INDIANAPOLIS -- Yale senior Will Engasser has been added to the East roster as part of the third annual NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Engasser (Chanhassen, MN), who served as the Bulldogs' captain in 2007-08, is the third League member on the eight-man East roster. Goaltender David Leggio of Clarkson and forward Jake Morissette of Rensselaer also represent the League at the Challenge. Engasser replaces Jesse Winchester of Colgate, who was named to the squad in February and signed with the National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators in March.

Four of the eight women's student-athletes on the East roster represent ECAC Hockey institutions. League participants include Hayley Moore, Brown; Marykate Oakley, Princeton; Sabrina Harbec, St. Lawrence and Meghan Guckian, St. Lawrence.

The East squad will be coached by Rensselaer's Seth Appert and Union's Nate Leaman.

The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders.

To be eligible, all players must have exhausted their collegiate eligibility and be nominated by their head coach. The players were selected by representatives from the American Hockey Coaches Association, the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee and NCAA national office staff. The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot. Each competitor will receive a complete set of equipment and a full uniform from Nike Bauer Hockey.

"The Frozen Four Skills Challenge has really taken off as an event," said Joel Maturi, chair of the Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee and director of athletics at the University of Minnesota. "Each year the caliber of the student-athletes in this competition has gotten stronger and stronger, and we feel this year is no different. The Skills Challenge will once again be a showcase of the nation's best senior student-athletes."

The remaining men's roster for the East squad includes goaltender Kevin Regan of New Hampshire, and skaters Luke Flicek, Army; David Leaderer, Massachusetts; Brad Flashains, New Hampshire; and Jon Rheault, Providence.

Additional female skaters on the East squad include Jaclyn Hawkins, Connecticut; Martine Garland, New Hampshire; and Jennifer Hitchcock, New Hampshire. Joining Guckian in goal is Sarah Perry, Sacred Heart.

The West team is led by the nation's leading point scorer, Michigan's Kevin Porter, who has 51 points on 25 goals and 26 assists. The rest of the skaters include Jimmy Kilpatrick, Colorado College; Andrew Thomas, Denver; Bryan Lerg, Michigan State; Tommy Goebel, Ohio State and Mike Forgie, Wayne State (Mich.). The West goaltenders will be St. Norbert's Kyle Jones, who leads Division III with a goals against average of 1.18, and Denver's Peter Mannino, who was the 2006 Men's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player.

The women's portion of the West roster includes Ohio State's Tessa Bonhomme, who is in the top 10 in the nation in assists with 27. Also on the team is Courtney DeHoey, Lake Forest; Karine Demeule, Minnesota Duluth; Bobbi Ross, Minnesota; Shannon Moulson, Niagara and Laura Fast, St. Cloud St. The two female goaltenders will be Laura Hosier, Mercyhurst and Britni Kehler, Minnesota State,Mankato.

Tickets for the event are $10 and will go on sale March 1 at the Pepsi Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 303/830-8497. The Frozen Four Skills Challenge will begin at 7 p.m. Mountain time and will be preceded by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award at 5:30 p.m. and the Hockey Humanitarian Award at 6:05 p.m. The Frozen Four Skills Challenge and the Hobey Baker Award will both be shown live on ESPNU.

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