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2010 United States Women's National Under-18 Team


Pos. Name Ht Wt Birthdate S/C Hometown
1 G Aubree Moore 5-7 153 10/13/92 L Bowie, Md.
30 G Alex Rigsby% 5-7 145 1/3/92 L Delafield, Wis.
3 D Gabie Figueroa 5-6 145 2/21/92 L Branchburg, N.J.
7 D Marissa Gedman 5-9 180 3/12/92 L Framingham, Mass.
25 D Meagan Mangene*% 5-6 140 8/21/92 R Manorville, N.Y.
2 D Emily Pfalzer 5-2 120 6/14/93 R Getzville, N.Y.
12 D Michelle Picard 5-7 140 5/27/93 L Taunton, Mass.
28 D Jordan Slavin 5-10 173 2/5/92 L Erie, Colo.
10 F Brittany Ammerman% 5-6 145 6/19/92 L River Vale, N.J.
24 F Stephanie Anderson 5-8 145 11/27/92 L North St. Paul, Minn.
6 F Melissa Bizzari 5-6 137 3/27/92 R Stowe, Vt.
26 F Rachael Bona 5-5 130 10/25/92 L Coon Rapids, Minn.
5 F Alexandra Carpenter 5-6 148 4/13/94 L North Reading, Mass.
19 F Kendall Coyne*% 5-2 130 5/25/92 L Palos Heights, Ill.
13 F Lyndsey Fry% 5-8 170 10/30/92 R Chandler, Ariz.
17 F Zoe Hickel 5-6 148 7/10/92 R Anchorage, Alaska
11 F Meghan Lorence 5-6 140 6/25/92 L Mounds View, Minn.
14 F Amanda Pelkey% 5-3 120 5/29/93 R Montpelier, Vt.
16 F Haley Skarupa 5-6 135 1/3/94 R Rockville, Md.
9 F Taylor Wasylk% 5-9 165 2/21/92 L Port Huron, Mich.

Congratulations to the trio! Great selections for MN.

Congratulations to all of these young ladies and especially our MN representatives! Good Luck and Have Fun!!!!!!!!

Do the top players from Minnesota miss out on much by not being part of this? Do they hurt their chance of being an Olympian someday or miss out on a chance to receive great development/training resources from USA hockey?

It seems like USA Hockey gets more dues money from Minnesota girls than almost the rest of the country combined but our community/hs system precludes our kids from being involved. With only three teams at one age group even in the running to go to nationals it is no wonder our players are unknown to the east coast. Some of these players may have been to national tournaments 5 or 6 times, players names have been out there since first year U12.

Maybe its time the super rink should host more than the adult national team.

Not to be negative though, this is a fine honor for all of these kids and without seeing them play I can't know that these are not the best or right players to have selected. Safe travels and good luck to the team.

MN Hockey isn't upset so this won't change and the MNGHCA doesn't care. As the State of Hockey we appear happy with with the 3 U19 AAA teams and the 6 U19 B teams and the +3500 HS players - that number leads the Nation. MN leads the Nation in D1 Players every year about half of the Americans.

Despite this USA Hockey allows MN to send 16 of the 103 to the National camp at U15 and U16 and 8 at U17. From these camps the East continues to place more players on the U18 Team. Until MN Hockey starts saying this is BS it won't change. This hurts MN girls to get the added training the girls who are slected for these teams get.

I like the 3 choices a lot but by the way we had 5 last fall so we lost half of what we had. Does anyone else understand how Ms Hockey Bethany Brausen isn't good enough for this team - who is kidding who? Come on MN Hockey start raising a little heck for the girls who pay a lot of dues.

according to the u 18 camp roster from last august meghan lorence wasnt on it... just a little confused
can anyone explain?

MNhockeylover wrote:according to the u 18 camp roster from last august meghan lorence wasnt on it... just a little confused
can anyone explain?

Meghan is a great change/add. Three were changed.

MNhockeylover wrote:according to the u 18 camp roster from last august meghan lorence wasnt on it... just a little confused
can anyone explain?

Here is the Aug 6 fall team that was posted MN had 5 we have now dropped to 3 for the spring

Girls selected for the U18 Team from MN in bold 1 D (93) & 4 F (3 92 and 1 93) congratulations to all well done and nice step up over a year ago when only one from MN was picked.

Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Hometown 2008-09 Team
GOALTENDERS (3)*
Aubree Moore 5-7 (170) 153 (69) 10/13/92 L Bowie, Md. Washington Pride U19 (Md.) (JWHL)
Alex Rigsby 5-7 (170) 145 (66) 1/3/92 L Delafield, Wis. Milwaukee Jr. Admirals Midget Minor (MAHL)
Kerrin Sperry 5-6 (168) 145 (66) 4/23/92 L North Reading, Mass. Assabet Valley U16 (Mass.) (NEGHL)

DEFENSEMEN (7)
Katie Case 5-9 (175) 140 (64) 8/20/93 R Grosse Pointe Shores, Wis. Little Caesars U19 (Mich.) (MWEHL)
Gabie Figueroa 5-6 (168) 145 (66) 2/21/92 L Branchburg, N.J. New Jersey Colonials U16 (MAWHA)
Marissa Gedman 5-9 (175) 180 (82) 3/12/92 L Framingham, Mass. Noble and Greenough (Mass.)/Assabet Valley U16 (NEGHL)
Meagan Mangene 5-6 (168) 140 (64) 8/21/92 R Manorville, N.Y. North American Hockey Academy (Vt.) (JWHL)
Milica McMillen 5-9 (175) 155 (70) 7/13/93 L St. Paul, Minn. Breck School (Minn.)
Michelle Picard 5-7 (170) 140 (64) 5/27/93 L Taunton, Mass. Noble and Greenough (Mass.)
Emily Pfalzer 5-2 (157) 120 (54) 6/14/93 R Getzville, N.Y. Nichols School (N.Y.)/Buffalo (N.Y.) Bisons U19 (GLGHL)

FORWARDS (13)
Brittany Ammerman 5-6 (168) 145 (66) 6/19/92 L River Vale, N.J. North American Hockey Academy (Vt.) (JWHL)
Stephanie Anderson 5-8 (172) 145 (66) 11/27/92 L North St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota Thoroughbreds U19 (MWEHL)
Melissa Bizzari 5-6 (168) 137 (62) 3/27/92 R Stowe, Vt. North American Hockey Academy (Vt.) (JWHL)
Rachael Bona 5-5 (165) 130 (59) 10/25/92 L Coon Rapids, Minn. Coon Rapids (Minn.) High School
Alexandra Carpenter 5-6 (168) 148 (67) 4/13/94 L North Reading, Mass. Governor’s Academy (Mass.)
Kendall Coyne 5-2 (157) 130 (59) 5/25/92 L Palos Heights, Ill. Chicago Mission U19 (MWEHL)
Dana Gallop 5-7 (170) 140 (64) 7/16/92 R Grand Rapids, Minn. Grand Rapids (Minn.) High School
Zoe Hickel 5-6 (168) 148 (67) 7/10/92 R Anchorage, Alaska North American Hockey Academy (Vt.) (JWHL)
Taylor Kuehl 5-8 (172) 130 (59) 7/16/93 L Minnetrista, Minn. Mound Westonka (Minn.) High School
Stephanie Mock 5-3 (160) 140 (64) 2/10/92 R Cape Coral, Fla. Hotchkiss School (Conn.)
Amanda Pelkey 5-3 (160) 120 (54) 5/29/93 R Montpelier, Vt. Boston Shamrocks U19 (JWHL)/Vermont Stars U16
Haley Skarupa 5-6 (168) 135 (61) 1/3/94 R Rockville, Md. Washington Pride U19 (Md.) (JWHL)
Taylor Wasylk 5-9 (175) 165 (79) 2/21/92 L Port Huron, Mich. Little Caesars U19 (Mich.) (MWEHL)

I watched Rachel Ramsey play last night and wondered why she wasn't on this U18 team ...

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