By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer
As many of you know, the U.S. Women's Select Hockey Team has been living and training at the Schwan Super Rink at the NSC since last September. Ten members of that USA Hockey Residency Program made up the core of the U.S. National Team that defeated Canada last Sunday, 4-1, to win the Women's World Championships in Finland.
The members of the team in the Super Rink Residency Program that played in the gold medal team are Caitlin Cahow, Lisa Chesson, Molly Engstrom, Angela Ruggiero, Kerry Weiland, Julie Chu, Natalie Darwitz, Jenny Potter, Megan Van Beusekom and Karen Thatcher.
I hope you'll excuse all of us on the NSC staff, but we're pretty proud of this team. None of us took the ice against Canada, but we like to brag that this is "our team."
The photo above shows two of the players who've moonlighted to help our media efforts at the NSC this season. Angela Ruggiero, left, did color commentary for NSCwebcast broadcasts during Schwan Cup last December; and we've used Caitlin Cahow, right, as a pretty regular correspondent on NSCtv episodes that covered the National Team.
And it's only going to get better. After a brief off-season break, the women will reconvene at the Schwan Super Rink in August for the Olympic selection camp, after which they'll make their home at the NSC again. And this time the big goal will be the Olympic gold medal in Vancouver in 2010.
If you're interested in getting some behind the scenes stuff on this great team, and their great story, check these links out:
Caitlin Cahow, a self-described "proud member" of the Residency Program has written a great blog all season long. Click on the link to read her fantastic journal after winning the championship.
Click here to watch the latest episode of NSCtv, our weekly video show about things happening at the NSC. We have a segment about the team's big win.
