League All-Stars Host U.S. National Team

ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey will challenge the USA Hockey Women's National Team in a special All-Star Game at TD Bank Sports Center on the campus of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT as part of the national team's Qwest Tour on January 3rd. 

The Qwest Tour, presented by Qwest Communications, features the 2009-10 USA Women's National Team playing a 10-game domestic tour in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C. 

Top players from ECAC Hockey institutions will be selected to participate in the All-Star Game.  Princeton's head coach Jeff Kampersal has been named head coach of the ECAC Hockey All-Stars with Rensselaer's head coach John Burke and Yale's head coach Hilary Witt behind the bench serving as assistant coaches.  The ECAC Hockey roster for the event will be announced at a later date.

"January 3rd will be a great day for ECAC Hockey.  Alongside Hilary Witt and John Burke, two coaches I greatly admire and respect, I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the best players in ECAC Hockey against the best players in the United States," stated Princeton's head coach Jeff Kampersal.  "The fan and player-friendly facility created by Jack McDonald, Director of Athletics and Recreation at Quinnipiac provides the ideal venue for this unique event.  After competing against one another for one-half of a season, it will exciting to watch our ECAC Hockey All-Stars unite for a common cause and battle for sixty minutes in what should be an entertaining game."

The USA National Team features three former League standout student-athletes - Caitlin Cahow, Harvard (2004-2008), Julie Chu, Harvard (2003-2007), and Angela Ruggiero, Harvard (1999-2004). 

The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.  Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and a $3 group rate for 15-plus.  Tickets for the event can be purchased at the Quinnipiac Box Office or by calling the ticket hotline at (203) 582-3905.

About ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey boasts elite student-athletes and teams from 12 of the nation's most prestigious institutions - Brown University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence University, Union College and Yale University.

To find out additional information on ECAC Hockey institutions and its student-athletes please visit the League's Web site - www.ecachockey.com.

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