AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION Executive Director: Joe Bertagna — 7 Concord Street — Gloucester, MA 01930 — (781) 245-4177 For immediate release: Thursday, March 17, 2011 WOMEN’S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY REEBOK ALL-AMERICANS ANNOUNCED Nine Honorees Ready To Compete for a National Championship ERIE, PA — Nine players competing for an NCAA Women’s National Collegiate Ice Hockey Championship in Erie, PA, this weekend have been honored as 2011 DIVISION I REEBOK WOMEN’S HOCKEY ALL-AMERICAN, it was announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Included among the 12 honorees are representatives of all four of this year's NCAA semifinalists: the University of Wisconsin, Cornell University, Boston University and Boston College. Noteworthy among the selections: • Nine players have been previously honored, including Mercyhurst's Meghan Agosta who becomes the third four-time First Team All-American. Harvard's Angela Ruggiero and Jennifer Botterill were the others. • Only five players come from the United States. Six come from Canada; one from Finland. • There are six seniors, two juniors and four sophomores. • Cornell and Wisconsin led the way with three honorees each. • Five selections came from the WCHA, three each from the ECAC and Hockey East, and one from the CHA. The REEBOK ALL-AMERICAN ICE HOCKEY TEAMS are sponsored by REEBOK HOCKEY, an international leader in hockey equipment, and chosen by members of the AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION. 2010-11 REEBOK HOCKEY/AHCA WOMEN’S DIVISION I ALL-AMERICANS First Team Second Team Molly Schaus, SR, Boston College% Goalie Noora Raty, SO, Minnesota* (Natick, MA) (Espoo, Finland) Laura Fortino, SO, Cornell* Defense Lauriane Rougeau, SO, Cornell# (Hamilton, ON) (Beaconsfield, PQ) Jocelyne Larocque, SR, Minnesota-Duluth@ Defense Catherine Ward. SR, Boston University (St. Anne, MB) (Montreal, PQ) Meghan Agosta, SR, Mercyhurst@$& Forward Brianna Decker, SO, Wisconsin (Ruthven, ON) (Dousman, WI) Meghan Duggan, SR, Wisconsin Forward Rebecca Johnston, JR, Cornell% (Danvers, MA) (Sudbury, ON) Hilary Knight, JR, Wisconsin@ Forward Kelli Stack, SR, Boston College% (Sun Valley, ID) (Brooklyn Heights, OH) *First Team in 2010; # Second Team in 2010; @ First Team in 2009; % Second Team in 2009; $ First Team in 2008; & First Team in 2007 CONTACT: Joe Bertagna (781) 245-4177 ### .