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2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team

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Conference
  
IIHF

Head Coach
  
Mark Johnson

Overall
  
12-7

Captain(s)
  
Natalie Darwitz

Home ice
  
World Arena, Colorado Springs

Assistant Coaches
  
Dave Flint Jodi McKenna

The 2009-10 Women’s National Hockey team will represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The head coach is Mark Johnson from the University of Wisconsin. Assisting him are Dave Flint and Jodi McKenna.

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Qwest Tour

  • Kelli Stack was named U.S. Player of the Game in the February 4th match against Finland.

    • 2009 Canada Cup

  • All games were held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    • NCAA exhibition games

    Throughout the season, various NCAA schools will play the United States Olympic Hockey team. In the game against Wisconsin, former Wisconsin player Jinelle-Zaugg-Siergiej netted a goal and had an assist as the Americans got the win.

    Four Nations Cup

  • All games to be held in Finland.

    • 2010 Olympics

  • December 17: At the Mall of America, in Bloomington, Minneosta, 21 players were named to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team. Selections Jenny Potter and Angela Ruggiero will both be playing in their fourth Olympic Games in Vancouver. Hilary Knight is the youngest U.S. player at 20 years old, marking the first time that a U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team will not include a teenager at the Games. Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux will be the first set of twins ever to play hockey in the Olympics.

    • Overall, the roster includes 6 former Olympians, 8 players who have competed in the Western Women's Hockey League, and 19 returnees from the 2009 U.S. Women's National Team. From an NCAA perspective, 11 members of the team were NCAA Division I players in 2008-09, and 10 of the 11 participated in the 2009 NCAA tournament. Other NCAA facts include that 9 members were NCAA national champions, 7 were participants in the 2009 NCAA Women's Frozen Four, 4 were winners of the 2009 NCAA National Championship, and there are 3 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipients.

    Final roster

  • Rachel Drazan and Angie Keseley were not selected for the Olympic team.
  • Angela Ruggiero and forward Jenny Potter are the only players who have been members of every US women’s team since the inaugural Olympic tournament at the 1998 Games.
  • Ruggiero will enter the Vancouver Olympics as the all-time leader in games played for Team USA.
  • Jenny Potter is the only mother on Team USA. Her daughter Madison is eight, and son Cullen is two.

    • The following is the American roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

    Awards and honors

  • Media All-Star Team:
  • D – Angela Ruggiero
  • D – Molly Engstrom
  • F – Jenny Potter
  • Directorate Awards were also announced:
  • Best Defenceman: Molly Engstrom
  • Under 18 team
  • Kendall Coyne Best Forward by the Directorate
  • Alex Rigsby, Best Goalie by the Directorate

    • References

    2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team Wikipedia
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