BLAINE, Minn. –
Three Choate Rosemary Hall alumnae and
former Polar Bears,
three-time Olympian Angela Ruggiero ’98
(Simi Valley, Calif.), two-time
Olympian Julie Chu ’01 (Fairfield,
Connecticut), and Hilary Knight ’07
(Hanover, New Hampshire ) are among the
23-players named to the 2009-10 U.S. Women's
National Team, as announced by
USA Hockey.
The
team was selected following the 2009 USA Hockey
Women's National Festival, which ran from Aug.
19-23 at the National Sports Center in Blaine,
Minn. The Festival featured 41 of the top female
hockey players in the United States.
The
squad will take part in the Qwest Tour, a
10-game, nine-city domestic tour that begins on
Sept. 25 in St. Paul, Minn., and concludes just
prior to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in
Vancouver, B.C.
