Team USA has named 25 players to their Collegiate Selects Team that will travel to Finland for a Six Nations event as part of the Women's Euro Hockey Tour in December.
Team USA has named 25 players to their Collegiate Selects Team that will travel to Finland for a Six Nations event as part of the Women's Euro Hockey Tour in December.
USA Hockey today announced a 25-player roster to compete at the upcoming Six Nations Tournament in Tampere, Finland, from Dec. 11-15.
The Collegiate Select Team will for the first time compete in the Women's Euro Hockey Tour, and will include 10 members of USA's Senior national team that won silver at the 2024 World Championships.
Those members of the senior national team who will also compete with USA's Collegiate Select Team are Joy Dunne (Ohio State), Lacey Eden (Wisconsin), Laila Edwards (Wisconsin), Rory Guilday (Cornell), Caroline Harvey (Wisconsin), Tessa Janecke (Penn State, Sydney Morrow (Minnesota), Abbey Murphy (Minnesota), Kirsten Simms (Wisconsin) and Haley Winn (Clarkson). Casey O’Brien (Wisconsin), who was also named to the roster, played for USA's senior national team at the recent Rivalry Series games against Canada.
In addition to this group, USA's roster will include several PWHL Draft eligible players including Emma Gentry (St. Cloud State), Peyton Hemp (Minnesota), Ella Huber (Minnesota), Skylar Irving (Northeastern), Amanda Thiele (Ohio State) and Kiara Zanon (Ohio State) who will attempt to boost their draft rankings at the event.
The remainder of the team includes familiar faces from USA's past U-18 rosters. This includes Annelies Bergmann (Cornell), Grace Dwyer (Cornell), Cassie Hall (Wisconsin), Sloane Matthews (Ohio State), Ava McNaughton (Wisconsin), Emma Peschel (Ohio State), Jordyn Petrie (Ohio State), and Laney Potter (Wisconsin).
USA will compete in Group A facing Finland and Switzerland in pool play. Group B includes Canada, Czechia, and Sweden.
Team USA's first game is on Dec. 11 against Finland at Hakametsä Arena.