Team USA released their 26 player roster for a pair of November games as part of the 2023-2024 Rivalry Series.
Team USA released a 26 player roster set to compete in the November stops on the 2023-2024 Rivalry Series against Canada.
Of those invited, 11 are currently playing in the NCAA, 14 were drafted or signed by PWHL teams, and one is a free agent camp invitee in the PWHL.
Of the group, only one player, Laila Edwards, is making her senior national team debut. Edwards is in her second season at the University of Wisconsin, a team sending five players to the Rivalry Series.
Becca Gilmore, a member of the 2023 World Championship gold medal roster is the only player at the professional ranks whose rights are not secured by a PWHL team, although she'll be attending camp with Ottawa.
Notable omissions from the roster include Kendall Coyne Schofield, long time leader of Team USA, and Amanda Kessel, who announced earlier this year she'd be taking a year away from Team USA. Also notably absent were recent national team members Lee Stecklein, Jesse Compher, and Nicole LaMantia.
Stecklein and LaMantia are the only members of USA's 2023 gold medal winning roster who will not attend.
The November games will take place November 8 at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona, followed by a game at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on November 11.