE & RESULTS Championship at Hallenstadion (capacity: 10,630) in Zurich. It is the 13th such meeting for the two Date Opponent Time (Local/EDT)/Result teams. Both advanced in similar fashion, going undefeated in the preliminary round to earn a quarter - Thurs., April 7 Canada* L, 1-3 final bye. The Americans enter the game by way of a 5-1 semifinal victory over Russia and have Fri., April 8 Canada* W, 4-1 outscored opponents 32-3, with 5-0, 13-1 and 9-1 wins over Slovakia, Russia and Sweden in the pre - Sun., April 17 Slovakia W, 5-0 liminary round. Meanwhile, Canada posted a 4-1 win over Finland in the semifinals after garnering 12- Mon., April 18 Russia W, 13-1 0, 7-0 and 2-0 preliminary-round victories over Switzerland, Kazakhstan and Finland. Team USA Wed., April 20 Sweden W, 9-1 arrived in Zurich on April 13 after holding a selection/training camp in Ann Arbor, Mich., from April 4- Sat., April 23 Russia^ W, 5-1 12. Prior to the U.S. roster being announced on April 9, the 30-player preliminary team played Canada Mon., April 25 Canada% 8 p.m./2 p.m. in a pair of pre-tournament games on April 7 and 8. Canada won the first game by a 3-1 score before *Pre-tournament game in Ann Arbor, Mich. the U.S. garnered the second win, 4-1. ^Semifinal %Gold-Medal Game THE WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP : The IIHF World Women’s Championship is being held for the 13th time since its inception in 1990. Since 1999, it has been run on an annual basis, with the COVERING TEAM USA exception of Olympic years (2002, 2006, 2010) and 2003, when the event was canceled due to SARS virus concerns. This year marks the first time that Switzerland has hosted the event - Canada has host - USAHOCKEY.COM COVERAGE ...... bit.ly/USA-WWC ed five times, Finland has hosted three times, the U.S. has hosted twice and and Sweden have TEAM USA BLOG ...... bit.ly/USWomensBlog each hosted once. For the preliminary round, Group A (No. 1 United States, No. 4 Sweden, No. 5 Russia, TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE ...... bit.ly/WWCMediaGuide No. 8 Slovakia) was based at Hallenstadion in Zurich, while Group B (No. 2 Canada, No. 3 Finland, No. 6 Kazakhstan, No. 7 Switzerland) was stationed at Deutweg Rink in Winterthur. From there, the play - off and medal rounds are taking place in Zurich, with the relegation round in Winterthur. Canada has won the championship on nine occasions (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007), while .com/USAHockey Facebook.com/USAHockey #2011WWC the U.S. has captured the title the other three years (2005, 2008-09). Team USA has only lost once to a team other than Canada in the world championship, which happened in 2008 to Finland in of the round-robin playoff round (the U.S. went on to win the gold medal that year). U.S. RESULTS AT WORLD WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS USA vs. CANADA : The United States and Canada are the only gold-medal winners in Olympic Winter Games and IIHF World Women’s Championship history. Team USA won the inaugural Olympic gold Year Head Coach Record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) Finish 2009 Mark Johnson 4-0-0-1-0 Gold medal in 1998, while Canada has taken the top prize in the three Games since (2002, 2006, 2010). 2008 Jackie Barto 4-0-1-0-0 Gold The United States has captured gold at three of the 12 IIHF World Women’s Championships, including 2007 Mark Johnson 3-0-1-1-0 Silver each of the last two years (2008, 2009), while Canada won gold the remaining nine years (1990, 2005 Ben Smith 4-1-0-0-0 Gold 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007). The teams have also met frequently during the 2004 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Four Nations Cup and pre-Olympic tours. Overall, the United States holds a record of 29-8-9-49-1 (W- 2001 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver OTW-OTL-L-T) in 96 contests against Canada. In World Championship Play - In the IIHF World Women’s 2000 Ben Smith 4-0-1-0-0 Silver Championship, Canada holds the 8-3-1-4 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) advantage in 16 games. The teams have 1999 Ben Smith 4-0-0-1-0 Silver played to overtime on four occasions, two of which resulted in a shootout. Eleven of the 16 games have 1997 Ben Smith 3-0-1-0-1 Silver been decided by two goals or less, while seven have been one- games. Overall in the event, Team 1994 Karen Kay 4-0-0-1-0 Silver USA holds a 40-1-4-8-1 record (W-OTW-OTL-L-T), with three gold medals and nine silvers. Meanwhile, 1992 Russ McCurdy 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Canada has a 56-3-1-3-0 mark with nine gold medals and a trio of silvers. The last time the U.S. and 1990 Don Macleod 4-0-0-1-0 Silver Canada met in an international tournament was during the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St. John’s, N.L, USA vs GP W OTW OTL LTGF GA SOF SOA last November. There, the Americans fell in overtime by a 3-2 score in the championship game, after Canada 16 41 3 8035 53 12 earning a 3-2 shootout victory in round-robin play. Last Season - The U.S. and Canada played a total China 66000056 630 of 11 times during the 2009-10 season, with eight wins going to Canada and three to the United States. Finland 11 90 1 0150 17 31 Five of the games came in tournament play (2009 Cup, 2009 Four Nations Cup, 2010 Germany 55000060 230 Olympic Winter Games), where the Americans held a 3-0-0-2 record. The Americans beat the Canadians Japan 1100008010 twice to capture the title at the Hockey Canada Cup to start the season and extend their tournament- Kazakhstan 1100009010 winning streak to four (2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship, 2008 Four Nations Cup, 2009 IIHF Norway 33000033 120 World Women’s Championship, 2009 Hockey Canada Cup), however, Team Canada earned titles at two Russia 77000065 530 events - the 2009 Four Nations Cup and 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The remaining six games, all Slovakia 1100005010 won by Canada, were part of a pre-Olympic series. Sweden 88000066 12 20 Switzerland 55000055 520 Totals 64 50 1481442 101 22 3

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USA vs Canada at the World Championship Championship), then garnered her first win in the preliminary-round of the 2009 Date Location Result Hockey Canada Cup and saw her first championship-game start against Canada at April 12, 2009 Hameenlinna, Finland W, 4-1 (Gold-Medal Game) the 2009 Four Nations Cup (1-5 L). She holds a 1-0-1-6 record in eight starts. April 10, 2009 Hameenlinna, Finland Canada 2, USA 1 (Qualification Round) Date Event Result April 12, 2008 Harbin, China USA 4, Canada 3 (Gold-Medal Game) Nov. 13, 2010 Four Nations Cup L, 3-2 (OT)* April 10, 2008 Harbin, China USA 4, CAN 2 (Qualifying Round) Dec. 30, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 1-2 April 10, 2007 Winnipeg, Man. CAN 5, USA 1 (Gold-Medal Game) Dec. 15, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 2-6 April 7, 2007 Winnipeg, Man. CAN 5, USA 4 (SO) (Qualifying Round) Nov. 7, 2009 Four Nations Cup L, 1-5* April 9, 2005 Linkoping, Sweden USA 1, CAN 0 (SO) (Gold-Medal Game) Oct. 5, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 1-3 April 6, 2004 Halifax, N.S. CAN 2, USA 0 (Gold-Medal Game) Sept. 3, 2009 Hockey Canada Cup W, 4-2 April 3, 2004 Halifax, N.S. USA 3, CAN 1 (Qualifying Round) April 10, 2009 World Championship L, 1-2 April 8, 2001 Minneapolis, Minn. CAN 3, USA 2 (Gold-Medal Game) Nov. 6, 2008 Four Nations Cup L, 2-4 April 9, 2000 , Ont. CAN 3, USA 2 (OT) (Gold-Medal Game) Finally, Brianne McLaughlin has yet to see tournament action against Canada, but March 14, 1999 Espoo, Finland CAN 3, USA 1 (Gold-Medal Game) got her first start in a pre-world championship game on April 7, 2011. There, she April 6, 1997 Kitchener, Ont. CAN 4, USA 3 (OT) (Gold-Medal Game) made 18 saves in a 3-1 loss. April 17, 1994 Lake Placid, N.Y. CAN 6, USA 3 (Gold-Medal Game) *Championship Game April 26, 1992 Tampere, Finland CAN 8, USA 0 (Gold-Medal Game) March 25, 1990 , Ont. CAN 5, USA 2 (Gold-Medal Game) FORMAT : Each team played three round-robin games within its group. The top fin - ishing team in each group advanced directly to the semifinals, while the second- and Stat Comparison third-place teams played crossover quarterfinal games. The winners of the two quar - USA Canada terfinals moved on to the semifinals. The winning teams from the semifinals are Record 4-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 playing for the gold medal, while the losing teams are playing for the bronze. Goals For/Game 8.0 6.25 Goals Against/Game 0.75 0.25 Final Preliminary Round Standings Shots For/Game 59.75 66.5 Group A Shots Against/Game 15.25 15.5 Rank Team GP W OTW OTL L PTS GDF GF:GA Power Play 9/20 (45.0) 6/21 (28.6) 1 United States 330009+25 27:2 Kill 21/22 (95.5) 15/15 (100.0) 2 Sweden 320016+1 11:10 PIM/Game 12.0 8.5 3 Russia 310023-15 6:21 4 Slovakia 300000-11 1:12 Scoring/Period 1 2 3 OT SO Total Group B USA 11 12 90032 Rank Team GP W OTW OTL L PTS GDF GF:GA Canada 8890025 1 Canada 300009+21 21:0 2 Switzerland 311015-6 8:14 has seen action in net against the Canadians GOALIE RECORDS: 3 Finland 310114-1 6:7 on 14 occasions and holds a 5-2-2-5 record. Her first three starts against the 4 Kazakhstan 300000-14 4:18 Canadian senior team were all losses (2007 Worlds, 2x 2007 Four Nations Cup), then she came back for five consecutive wins, including back-to-back victories for the TEAM USA STATISTICS title at the 2008 World Championship, a shootout win in the 2008 Four Nations Cup # Player GP G A PTS PIM +/- GWG PPG championship and victories in the title games at the 2009 World Championship and 21 Hilary Knight 44812 23 00 2009 Hockey Canada Cup. Since then, she holds a 1-1-1-3 record, which includes a 14 44711 42 00 loss in the Olympic gold-medal game. In addition, she played the first half of a pre- 10 44372110 world championship game on April 8, 2011, and stopped all 11 shots she faced. 13 41670000 Date Event Result 26 Kendall Coyne 44260002 7 -Kolls 22464000 Nov. 9, 2010 Four Nations Cup W, 3-2 (SO) 17 Jocelyne Lamoureux 42352000 Feb. 25, 2010 Olympic Winter Games L, 0-2* 8 41450100 Jan. 1, 2010 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 2-3 (SO) 16 42242100 Dec. 12, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 2-4 12 Jenny Potter 41340000 Nov. 6, 2009 Four Nations Cup W, 3-2 19 40330000 4 42020000 Oct. 16, 2009 Pre-Olympic Tour L, 2-5 3 Jen Schoullis 42022001 Sept. 6, 2009 Hockey Canada Cup W, 2-1* 22 41120000 April 12, 2009 World Championship W, 4-1* 15 Anne Schleper 41120001 Nov. 9, 2008 Four Nations Cup W, 3-2 (SO)* 9 40222000 April 12, 2008 World Championship W, 4-3* 27 Kelley Steadman 40220000 April 10, 2008 World Championship W, 4-2 24 41018000 Team 4 Nov. 11, 2007 Four Nations Cup L, 0-2* Totals 4 32 51 83 28 814 Nov. 8, 2007 Four Nations Cup L, 3-6 April 7, 2007 World Championship L, 4-5 (SO) # GP-GS MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W-OTW-OTL-L SO Meanwhile, earned her second championship start in net against the 29 Brianne McLaughlin 1-1 60:00 0 0.00 10 1.00 1-0-0-0 1 Canadians at the 2010 Four Nations Cup last fall. In that game, she made 49 saves, 1 Molly Schaus 1-1 60:00 1 1.00 19 .950 1-0-0-0 0 31 Jessie Vetter 2-2 120:00 2 1.00 29 .936 2-0-0-0 0 but succumbed to a power-play goal in overtime for a 3-2 loss. She entered last sea - Totals 4-4 240:00 3 0.75 58 .951 4-0-0-0 1 son with a pair of losses to Canada (2008 Four Nations Cup, 2009 World Page 2 USAHockey.com

GAME 4 VS RUSSIA : Team USA advanced to the gold-medal game of the 2011 International Federation World Women's Championship with a 5-1 win TEAM USA BY THE NUMBERS over Russia on April 23. Brianna Decker and Monique Lamoureux-Kolls each fac - AVERAGES tored in four goals in leading the U.S. to victory. Russia scored first at 3:21 of the Age ...... 22.4 first period, before Team USA scored five unanswered goals, including two in the Height ...... 5-7 (171) first, two in the second and one in the third. Weight ...... 156 (71)

GAME 3 VS SWEDEN : Meghan Duggan and Jen Schoullis each scored twice BY STATE (12) Massachusetts ...... 3 in leading Team USA to a 9-1 victory over Sweden on April 20. The U.S. scored four ...... 3 goals in the first period, followed by five goals in the second to secure the Group A- Wisconsin ...... 3 winning victory. New York ...... 2 North Dakota ...... 2 GAME 2 VS RUSSIA : Led by a six- effort from Hilary Knight , Team USA Ohio ...... 2 rolled to a 13-1 victory over Russia on April 18. Fourteen U.S. players factored in ...... 1 the scoring, including seven with multi-point games. The Americans piled on five ...... 1 goals in the first period, then added three in the second and five more in the third, Idaho ...... 1 while going 5-for-9 on the power play. Illinois ...... 1 Maine ...... 1 Pennsylvania ...... 1 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 BY BIRTH YEAR (11) Slovakia to start the 2011 IIHF World Women's Championship on April 17. Playing 1989 ...... 4 in her first world championship, McLaughlin's shutout was the first of her U.S. career. 1987 ...... 4 Overall, the U.S. outshot the Slovaks by a 63-10 count, scoring two goals in the sec - 1990 ...... 3 ond period and three in the third. 1988 ...... 2 1985 ...... 2 RECAPPING THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : After outscoring Japan 1992 ...... 1 and Russia by a total of 15-0 in the preliminary round, Team USA earned the top 1991 ...... 1 spot in its group for the qualifying round. The U.S. defeated Finland, 7-0, in its first 1983 ...... 1 1982 ...... 1 qualifying-round game and, in the process, clinched a spot in the gold-medal game 1980 ...... 1 against Canada for the 12th consecutive year. Team USA lost its qualifying-round 1979 ...... 1 matchup against Canada, but topped the Canadians in the gold-medal game, 4-1, to claim its second consecutive world championship. With the victory, the U.S. earned BY COLLEGE CONNECTION (9) the No. 1 world ranking for the first time since the system was introduced in 2004. University of Wisconsin (WCHA) ...... 5 (ECACH) ...... 4 FAMILIAR FACES : All 21 players have skated in at least one international event University of Minnesota (WCHA) ...... 3 for Team USA. The squad features 15 Olympians, including 14 players returning College (HEA) ...... 2 from the gold medal-winning 2009 U.S. Women’s National Team. Fifteen of the University of North Dakota (WCHA) ...... 2 players skated in the 2010 Women’s Four Nations Cup last November. Two forwards Mercyhurst College (CHA) ...... 1 University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) ...... 1 - Jen Schoullis and Kelley Steadman - are making their National Team debuts University of New Hampshire (HEA) ...... 1 at the senior level. An additional five players are playing in their first IIHF World (CHA) ...... 1 Women's Championship, including goaltender Brianne McLaughlin , defensemen Josephine Pucci and Anne Schleper , and forwards Kendall Coyne and BY 2010-11 TEAM (12) Brianna Decker . The only two who have not competed in either an Olympics, Boston Blades (CWHL) ...... 3 World Championship or World U18 Championship are Pucci, who skated in the 2010 University of Wisconsin (WCHA) ...... 3 Women's Four Nations Cup, and Schoullis, who played in the 2010 Under-22 Series. (HEA) ...... 2 University of Minnesota (WCHA) ...... 2 POTTER’S CAPTAINCY : Jenny Potter is serving as Team USA’s captain again (WWHL) ...... 2 after doing so at the 2010 Women’s Four Nations Cup. She has played in four University of North Dakota (WCHA) ...... 2 Berkshire School (Prep) ...... 1 Olympics and has suited up in the USA sweater 194 times since 1997. She was select - Thunder (CWHL) ...... 1 ed as USA Hockey's Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year in 2010 after leading the (CWHL) ...... 1 U.S. to the Olympic silver medal with a team-best 11 points (6-5) while serving as Harvard University (ECACH) ...... 1 alternate captain. She is competing in her ninth world championship. Mercyhurst College (CHA) ...... 1 Montreal Stars (CWHL) ...... 1 SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE : The U.S. Women's National Program has enjoyed much success in recent years. U.S. teams have won three of the last four BY 2010-11 LEAGUE IIHF World Women’s Championships (2005, 2008-09), as well as three of the first Western Collegiate Hockey Association ...... 7 four IIHF World Women’s U18 Championships (2008-09, 2011). Canadian Women’s Hockey League ...... 6 ...... 2 Western Women’s Hockey League ...... 2 ABOUT ZURICH : Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland. It is located in central ...... 1 Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. While the municipality itself has ECAC Hockey ...... 1 approximately 380,500 inhabitants, the Zurich metropolitan area is an urbanised U.S. Prep ...... 1 area of international importance constituted by a population of nearly two million Page 3 USAHockey.com

people. The city has previously hosted the IIHF World Men’s Championship on four Jocelyne Lamoureux did not play in the 2008 world championship). The players occasions - 1939, 1953, 1998 and 2009. combine for 51 world championship appearances, led by Angela Ruggiero , who is playing in the tournament for the 10th time. NEXT UP IN BURLINGTON : The United States is hosting the 2012 IIHF World Women’s Championship in Burlington, Vt., at the University of Vermont. It will mark SPANNING GENERATIONS : The average age of Team USA is 22.4 years old. the third time the event has been set in the U.S., after it was hosted in Lake Placid, Kendall Coyne is the youngest at 18, while Jenny Potter is the oldest at 32. N.Y., in 1994 and Minneapolis in 2001. 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, ages TIDBITS 4 and 10. • The U.S. leads the tournament with 32 goals on 239 shots for a 13.4% effi - ciency rate, having outscored opponents 5-0, 13-1, 9-1 and 5-1. CWHL : Six members of Team USA spent the 2010-11 season with teams in the • The U.S. power play is the best in the tournament, going 9-for-20 in four newly restructured Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Kacey Bellamy , Caitlin games for a 45.0% success rate. Meanwhile Team USA’s penalty kill is second best, Cahow and Angela Ruggiero played for the Boston Blades, while Julie Chu skat - allowing just one power play goal on 22 chances for a 95.5% kill rate. ed for the Montreal Stars, Molly Engstrom played for the Brampton Thunder and • Hilary Knight scored her third world championship hat trick on April 18 Brianne McLaughlin was rostered with the Burlington Barracudas. Chu and the against Russia. She previously tallied two hat tricks at the 2009 world championship. Montreal Stars captured the 2011 Championship. • All 18 skaters on the U.S. roster have factored in the scoring, with all but three having tallied at least goal. UNIVERSITY LIFE : Eleven players on the U.S. team played NCAA Division I • The University of Wisconsin trio of Hilary Knight , Brianna Decker and women’s hockey in 2010-11, while another nine have already completed their NCAA Meghan Duggan are three of the tournament’s top four in scoring. Knight has 12 playing careers and one is still NCAA eligible ( Kendall Coyne - committed to points (4-8) to rank first, while Decker is second with 11 points (4-7) and Duggan Northeastern University for 2011-12). is fourth with seven (4-3). Also ranking in the top 10 are Julie Chu (6th/1-6--7), Kendall Coyne (7th/4-2--6) and Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (9th/2-4--6). NATIONAL TITLES : Brianna Decker , Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight are Coyne, Decker, Duggan and Knight all share the tournament lead with four goals, all hot off winning the NCAA title with the University of Wisconsin last month. In while Knight, Decker and Chu are Nos. 1-3 in assists. total, six members of Team USA have won collegiate national championships, led by • Caitlin Cahow leads tournament defensemen with five points (1-4). Duggan (2007, 2009, 2011) and Jessie Vetter (2006, 2007, 2009), who each have three championships with Wisconsin. Knight was also on hand for Wisconsin’s MILESTONES championship in 2009 alongside Duggan and Vetter. Meanwhile, Jenny Potter was • Seven players are skating in their first IIHF World Women's Championship, an NCAA champion with the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2003 and Angela including goaltender Brianne McLaughlin , defensemen Josephine Pucci and Ruggiero captured the national title with Harvard University in 1999. Anne Schleper , and forwards Kendall Coyne , Brianna Decker , Jen Schoullis and Kelley Steadman . PLAYER/COACHES : Julie Chu is currently an assistant coach for the Union • Jenny Potter is on the verge of her 100th goal for Team USA - she current - College women’s ice hockey team (she previously spent 2007-08 as an assistant ly stands at 97. She will become the sixth player in U.S. history to reach the 100- coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth) and Jessie Vetter serves as the goal plateau (-186, Katie King-146, -117, Karen director of hockey for Athletic Republic and coaches the Madison Capitols 19U girls’ Bye-110, Krissy Wendell-105). team. Meanwhile, Kacey Bellamy helped with her former college team - the • Caitlin Cahow played in her 100th game for Team USA on April 18. University of New Hampshire - during the 2010-11 season. Meanwhile, Julie Chu played in her 200th game for Team USA on April 23. She is just the fifth player in U.S. history to accomplish that fete (Angela Ruggiero-155, A SEASON TO REMEMBER : Meghan Duggan had a memorable senior season Katie King-210, Cammi Granato-205, Natalie Darwitz-204). at the University of Wisconsin. In addition to captaining the Badgers to the Western • Josephine Pucci scored her first U.S. goal in Team USA’s 5-0 win over Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season and tournament championships, she Slovakia on April 17. helped the team earn the overall No. 1 seed heading into the NCAA tournament and • Anne Schleper tallied her first goal at the senior-team level in Team USA’s eventually led the squad to the national championship. Meanwhile, she was named 13-1 victory over Russia on April 18. the WCHA Player of the Year, earned First Team All-America honors, was selected as • Jen Schoullis scored her first two U.S. goals at the senior-team level in the the MVP of the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four and was chosen as the recipient of the United States’ 9-1 win over Sweden on April 20. 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the top player in NCAA Division I women’s • Jen Schoullis and Kelley Steadman are making their U.S. senior-team ice hockey. debuts. Steadman is looking for her first senior-team goal. TOP HONORS : This year’s recipient Meghan Duggan makes four current mem - TEAM NOTES bers of Team USA who have won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the top UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT : The U.S. Women’s National Program is under new player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. Jessie Vetter took home the trophy management with Reagan Carey as USA Hockey’s director of women’s hockey. in 2009, while Julie Chu won the award in 2007 and Angela Ruggiero captured Last fall, she replaced Michele Amidon, who had served in the role for four years the prize in 2004. Caitlin Cahow , Molly Engstrom , Hilary Knight , Monique before shifting to take a position as a regional manager for USA Hockey’s American Lamoureux-Kolls , Jenny Potter , Molly Schaus and Kelli Stack were all pre - Development Model. Carey had been working for the ’s viously top-10 or top-three finalists for the award. Atlanta Thrashers for the nine years and is a graduate of Colby College, where she played hockey for four years. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY : During the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Angela Ruggiero was voted to become a member of the International Olympic VETERAN EXPERIENCE : Fourteen members of Team USA have already competed Committee Athletes’ Commission. She became only the third IOC member from the in an IIHF World Women’s Championship, including 12 who were part of the cham - United States on the board and was thereafter appointed to the 11-member IOC pionship-winning teams in both 2008 and 2009 ( Monique Lamoureux-Kolls and Evaluation Commission that recently inspected the three cities competing to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Page 4 USAHockey.com

LAWYER IN THE MIX : Caitlin Cahow is currently enrolled in her first year at onship, three straight appearances in the NCAA championship game (2003, 2004, the Boston College Law School. She lives in Cambridge, Mass., and trains with both 2005), eight NCAA tournament appearances in the event’s 11-year history, six ECAC the Boston Blades (CWHL) and Team USA. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Hockey regular-season titles, five ECAC Hockey tournament championships, five Ivy social/biological anthropology from Harvard University in 2008. League titles and 10 championships.

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 graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1989 with a bachelor’s team. Potter and her husband team up for Potter’s Pure Hockey, a series of training degree in physical education. She was a captain and four-year letterwinner in both camps and sessions for hockey players of all ages. hockey and lacrosse for the Wildcats. Stone helped the hockey team win ECAC cham - pionships in 1986 and 1987 and the lacrosse team capture an NCAA title in 1985. ALL IN THE FAMILY : Twin sisters Jocelyne Lamoureux and Monique She earned All-ECAC honors in hockey and was a two-time All-America selection in Lamoureux-Kolls are the first set of twins (or sisters) in the U.S. Women’s National lacrosse. Program. They are also teammates at the University of North Dakota and come from a hockey family. Their brother, Jean-Philippe, currently plays for the American Joining Stone behind the bench as assistant coaches are Mark Hudak , head Hockey League’s Abbotsford Heat. He previously played hockey for North Dakota women’s ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College, and Hilary Witt , assistant and for Team USA at the 2004 Viking Cup. Meanwhile, another brother, Jacques, women’s ice hockey coach at Northeastern University. In addition, is recently completed his hockey career at the Air Force Academy and another, Pierre- serving as the goalie coach and Misha Donskov is the skill development coach and Paul, is the manager for the North Dakota men’s hockey team. Finally, their recruiting specialist. 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, Jean-Pierre, played hockey for North Dakota (1979-82).

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 , and they travel to nearly every tournament their daughter plays in, no matter what part of the world. Chu, her parents and her sister and brother all have matching tat - toos of the Olympic rings, along with Chu’s 13.

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 at Harvard and one of the most successful coaches ever in the women’s colle - giate game. Stone recently completed her 17th season behind the Harvard bench with 356 victories, which is tops among NCAA Division I coaches.

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U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM # Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Hometown 2010-11 Team (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 USA vs Sweden - Preliminary Round

April 17, 2011—at Hallenstadion April 20, 2011—at Deutweg Rink United States 02 3—5 United States 45 0—9 Slovakia 00 0—0 Sweden 00 1—1

Scoring Scoring 1st: None 1st: USA-Stack (Decker), 5:02 (pp) 2nd: USA-Coyne (Engstrom, Knight), 3:50 USA-Schoullis (Steadman, Potter), 8:48 USA-Pucci (Lamoureux), 8:18 USA-Lamoureux-Kolls (Lamoureux, Stack), 11:30 3rd: USA-Knight (Decker, Cahow), :11 USA-Potter (Chu, Knight), 19:54 USA-Duggan (Chu), :19 2nd: USA-Duggan (Knight), 3:34 (pp) USA-Decker (Knight, Bellamy), 7:27 USA-Schoullis (Poter), 7:09 USA-Coyne (Cahow), 11:00 Penalties: USA 5-10; SVK 3-6 USA-Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls), 13:10 Power Plays: USA 0-2; SVK 0-5 USA-Duggan (Chu, Schleper), 19:10 Saves: USA-McLaughlin (4-2-4-- -10), 60:00 3rd: SWE-Grahm (Holst, Andersson), 3:28 (pp) SVK-Tomcikova (26-12-20-- -58), 60:00 Shots: USA 26-14-23 -- -63; SVK 4-2-4 -- -10 Penalties: USA 4-8; SWE 5-10 Attendance: 585 Power Plays: USA 2-5; SWE 1-4 Saves: USA-Vetter (4-6-6-- -14), 60:00 Notes: Brianna Decker was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Josephine Pucci scored her first SWE-Grahn (20-12-x-- -32), 35:09 U.S. goal ... Brianne McLaughlin earned her first career U.S. shutout in her first IIHF World SWE-Martin (x-1-9-- -10), 24:51 Women’s Championship game. Shots: USA 24-18-9 -- -51; SWE 4-6-7 -- -17 Notes: Kacey Bellamy was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Jen Schoullis scored her first two U.S. goals at the senior level.

USA vs Russia - Preliminary Round USA vs Russia - Semifinals

April 18, 2011—at Hallenstadion April 23, 2011—at Hallenstadion United States 53 5—13 United States 22 1—5 Russia 01 0—1 Russia 10 0—1

Scoring Scoring 1st: USA-Knight (Duggan, Chu), 7:03 (pp) 1st: RUS-Gavrilova (Sosina, Smolentseva), 3:21 USA-Schleper (Coyne, Decker), 9:25 USA-Lamoureux-Kolls (Lamoureux), 11:31 USA-Chu (Potter), 10:42 USA-Coyne (Decker, Knight), 12:05 USA-Ruggiero (Decker), 12:14 2nd: USA-Lamoureux (Lamoureux-Kolls, Decker), 4:08 USA-Duggan (unassisted), 15:21 (sh) USA-Decker (Cahow, Lamoureux-Kolls), 6:59 (pp) 2nd: USA-Cahow (Knight, Coyne), 6:20 (pp) 3rd: USA-Decker (Lamoureux-Kolls, Cahow), 12:18 (pp) USA-Knight (Duggan, Chu), 11:33 (pp) USA-Decker (Knight), 11:56 Penalties: USA 5-10; RUS 5-10 RUS-Lebedeva (Terentieva), 19:59 Power Plays: USA 2-5; RUS 0-5 3rd: USA-Knight (Chu, Duggan), 6:41 (pp) Saves: USA-Vetter (4-3-6-- -13), 60:00 USA-Stack (Marvin, Steadman), 8:07 RUS-Prugova (31-16-16---63), 60:00 USA-Coyne (Knight, Engstrom), 10:35 Shots: USA 33-18-17 -- -68; RUS 5-3-6 -- -14 USA-Bellamy (Stack, Marvin), 11:55 USA-Ruggiero (Decker, Marvin), 15:40 (pp) Notes: Jocelyne Lamoureux was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Brianna Decker and Monique Lamoureux-Kolls each factored in scoring four of the team’s five goals. Penalties: USA 10-20; RUS 9-18 Power Plays: USA 5-9; RUS 0-9 Saves: USA-Schaus (5-6-8-- -19), 60:00 RUS-Ostrovlyanchik (11-22-11-- -44), 60:00 Shots: USA 16-25-16 -- -57; RUS 5-7-8 -- -20 Notes: Julie Chu was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Fourteen U.S. players factored in the scoring, including seven with multi-point games ... Anne Schleper scored her first U.S. goal at the senior level ... The game was Caitlin Cahow’s 100th for Team USA.

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