Sarah Parsons and Rush Zimmerman placed on U.S. National Team

2005-06 USA Hockey Women's National Team roster includes 2 CATZ Athletes

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- USA Hockey has announced the 22-player roster for the 2005-06 U.S. Women's National Team. The team was selected following the 2005 USA Hockey National Women's Festival, held Aug. 18-24 at the Lake Placid Olympic Center. The Festival featured 40 of the top women's players in the nation. "We are excited with the talent assembled for our U.S. Women's National Team," said U.S. Women's National and Olympic Team Head Coach Ben Smith (Gloucester, Mass.). "The Festival featured a deep pool of players and really highlighted the tremendous development of women's hockey in the United States."

The 2005-06 U.S. Women's National Team will include four players who captured gold and silver medals with U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Teams in 1998 and 2002: defenseman Angela Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.); and forwards Tricia Dunn (Derry, N.H.), Katie King (Salem, N.H.) and Jenny Potter (Eagan, Minn.). Also returning from the 2002 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team will be defenseman Courtney Kennedy (Woburn, Mass.); and forwards Julie Chu (Fairfield, Conn.), Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) and Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.). Joining the Olympians are 13 players with U.S. Women's National Team experience, including goaltenders Pam Dreyer (Eagle River, Alaska), Chanda Gunn (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Megan Van Beusekom (Loretto, Minn.); defensemen Winny Brodt (Roseville, Minn.), Molly Engstrom (Siren, Wis.), Jamie Hagerman (North Andover, Mass.) and Helen Resor (Greenwich, Conn.); and forwards Kim Insalaco (Rochester, N.Y.), Kathleen Kauth (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Kristin King (Piqua, Ohio), Sarah Parsons (Dover, Mass.), Rush Zimmerman (Grosse Pointe, MI) and Kelly Stephens (Seattle, Wash.). Rounding out the squad are two players who are making their first appearance on a U.S. Women's National Team: goaltender Shari Vogt (Richmond, Minn.) and defenseman Caitlin Cahow (Vinalhaven, Maine).

-- Most of the information for this press release is courtesy of USAHockey.com --