US Under 18 Select Team

[observer]

US Under 18 Select Team

D Milica McMillen 5-10 165 7/13/93 L St. Paul. Breck School
D Lee Stecklein 5-11 155 4/23/94 L Roseville Roseville High School
F Hannah Brandt 5-6 145 11/27/93 R Vadnais Heights Hill-Murray School
F Taylor Kuehl 5-7 135 7/16/93 L Minnetrista Mound Westonka HS
F Layla Marvin 5-5 135 3/8/93 R Warroad Warroad High School
F Karley Sylvester 5-10 120 1/30/93 L Warroad Warroad High School


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[joehockey]

Outstanding group congratulations girls!

Good luck we know you will represent MN and the US well!

[brookyone]

Crush the Mapleleaf!

[observer]

Abby Ness (Roseau, Minn.) was added to the 2010 U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team today to complete the 22-player roster.

[allhoc11]

Abby Ness (Roseau, Minn.) was added to the 2010 U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team today to complete the 22-player roster.

Good selection, she is a special player along with the others.

[bghockey]

The USA defeated Canada 4-1 this afternoon. Layla Marvin had one of the USA goals with an assist by Slyvester. All the Minnesota girls looked great. I thought McMillan was exceptionally strong on defense.

[allhoc11]

The USA defeated Canada 4-1 this afternoon. Layla Marvin had one of the USA goals with an assist by Slyvester. All the Minnesota girls looked great. I thought McMillan was exceptionally strong on defense.

Nice, Thank you for the update!

[brookyone]

Brandt scores. Sylvester with the winner in OT. Nice job ladies!

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[brookyone]

Congrats to the US U18 team on their SWEEP of their Canadian counterparts!

[bghockey]

All seven Minnesota girls played well, hopefully all are kept on the roster for the world championships in January, which will be played in Sweden. Not only did the US sweep Canada, but out shot them by a significant margin each game. Of the six Canadian goals all but one were on the power play. Five on five the US was the much better team.

[capitalist]

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[joehockey]

Pos. Name Ht Wt Birthdate S/C Hometown 2009-10 Team:

D Milica McMillen 5-10 165 7/13/93 L St. Paul, Minn. Breck School
D Lee Stecklein 5-11 155 4/23/94 L Roseville, Minn. Roseville High School
F Hannah Brandt 5-6 145 11/27/93 R Vadnais Heights, Minn. Hill-Murray School
F Layla Marvin 5-5 135 3/8/93 R Warroad, Minn. Warroad High School
F Abby Ness 5-6 115 4/8/93 R Roseau, Minn. Roseau High School
F Karley Sylvester 5-10 120 1/30/93 L Warroad, Minn. Warroad High School

[iceage]

Pos. Name Ht Wt Birthdate S/C Hometown 2009-10 Team:

D Milica McMillen 5-10 165 7/13/93 L St. Paul, Minn. Breck School
D Lee Stecklein 5-11 155 4/23/94 L Roseville, Minn. Roseville High School
F Hannah Brandt 5-6 145 11/27/93 R Vadnais Heights, Minn. Hill-Murray School
F Layla Marvin 5-5 135 3/8/93 R Warroad, Minn. Warroad High School
F Abby Ness 5-6 115 4/8/93 R Roseau, Minn. Roseau High School
F Karley Sylvester 5-10 120 1/30/93 L Warroad, Minn. Warroad High School

Nice list of players but how in the world do you keep Megan Lawrence off that list?

[TeamFirst]

Because she's to old. They only take 93's and under no 92's

[iceage]

Because she's to old. They only take 93's and under no 92's

I should have known.......that's like asking what horse won the Kentuckey derby twice?

[capitalist]

And the only one of the current Minnesotans who will still be eligible next year is Lee Stecklein.

[mn miracle man]

Is the goalie, Amsley-Benzie, from Warroad to old as well for this squad? I would think with her stat lines she would have at least made it to the final camp or so

[joehockey]

Re: 2011 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship
From the USA hockey web site:

U18 Women Win Exhibition
December 30, 2010

STOCKHOLM - Paced by a four-point effort from Haley Skarupa (Rockville, Md.), the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team posted a 6-2 victory over Sweden in a game prior to the start of the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's U18 Championship here tonight at Stora Mossen Arena. Team USA begins tournament play on Saturday (Jan. 1) against the Czech Republic.

Skarupa opened the scoring at 9:34 of the first frame when she took a feed from Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.) and put it over Swedish netminder Elin Moberg's glove just after a U.S. power play had expired. The Americans extended their lead to 2-0 when Lee Stecklein's (Roseville, Minn.) point shot hit the back of the net at 18:30.

Sweden scored the lone goal of the second period to cut the U.S. lead to 2-1. Felicia Karlsson skated across the goalmouth and put a backhanded shot in the open right side of the net at 7:06.

After the Swedes tied the game at 2:16 of the third period, Team USA tallied four unanswered goals to account for the 6-2 final score. Skarupa netted her second of the game at 4:49 off Carpenter's rebound and Karley Sylvester (Warroad, Minn.) made it 4-2 at 11:18. Amanda Pelkey (Montpelier, Vt.) put the puck through Moberg's legs at 14:08 and Carpenter closed out the scoring at 16:46 with a hard shot from the slot.

Megan Miller (Long Grove, Ill.) and Shenae Lundberg (Peterborough, N.H.) combined for 11 saves in net for the U.S., while Moberg stopped 59 of Team USA's 65 shots in the losing effort.
NOTES: The U.S. outshot Sweden by a 65-13 count ... The U.S. was 0-for-5 on the power play, while Sweden was 0-for-2 ... The U.S. roster can be found here... The eight-nation tournament, being played for the fourth time, includes Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States ... Team USA captured gold in each of the first two years of the tournament (2008, 2009), followed by a silver medal in 2010 ...Follow @USAHockeyScores on Twitter for live scoring updates during the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. Scores will be designated with #U18wwc ... Follow the U.S. Women's National Program blog here... Find USA Hockey on Facebook at Facebook.com/USAHockey and Twitter at Twitter.com/USAHockey.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring By Period

USA 2 0 4 -- 6
SWE 0 1 1 -- 2

First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Skarupa (Carpenter, McMillen), 9:34; 2, USA, Stecklein (Skarupa), 18:30. Penalties: SWE, Karlsson (holding), 7:31; SWE, Lowenhielm (holding the stick), 10:26.

Second Period - Scoring: 3, SWE, Karlsson (unassisted), 7:06. Penalties: USA, Trivigno (cross checking), 10:51; SWE, Holmgren (holding), 14:02; USA, Trivigno (hooking), 17:13; SWE, Hedin (roughing), 19:53.

Third Period - Scoring: 4, SWE, E.Johansson (Lowenhielm, Daniels), 2:16; 5, USA, Skarupa (Carpenter, Savage), 4:49; 6, USA, Sylvester (Burke), 11:18; 7, USA, Pelkey (Pfalzer), 14:08; 8, Carpenter (Skarupa), 16:46. Penalties: SWE, Karlsson (hooking), 8:54.

Shots by Period

Total
USA 20 19 26 65
SWE 2 7 4 13

Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Miller, 30:51 2-2 2-1 x-x 4-3
USA, Lundberg, 29:09 x-x 5-5 4-3 9-8
SWE, Moberg, 60:00 20-18 19-19 26-22 65-59

Power Play: USA 0-5; SWE 0-2
Penalties: USA 2-4; SWE 5-10

[hockey_rocker]

Is it just me or is it almost impossible to find information on the USA Hockey site for the U18 Girls? I click on the calender and all I get is men's team info. You have to click through so much garbage to even find a score it's frustrating.

It took alot of clicking but here is the tournament site. GO MINNESOTA GIRLS!!!!

http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/ww18/home.html

Some great pics here of the action. I cannot believe in this day and age that USA Hockey or IIHF does not have internet coverage of these games.

[hockey_rocker]

One more link for following the games. Here is the team USA blog where they will do some play by play updates.

http://usahockey2.com/usah_blogs/womens/

[hockey_rocker]

Just when you speak up, your wishes are answered. The U18 team is live on the net tomorrow at 12:30. Go to the link below and click on Watch Live!!

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