U.S. Collegians on 2005 World Women’s Championship Rosters

Listed below are the 38 players with U.S. college experience competing in the IIHF World Championships from April 2nd to April 9th in Sweden. The breakdown by country is 10 from Canada, 4 from Finland, 2 from Germany, 2 from Sweden and all 20 from the United States. The list includes 15 current U.S. collegians, 22 U.S. college alumni, and one incoming freshman.

Player                 Year Pos. Ht.   Wt.  DOB       Hometown             Team

Bemidji State (1)

Nina Ziegenhals        So.  D    5-6   132  5/23/82                        Germany
Brown (3)

Kathleen Kauth         01   F    5-8   150  3/28/79   Saratoga, N.Y.       USA

Katie King             97   F    5-9   170  5/24/75   Salem. N.H.          USA

Becky Kellar           97   D    5-7   156  1/1/75    Hagersville, Ont.    Canada




Dartmouth (5)

Kristin King           02   F    5-4   140  7/21/79   Piqua, Ohio          USA

Sarah Parsons          Inc. F    5-8   140  7/27/87   Dover, Mass.         USA

Gillian Apps           Jr.  F    5-11  176  11/2/83   Unionville, Ont.     Canada

Correne Bredin         03   D    5-11  195  2/11/80   Warburg, Alb.        Canada

Cherie Piper           Jr.  F    5-5   173  6/29/81   Scarborough, Ont.    Canada
Harvard (5)

Julie Chu              Jr.  F/D  5-8   155  3/13/82   Fairfield, Conn.     USA

Jamie Hagerman         03   D    5-9   170  5/7/81    Wenham, Mass.        USA

Angela Ruggiero        04   D    5-9   190  1/3/80    Harper Woods, Mich.  USA

Jennifer Botterill     03   F    5-9   157  5/1/79    Winnipeg, Manitoba   Canada

Sarah Vaillancourt     Fr.  F    5-5   141  5/8/85    Sherbrooke, Que.     Canada
Maine (1)

Raffi Wolf             03   F    5-6   115  6/20/78                        Germany   
Minnesota-Duluth (7)

Jenny Potter           04   F    5-4   145  1/12/79   Eagan, Minn.         USA

Caroline Ouellette     Sr   F    5-11  171  5/25/79   Montreal, Que.       Canada

Satu Kipeli            04   D    5-9   154  12/24/80                       Finland

Anna-Kaisa Piiroinen   So   G               12/12/84                       Finland

Nora Tallus            Sr   F    5-3   148  2/9/81                         Finland

Maria Rooth            03   F    5-9   165  11/2/79                        Sweden

Erika Holst            03   F    5-10  181  4/8/79                         Sweden
Minnesota (5)

Natalie Darwitz        Jr.  F    5-2   130  10/13/83  Eagan, Minn.         USA

Lyndsay Wall           So.  D    5-8   142  5/12/85   Churchville, N.Y.    USA

Kelly Stephens         Sr.  F    5-6   130  6/4/83    Seattle, Wash.       USA

Krissy Wendell         Jr.  F    5-6   155  9/12/81   Brooklyn Park, Minn. USA

Courtney Kennedy       01   D    5-9   190  3/29/79   Woburn, Mass.        USA
New Hampshire (1)

Tricia Dunn            96   F    5-8   150  4/25/74   Derry, NH            USA 
Northeastern (3)

Chanda Gunn            04   G    5-7   138  1/27/80   Huntington, Calif.   USA

Shelley Looney         94   F    5-5   140  1/21/72   Browns Twp., Mich.   USA

Vicky Sunohara         89   F    5-7   165  5/18/70   Scarborough, Ont.    Canada
Ohio State (1)

Emma Laaksonen         04   D    5-3   132  12/17/81                       Finland
Princeton (1)

Megan Van Beusekom     04   G    5-8   155  12/14/81  Loretto, Minn.       USA
Providence (1)

Cammi Granato          93   F    5-7   140  3/25/71   Downers Grove, Ill.  USA
St. Lawrence (1)

Gina Kingsbury         04   F    5-7   141  11/26/81  Rouyn-Noranda, Que.  Canada 
Wisconsin (2)

Molly Engstrom         Sr.  D    5-9   170  3/1/83    Siren, Wis.          USA

Carla MacLeod          Sr.  D    5-4   138  6/16/82   Calgary, Alb.        Canada
Yale (1)

Helen Resor            Fr.  D    5-10  155  10/18/85  Greenwich, Conn.     USA