McKenna to Lead U.S. Under-18 Team
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Former Brown standout and longtime
St. Lawrence assistant coach Jodi McKenna, who currently serves as
head coach at Wesleyan University, will serve as the head coach of
the U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team, USA Hockey announced. She
recently served as an assistant coach for the 2010 U.S. Olympic
Team.
McKenna will be joined by assistant coaches Brian Durocher, head
women's ice hockey coach at Boston University, and Emily McKissock,
former assistant women's ice hockey coach at the University of
Vermont and video coordinator for the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice
Hockey Team. Both will be making their Team USA coaching debuts
after having been involved with USA Hockey Player Development
Camps.
McKenna, who previously was an assistant coach for the U.S.
Women's National Team at the 2009 International Ice Hockey
Federation World Women's Championship and for the 2009-10 U.S.
Women's National Team during the Qwest Tour, spent nine seasons as
an assistant at St. Lawrence. In her nine seasons with St.
Lawrence, she helped the Saints qualify for the NCAA tournament
five times, making it to the Frozen Four on each occasion and
playing in the title game in 2001.
A 1998 graduate of Brown, McKenna played four seasons for the
Bears, and helped the team team capture an ECAC regular-season or
tournament title three times.
