NEW YORK AND TORONTO – Sixteen gamers from the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League (PWHL) will symbolize the US on the 2025 Worldwide Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ladies’s World Championship in České Budějovice, Czechia, from April 9-20. The total 25-player U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Crew roster was introduced at the moment by USA Hockey.
The U.S. roster options two PWHL goaltenders, 5 defenders and 9 forwards representing all six PWHL groups together with the Minnesota Frost with six gamers, the Boston Fleet and Toronto Sceptres with three gamers every, the Montréal Victoire with two gamers, and the New York Sirens and Ottawa Cost with one participant every.
Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel (BOS), Gwyneth Philips (OTT).
Defenders: Cayla Barnes (MTL), Savannah Harmon (TOR), Megan Keller (BOS), Lee Stecklein (MIN), Anna Wilgren (MTL).
Forwards: Alex Carpenter (NY), Jesse Compher (TOR), Kendall Coyne Schofield (MIN), Britta Curl-Salemme (MIN), Taylor Heise (MIN), Hilary Knight (BOS), Kelly Pannek (MIN), Hayley Scamurra (TOR), Grace Zumwinkle (MIN).
Of the 25 gamers on the roster, Knight brings essentially the most World Championship expertise to the workforce as a 14-time medalist (9 gold, 5 silver), which is essentially the most in match historical past. Wilgren is one among two gamers on the roster who will make her World Championship debut.
USA Hockey additionally introduced its full workforce employees, which incorporates assistant coach Josh Sciba (NY), scout Haley Skarupa (MIN), athletic trainers Katie Homan (MIN) and Amanda Kelley (BOS), and gear supervisor Sis Paulsen (MIN), who all maintain comparable roles with their PWHL groups.
The 2024-25 PWHL regular-season schedule continues with video games by way of Apr. 2 earlier than pausing for the World Championship.
