1998 U.S. National Team

1998 U.S. National Team

Of the 54 players who tried out for the U.S. National Team, 25 were selected for the Olympic training camp from Sep-Dec 1997. From these 25 players, Ben Smith selected the final 20 players to compete at Nagano.

Here is a link to the U.S. Women's National Team page that has player profiles for each player. This link is provided by Hockey USA from the main U.S. Women's National team page.

Here is a link to the U.S. Women's National Team player profiles by the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire.


NO PLAYER               HT    WT     BIRTHDATE    BIRTHPLACE           COLLEGE

GOALTENDERS	
1  Sara DeCosta         5-9,  130    5-13-77      Warwick, R.I.        PC
29 Sarah Tueting        5-7,  140    4-26-76      Winnetka, Ill.       DC

DEFENSE	
2  Tara Mounsey         5-6,  150    3-12-78      Concord, N.H.        Brown
4  Angela Ruggiero      5-9,  175    1-3-80       Harrison Twp., MI.Choate-RH
5  Colleen Coyne        5-3,  131    9-19-71      East Falmouth, Mass. UNH
7  Sue Merz             5-5,  145    4-10-72      Greenwich, Conn.     UNH
14 Vicki Movsessian     5-5,  140    11-672       Lexington, Mass.     PC
24 Chris Bailey         5-6,  160    2-5-72       Marietta, N.Y.       PC

FORWARDS	
3  Lisa Brown-Miller    5-1,  128     11-16-66    Union Lake, Mich.    PC
6  Karyn Bye            5-8,  160     5-18-71     River Falls, Wis.    UNH
8  Laurie Baker         5-6,  140     11-6-76     Concord, Mass.       PC
9  Sandra Whyte         5-7,  130     8-24-70     Saugus, Mass.        Harvard
11 Allison Mleczko      5-11, 160     6-14-75     Nantucket, Mass.     Harvard
12 Jennifer Schmidgall  5-3,  130     1-12-79     Edina, Minn.         Minn
15 Shelley Looney       5-5,  140     1-21-72     Trenton, Mich.       NU
18 Alana Blahoski       5-7,  127     4-29-74     St. Paul, Minn.      PC
20 Katie King           5-8,  165     5-24-75     Salem, N.H.          Brown
21 Cammi Granato        5-7,  140     3-25-71     Downers Grove, Ill.  PC/CC
22 Gretchen Ulion       5-2,  130     5-4-72      Marlborough, Conn.   DC
25 Tricia Dunn          5-8,  142     4-25-74     Derry, N.H.          UNH

STAFF
Ben Smith -- Head coach   (Gloucester, Mass.)
Tom Mutch -- Assistant coach  (Newton, Mass.)

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