The final 22-man roster for the 2010 U.S. National Junior Team, which will include two goaltenders, will be announced on Dec. 23.

Tom Ward, director of hockey and head coach of the boys' prep hockey team at Shattuck-St. Mary's High School (Minn.), has been named an assistant coach of the 2010 U.S. National Junior Team.

The U.S. National Sled Hockey Team held Japan scoreless, while scoring two second-period goals, in a 2-0 win here today at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. With the victory, Team USA improved to 1-0-0-1 for the tournament.

Canada scored twice in the opening 10 minutes en route to a 4-0 victory over the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team here tonight in Team USA's first game of the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

The 2009-10 U.S. National Sled Hockey Team will play in its first International Paralympic Committee sanctioned tournament of the season when it travels to Charlottetown, P.E.I., next week for the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Local youth hockey associations in California and Massachusetts welcomed over 700 kids to Hockey Day events at 32 rinks last Saturday. The Try Hockey for Free events were designed for kids ages four to nine to experience ice or inline hockey, while learning the basics of the sport in a fun, safe environment.

USA Hockey will host more than 1,100 hockey players at nine player development camps over a six-week period beginning June 24, 2010. The events will be split between the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, N.Y., and the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn.

Nick Shore (Denver, Colo.) scored a pair of goals in the first period as the U.S. National Under-18 Team dropped Switzerland, 3-2, here tonight in the finale of the 2009 Under-18 Four Nations Cup. Team USA finished with a perfect 3-0-0-0 record to capture the tournament title.

Jeff Hamilton (Englewood, Ohio) and Joe Motzko (Bemidji, Minn.) both scored regulation goals to give Team USA a 2-0 second-period advantage, but the U.S. Men's Select Team fell to Slovakia, 3-2, in a shootout here tonight in the final game of the 2009 Deutschland Cup. The U.S., which had all three of its games end in a shootout, secured second place in the tournament with a 0-2-1-0 record.

Eamonn McDermott (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Fargo Force) tallied a goal and an assist as the U.S. Junior Select Team captured its second straight World Junior A Challenge championship with a 2-1 win over Canada West here tonight at Credit Union Place. Team USA finished the tournament with a 4-0-1-0 record.

The U.S. Women's National Team dropped a 5-1 decision to Canada here tonight in the championship game of the 2009 Women's Four Nations Cup at Valtti Arena. Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) was the lone goal-scorer for Team USA, which finished second in the tournament with a 3-0-0-1 record.

Bryan Rust scored twice as the U.S. National Under-18 Team topped host Finland in its second game at the 2009 Under-18 Four Nations Cup.

Andy Hedlund's (Osseo, Minn.) third-period goal sent the game into overtime, and Team USA garnered shootout tallies from three players to lead the U.S. Men's Select Team to a 3-2 victory over Switzerland here tonight at the 2009 Deutschland Cup.

Behind Jean-Marc Pelletier's (Atlanta, Ga.) 37-save performance, the U.S. Men's Select Team edged Germany, 3-2, in a shootout here tonight in Team USA's first game of the 2009 Deutschland Cup.

Shane Berschbach (Clawson, Mich./Indiana Ice/1-1--2), Jeff Costello (Milwaukee, Wis./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/1-1--2) Nick Jensen (Rogers, Minn./Green Bay Gamblers/0-2--2) and Colten St. Clair (Gilbert, Ariz./Fargo Force/1-1--2) each tallied two points as the U.S. Junior Select Team downed Russia, 6-3, here today in the semifinals of the World Junior A Challenge at Credit Union Place. With the win, Team USA looks to defend its 2008 World Junior A Challenge title in the championship game Sunday (Nov. 8) at 4 p.m. EST. The U.S. will play the winner of tonight's semifinal matchup between Canada East and Canada West.

Seven different players scored for the U.S. National Under-17 Team as it defeated host Slovakia, 7-6, here tonight in its second game at the 2009 Under-17 Four Nations Cup. With the win, Team USA improved to 2-0-0-0 in the tournament, solidifying itself in first place.

Matthew Nieto (Long Beach, Calif.) scored two goals as the U.S. National Under-18 Team outlasted Sweden, 4-2, here tonight in its opening game of the 2009 Under-18 Four Nations Cup. With the regulation win, Team USA holds sole possession of first place after the tournament's first day.

Hilary Knight (Hanover, N.H.) tallied a goal and an assist, and Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.) scored the game-winning goal late in the second period to lift the U.S. Women's National Team to a 3-2 win over Canada here tonight at the 2009 Women's Four Nations Cup at Vierumaki Arena.

Rocco Grimaldi's three points paved the way for the U.S. National Under-17 Team as it downed Switzerland, 8-2, and captured the 2009 Under-17 Four Nations Cup.

Shane Berschbach (Clawson, Mich./Indiana Ice) tallied his tournament-leading fourth goal and Eric Mihalik (Avon Lake, Ohio/Des Moines Buccaneers) turned aside 34 shots as the U.S. Junior Select Team downed Sweden, 3-1, here today in the quarterfinal round of the World Junior A Challenge at Credit Union Place. With the win, Team USA advances to the semifinals against Russia Friday (Nov. 6) at 1 p.m. EST.

The 2009-10 U.S. National Junior Sled Hockey Team is set to begin its second Western Sled Hockey League weekend series of the season with four games Nov. 6-7 at Park City Ice Arena in Park City, Utah.

Dave Fischer, USA Hockey's director of communications, will be inducted into the Michigan Tech University Sports Hall of Fame Saturday (Nov. 7) in Houghton, Mich.

Seth Ambroz (New Prague, Minn.) scored two goals, while Matt Van Voorhis (Edina, Minn./1-2--3) and Blake Pietila (Brighton, Mich./1-2--3) each notched three points as the U.S. National Under-17 Team skated past Russia, 5-2, here today in the opening game of the 2009 Under-17 Four Nations Cup.

Bill Arnold (Needham, Mass.) and Matthew Nieto (Long Beach, Calif.) each scored as the U.S. National Under-18 Team fell to host Finland, 3-2, here tonight in its only pre-tournament contest in preparation for the 2009 Under-18 Four Nations Cup.

Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) paced the U.S. Women's National Team with a pair of goals in a 3-2 victory over Sweden at the 2009 Women's Four Nations Cup here tonight at Vierumaki Arena. With the win, Team USA holds a 2-0-0-0 record heading into its final preliminary-round game against Canada on Friday (Nov. 6) at 6:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. EST).

Led by Shane Berschbach's (Clawson, Mich./Indiana Ice) two goals and one assist, the U.S. Junior Select Team rolled past Belarus, 6-1, here tonight in its final preliminary-round game of the World Junior A Challenge at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I. With the victory, Team USA (1-0-1-0) secured second place in its group and will face Sweden Thursday (Nov. 5) in the quarterfinal round at 1 p.m. EST.

Hilary Knight (Hanover, N.H.) had a hand in three goals and Molly Schaus (Natick, Mass.) turned aside all 15 shots in leading the U.S. Women's National Team to a 4-0 win over Finland here tonight in the opening game of the 2009 Women's Four Nations Cup at Mikkeli Arena.

The 2009 Women's Four Nations Cup begins today, as the U.S. Women's National Team takes on host Finland. The event, based at the Sports Institute in Vierumaki, features the top four women's hockey teams in the world - the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden - and is the last international women's hockey tournament prior to the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in February.

As the United States Olympic Committee kicks off its 100-day countdown to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Wednesday (Nov. 4) at New York City's Rockefeller Center, U.S. hockey stars past and present will be on hand to join the celebration, which is open to the public.

Mike Parks (O'Fallon, Mo./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders) collected a goal and two assists, but the U.S. Junior Select Team fell to Canada East, 5-4, in a shootout here tonight at the World Junior A Challenge at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I.