Parsons Invited to USA Hockey Holiday Camp
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Sarah Parsons is among 10
current and former league standouts who will participate at the
annual USA Hockey Holiday Camp, set for December 26 - January 1 at
the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. The training camp serves as
a tryout and training session for the U.S. Women's National Team
and U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team, both of which participate
in world championships in the early part of 2008.
Parsons is joined by current league student-athletes Katherine
Dineen, Sasha Sherry and Lizzie Keady of Princeton; Yale's Helen
Resor and Crysti Howser; and Caitlin Cahow of Harvard.
Former league standouts participating at the camp include goaltender Megan Van Beusekom (Princeton), and Crimson forward Julie Chu and defenseman Angela Ruggiero.
Click here for complete roster as a PDF
The players will be split into three teams for daily practices
and scrimmages. One squad, Team White, will include the 22 players
vying for one of 20 spots on the 2008 U.S. Women's National
Under-18 Team for the first-ever International Ice Hockey
Federation World Women's Under-18 Championship, to be held from
Jan. 7-12 in Calgary, Alta.
The other two teams, Red and Blue, will include a total of 34
players who will be looking to earn their way onto the U.S.
contingent for the 2008 IIHF World Women's Championship, which runs
from April 4-12 in Harbin, China.
