Team USA selecting roster for women's world championship
The college season reached its conclusion for women's hockey with Ohio State's victory over Wisconsin in the Frozen Four championship game Sunday.
Several of the players in action in Durham, New Hampshire, over the weekend find themselves in upstate New York this week, competing for spots on the team that will represent the United States in the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championship at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica next month.
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Sixteen players from Ohio State, Wisconsin and semifinalists Clarkson and Colgate are among the 39 on the evaluation camp roster for Team USA in Lake Placid. The four-day camp opened Wednesday with a final roster to be announced by head coach John Wroblewski Sunday.
Among the 16 Frozen Four players are Colgate defensemen Ally Simpson, All-American Sydney Morrow and New Hartford's Sydney Bard. Bard and Simpson, both fifth-year seniors, and Morrow, a sophomore, helped third-ranked Colgate to a 32-7-1 season that ended Saturday with a 3-1 semifinal loss to Wisconsin; the Raiders had beaten top No. 6 Cornell and No. 4 Clarkson in the ECAC semifinals and final, and defeated Cornell again in NCAA regional play.
Among the other players at camp this week are Aerin Frankel, the top goalie for last year's gold medal team, Wisconsin defenseman Caroline Harvey, the top scorer at last year's tournament, and Hilary Knight, the oldest player at 34 and a four-time Olympian who has played in 13 World Championship tournaments; Knight led Team USA with eight goals in seven games last year.
Six other teams are in Utica this week, preparing for the tournament. Switzerland joined China, Japan and Denmark in working out at the Adirondack Bank Center and Nexus Center Wednesday, while Sweden and Germany scheduled workouts later in the week. Canada, Finland and the team from the Czech Republic join the United States in completing the 10-team field.
Round robin pool play in groups of five is scheduled for April 3-9, with the United States in a pool that includes Canada, Finland, Switzerland and Czechia. Team USA defeated Canada 6-3 in last year's title game in Brampton, Ontario, and the United States has played in each of the tournament's gold medal games dating back to 1990. Canada is a 21-time finalist and holds a 12-9 record in that game. Team USA defeated Finland in a shootout in the 2019 final, its last gold before last year.
The 2024 championship and medals will be awarded April 14.
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