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July 7, 2010

Pair added to Women's National Festival roster

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Monique Weber (Rogers, Minn.) and Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej (Eagle River, Wis.) were added to the roster for the 2010 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, which runs from August 13-21 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Californians Kristi Kehoe (Bakersfield) and Paula Romanchuk (San Jose) are on the roster.

The two replace Felicia Nelson (St. Paul, Minn.) and Holly Roberts (Warroad, Minn.) on the 22-player roster, which was announced on June 24.

Weber is a newcomer to the Festival, while Zaugg-Siergiej is returning for a fourth time after competing at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, increasing the number of Olympians attending the training camp to 13.

Massachusetts program honored for growing game

The Falmouth Youth Hockey League of Falmouth, Mass., was chosen as the second annual winner of the USA Hockey Grow the Game Award, presented by Total Hockey. The award recognizes efforts to spread the game of hockey through various programs and initiatives.

The Falmouth Youth Hockey League created an after-school program in four area elementary schools that ran twice per week during a six-week period last spring and will run again this fall. Children were bused to the Falmouth Ice Arena, where they were provided with equipment and snacks. On-ice volunteers created a fun environment while participants learned skating techniques and hockey skills on a cross-ice playing surface. FYHL's objective was to feed kids into its youth hockey programs offered during the summer months, including Summer Shootout, Hockey 101, Learn to Skate and Power Skating.

In April, Total Hockey and USA Hockey challenged youth hockey associations nationwide to tell their stories of growing the game at a local level. Entries came from across the nation, describing endeavors about unique and creative ways to increase interest in hockey among America’s youth. Entries were judged on four criteria: creativity, media/marketing potential, transferability to other local programs interested in growing the game and the overall impact the program had on the local youth association. As the winning entry, FYHL received a $2,500 Total Hockey gift card to help further support its efforts to grow the game.

USA Hockey will begin accepting applications for the 2011 Grow the Game Award, presented by Total Hockey, in the spring of 2011. E-mail growthegame@usahockey.org for more information.