USA Hockey is bringing together 92 players who will vie for sports on USA's Collegiate Select and U-18 Select rosters ahead of a series against Canada. They'll participate in the Women's National Festival from August 2-9 in Lake Placid, New York with the goal of attracting the attention of Team USA's brass.

The Collegiate Select group also invited Annelies Bergmann, Lindzi Avar, and Julia Pellerin, who were part of the Collegiate Select roster last season, as well as Boston College's Sammy Taber, who were unable to attend.

USA won the series last season, despite the fact almost all of their top collegiate players including Caroline Harvey, Abbey Murphy, Laila Edwards, Joy Dunne, Tessa Janecke, Lacey Eden, Kirsten Simms, Ava McNaughton, and Emma Peschel were with the senior national team rather than among their peers.

Both the U-18 group, and collegiate pools provide a glimpse to the future for Team USA, and also at some of the top American players available for the PWHL Draft.

Here's a look at five players to watch at USA's Women's National Festival.

You could pick any of Wisconsin's stars here. Laney Potter is probably the most PWHL ready defender in the NCAA; Maggie Scannell looks poised for a breakout year; Cassie Hall is one of the top forwards available for the 2027 PWHL Draft, and Ava McNaughton could already be a pro and has an Olympic gold medal. But Kelly Gorbatenko's unique combination of size and scoring could put her atop the list. Gorbatenko is the highest scoring NCAA player in camp having recorded 50 points in 41 games for the Badgers last season. 

There is no defender returning to NCAA hockey who scored more points than Molly Boyle last season. The only players ahead of her were Caroline Harvey, Emma Peschel, and Sydney Morrow, three high PWHL Draft picks. The fact Boyle did it as a rookie with Yale is impressive scoring 13 goals, second only to Harvey, and 36 points in 33 games. Boyle was named the ECAC Defender of the Year, a First Team All-Star, and to the ECAC All-Rookie Team. Haley Winn was the last ECAC Defender of the Year, an award she followed by winning an Olympic gold, PWHL Rookie of the Year and being a top three finalist for PWHL Defender of the Year this season.

Fanale was a rare early addition to USA's Collegiate Select roster last season as the only 2007 born player to be named prior to playing NCAA hockey. She's back and now the three-time U-18 World Championship representative, who captained USA's U-18 roster in 2025 is ready to not just be on the team, but make a serious impact. She scored 36 points in 39 games, including 20 goals as an NCAA rookie with Minnesota. Fanale has a dynamic skill set and isn't afraid to be creative. This year netmidner Bianca Birrittieri is the only pre-college invite to the Collegiate Select roster as she's set to join Providence College next season.

Last season at the U-18 World Championships, Daley set an American record with 12 goals, and placed herself second all-time for a single season total of 17 points, sandwiched between Amanda Kessel and Kendall Coyne Schofield on the all-time lists. The Ohio State commit is a two-time U-18 World Championship All-Star and can add to that one more time. She's an American prospect who has sky-high potential.

A Wisconsin commit, Taylor is a modern puck moving defender who is the next in a long line of elite American defensive prospects. Her 11 assists at the U-18 World Championships last season for USA were the most ever by an American defender at the tournament. She scored 122 points in 58 games for Lovell Academy this year. She'll be back on USA's blueline for her third U-18 World Championship in 2027 and will be a player who could receive an early invite to the Collegiate Select roster next summer.