TEAM USA. U.S. Women s National Team vs. Sweden Four Nations Cup Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 Vantaa, Finland 9:00 a.m.

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1 GAME DAY: Team USA arrived in Finland on Monday (Nov. 5) after holding a training camp at the New York Rangers MSG Training Facility in Tarrytown, N.Y., from Nov. 1 - Nov. 4, in which 12 players on the roster participated. The 13 other players remained with their collegiate teams before joining the team for the international flight. USA VS. SWEDEN: The United States remains undefeated in 11 games against Sweden in the Three/Four Nations Cup dating back to 2000 when the Swedes joined the tournament. Team USA holds a plus-54 goal differential over Sweden and five of the 11 wins have been shutout victories. LAST SEASON: The U.S. and Sweden met just two times during the season, with the U.S winning at the 2011 Four Nations Cup, 8-0, and at the 2011 Twelve Nations Invitational Series, 2-0. USA VS. SWEDEN AT THE THREE/FOUR NATIONS CUP: Date Location Result Nov. 9, 2011 Nyköping, Sweden USA 8, SWE0 Nov. 12, 2010 St. Johns, Nfld. USA 4, SWE 0 Nov. 4, 2009 Vierumaki, Finland USA 3, SWE 2 Nov. 4, 2008 Lake Placid, N.Y. USA 5, SWE 2 Nov. 7, 2007 Leksand, Sweden USA 4, SWE 0 Nov. 10, 2006 Kitchener, Ont. USA 7, SWE 0 Sept. 3, 2005 Hameenlinna, Finland USA 2, SWE 0 Nov. 13, 2004 Burlington, Vt. USA6, SWE 3 Nov. 8, 2003 Skövde, Sweden USA 5, SWE 1 Nov. 9, 2002 Kitchener, Ont. USA 12, SWE 2 Nov. 10, 2000 Provo, Utah USA 10, SWE 2 THREE/FOUR NATIONS CUP: The Three/Four Nations Cup is being held for the 17th time since its inception in The U.S. has participated in the tournament every year except for 2001 and did not attend that year due to the September 11 tragedy. This year marks the third time that Finland has hosthed the event matching the U.S., Canada, and Sweden who have also hosted the event three times. Each team will play each other once in the round-robin style tournament, with the top two teams advancing to the final. Team USA has won the tournament four times (1997, 2003, 2008, and 2011) and enters the 2012 Four Nations Cup as the defending champions. MIXING IT UP: Eleven players on the 23-player roster are 2010 Olympians (Molly Schaus, Jessie Vetter, Kacey Bellamy, Lisa Chesson, Julie Chu, Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Monique Lamoureux, Kelli Stack, and Karen Thatcher), while four players (Alex Rigsby, Jincy Dunne, Lyndsey Fry, and Paige Savage) are making their National Team debuts at the senior level. Six others (Megan Bozek, Kendall Coyne, Brianna Decker, Amanda Kessel, Michelle Picard, and Anne Schleper played for the U.S. in the 2012 IIHF Women s World Championship. TEAM USA U.S. Women s National Team vs. Sweden Four Nations Cup Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 Vantaa, Finland 9:00 a.m. Team USA Communications Manager Julie Juarez- juliej@usahockey.org U.S. WOMEN S NATIONAL TEAM COVERAGE FOUR NATIONS CUP WEB: LIVE STATS: LIVE UPDATES: MEDIA GUIDE: tinyurl.com/fournationsusamg FACEBOOK: YOUTUBE: Team USA Schedule Date Opponent Time (Local/EST)/Result Tues., Nov. 6 Sweden 4 p.m./9 a.m. Wed., Nov. 7 Canada 4 p.m./9 a.m. Fri., Nov. 9 Finland 7 p.m./12 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10 TBD TBD 2012 IIHF WOMEN S WORLD RANKINGS Rank Country Points Movement 1 Canada United States Finland Switzerland Sweden Russia Slovakia Germany Kazakhstan Norway U.S. RESULTS AT THREE/FOUR NATIONS Year Head Coach Record Finish 2011 Katey Stone st 2010 Katey Stone nd 2009 Mark Johnson nd 2008 Katey Stone st 2007 Jackie Barto nd 2006 Mark Johnson nd 2005 Ben Smith nd 2004 Ben Smith nd 2003 Ben Smith st 2002 Ben Smith nd 2001 did not participate 2000 Ben Smith nd 1999 Ben Smith nd 1998 Julie Sasner nd 1997 Ben Smith st 1996 Ben Smith nd (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) USA vs. GP W OTW OTL L T GF GA SOF SOA Canada Finland Sweden Totals

2 NEW ADDITIONS: Defensemen Milica McMillen and Jincy Dunne were added to the roster just a few days prior to traveling to Finland. The two replace Gigi Marvin and Josephine Pucci as both players were given additional time to rehabilitate injuries suffered earlier in McMillen, a freshman for the top-ranked Minnesota Gophers (WCHA), has notched a point-per-game in 12 games (5-7=12). Dunne, the youngest player on the roster at 15 years old, impressed at USA Hockey Development camps and August Women s National Festival this summer as well as the Pre-Four Nations- Cup Camp at the MSG Training Center in Tarrytown, N.Y. CHU S CAPTAINCY: Forward Julie Chu is serving as Team USA s captain. She has played in three Olympics and has suited up in the USA sweater 216 times since She was selected as USA Hockey s Bob Allen Women s Player of the Year in Chu is competing in her 11th Four Nations Cup. Her alternate captains are Meghan Duggan and Kacey Bellamy. Duggan is competing in her sixth Four Nations Cup, while Bellamy is playing in her seventh. SUCCESS ON THE WORLD STAGE: The U.S. Women s National Program has enjoyed much success in recent years. U.S. teams have won four of the last six IIHF World Women?s Championships (2005, , 2011), as well as three of the first six IIHF World Women s U18 Championships ( , 2011). CWHL: Eight members of Team USA spent the season with teams in the Canadian Women s Hockey League: Kacey Bellamy, Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight, Anne Schleper, Molly Schaus, Kelli Stack, and Karen Thatcher all played for the Boston Blades, while Julie Chu skated for the Montreal Stars. Chu and the Montreal Stars captured the 2012 Clarkson Cup Championship. PLAYER/COACHES: Julie Chu is currently an assistant coach for the Union College women s ice hockey team (she previously spent as an assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth) and Jessie Vetter serves as the director of hockey for Athletic Republic and coaches the Madison Capitols 19U girls team. ALL IN THE FAMILY: Twin sisters Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux are the first set of twins (or sisters) in the U.S. Women s National Program. They are also teammates at the University of North Dakota MILESTONES Seven players are skating in their first Four Nations Cup: defensemen Megan Bozek and Milica McMillen, forward Sarah Erickson, and four players making their senior national team debuts (goaltender Alex Rigsby, defenseman Jincy Dunne, and forwards Lyndsey Fry and Paige Savage). TIDBITS Fifteen players on the 2011 Four Nations Cup roster return to defend Team USA s title at this year s tournament. TEAM NOTES IN THE COMMUNITY: Team USA visited the Maria Fareri Children s Hospital at Westchester Medical Complex during the Pre-Four Nations Cup Camp. The U.S. players spent nearly two hours engaging with the children and their families and brought small team gifts for each of the children. YOUTH CLINIC: Assistant coach Hilary Witt and several of the veteran players spent over an hour conducitng a youth clinic for the Brewster Bulldog 12U girls team at the New York Rangers MSG Training Facility the day before leaving for Finland. TEAM USA STATISTICS # Player GP G A PTS PIM +/- GWG PPG SHG 22 Kacey Bellamy Megan Bozek Lisa Chesson Julie Chu Kendall Coyne Brianna Decker Jincy Dunne Sarah Erickson Lyndsey Fry Amanda Kessel Hilary Knight Jocelyne Lamoureux Monique Lamoureux Milica McMillen Michelle Picard Paige Savage Anne Schleper Kelli Stack Karen Thatcher Team Totals # Goaltender GP-GS MIN GA GAA SVS SV% W-OTW-OTL-L SO 29 Alex Rigsby Molly Schaus Jessie Vetter Totals

3 and come from a hockey family. Their brother, Jean- Philippe, previously played hockey for North Dakota ( ) and for Team USA at the 2004 Viking Cup. Another brother, Jacques, played for the Alaska Aces of the ECHL and another, Pierre-Paul, was an assistant video coach for the North Dakota men s hockey team. Finally, their youngest brother, Mario, recently completed his senior season on the North Dakota hockey team and played for Team USA at the 2006 Viking Cup, and their father, Jean-Pierre, played hockey for North Dakota ( ). CLOSE-KNIT: Julie Chu is very close with her family, which lives in Fairfield, Conn. Her mother is half- Chinese and half Puerto Rican and her father is from Hong Kong, and they travel to nearly every tournament their daughter plays in, no matter what part of the world. Chu, her parents and her sister and brother all have matching tattoos of the Olympic rings, along with Chu s number 13. UP NEXT: Next on the agenda for the U.S. Women s National Program is the USA Hockey Women s Winter Training Camp, set to begin at the end of December in Blaine, Minn. THE STONE FILE: Katey Stone, head women s ice hockey coach at Harvard University, will continue to lead the U.S. Women s National Team throughout the 2014 Olympics after having been involved with the U.S. Women s National Team Program extensively since Stone has served as head coach of the U.S. Women s National Team on six occasions, including guiding Team USA to its third straight gold medal at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation Women s World Championship in Zurich, Switzerland and to a silver medal at the 2012 IIHF Women s World Championship in Burlington, Vt. She led the U.S. Women s National Team to a firstplace finish at the 2011 Four Nations Cup in Nykoping, Sweden. Stone also led Team USA to an undefeated (W-OTW-OTL-L) record at the 2011 IIHF Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series in Vierumaki, Finland, along with a second-place finish at the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St. Johns, N.L. Stone also served as the head coach of the U.S. Women s National Team at the 2008 Women s Four Nations Cup. There,Team USA captured the tournament title for the first time since In addition, Stone led the U.S. to the gold medal at the first-ever IIHF Under-18 Women-s World Championship in January 2008, coached the U.S. Women s Under-22 Select Team at the 2006 Under-22 Series, and headed the program at the 2012 August Women s National Festival. Along with her accomplishments on the international stage, Stone is the winningest coach in the history of women s hockey at Harvard and one of the most successful coaches ever in the women s collegiate game. Stone recently completed her 17th season behind the Harvard bench with 356 victories, which is the most among NCAA Division I coaches. Stone has led the Crimson to a (.685) record during her tenure, which included the 1999 American Women s Collegiate Hockey Alliance national championship, three straight appearances in the NCAA championship game (2003, 2004, 2005), eight NCAA tournament appearances in the event s 11-year history, six ECAC Hockey regular season titles, five ECAC Hockey tournament championships, five Ivy League titles and 10 Beanpot championships. In addition to the team s success under Stone, she has coached some of the best individual talent in the sport of women s ice hockey. In 17 years at Harvard, Stone has coached nine Olympians and six of the 13 winners of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women s ice hockey. Stone graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1989 with a degree in physical education. She was a captain and four-year letter winner in both hockey and lacrosse for the Wildcats. Stone helped the hockey team win ECAC championships in 1986 and 1987, and the lacrosse team capture an NCAA title in She earned All-ECAC honors in hockey and was a two-time All-America selection in lacrosse. Before coaching at Harvard, Stone served as assistant athletic director and coach at Tabor Academy (Mass.) and had coaching stints at Northfield Mount Hermon School (Mass.) and Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.).

4 TEAM USA BY THE NUMBERS AVERAGES Age Height ?7 (170 cm) Weight (70 kg) BY STATE (12) Massachusetts Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota North Dakota Arizona Connecticut Georgia Idaho Missouri Ohio Washington BY BIRTH YEAR (13) BY COLLEGE CONNECTION (9) University of Minnesota (WCHA) University of Wisconsin (WCHA) Harvard University (ECACH) Boston College (HEA) Northeastern Unviersity (HEA) University of North Dakota (WCHA) Ohio?State University (WCHA) Providence College (HEA) University of New Hampshire (HEA) BY TEAM (9) Boston Blades (CWHL) University of Minnesota (WCHA) University of Wisconsin (WCHA) Harvard University (ECACH) Northeastern University (HEA University of North Dakota (WCHA) St. Louis Lady Blues 19U Oregon Outlaws (GLHL) Montreal Stars (CWHL) BY LEAGUE Western Collegiate Hockey Associatin Canadian Women?s Hockey League ECAC Hockey Hockey East Great Lakes Hockey League Youth

5 U.S. WOMEN S NATIONAL TEAM # Name Ht (cm) Wt (kg) Birthdate S/C Hometown Team GOALTENDERS (3) 29 Alex Rigsby 5-7 (170) 160 (72) 1/3/92 L Delafield, Wis. University of Wisconin (WCHA) 1 Molly Schaus 5-8 (174) 148 (67) 7/29/88 L Natick, Mass. Boston Blades (CWHL) 31 Jessie Vetter 5-8 (174) 169 (71) 12/19/85 L Cottage Grove, Wis. Oregon Outlaws (GLHL) DEFENSEMEN (7) 22 Kacey Bellamy 5-8 (174) 143 (65) 4/22/87 L Westfield, Mass. Boston Blades (CWHL) 27 Megan Bozek 5-9 (175) 170 (77) 3/27/91 R Buffalo Grove, Ill. University of Minnesota (WCHA) 11 Lisa Chesson 5-6 (169) 152 (69) 8/18/86 L Plainfield, Ill. Men s league in Ohio 3 Jincy Dunne 5-6 (167) 145 (65) 5/15/97 L O Fallon, Mo. St. Louis Lady Blues 19U 9 Milica McMillen 5-10 (177) 160 (72) 7/13/93 L St. Paul, Minn. University of Minnesota (WCHA) 23 Michelle Picard 5-6 (167) 150 (68) 5/27/93 L Taunton, Mass. Harvard, University (ECACH) 15 Anne Schleper 5-10 (177) 170 (77) 1/30/90 L St. Cloud, Minn. Boston Blades (CWHL) FORWARDS (13) 13 Julie Chu 5-8 (174) 147 (67) 3/13/82 R Fairfield, Conn. Montreal Stars (CWHL) 26 Kendall Coyne 5-2 (157) 130 (59) 5/25/92 L Palos Heights, Ill. Northeastern University (HEA) 14 Brianna Decker 5-4 (163) 150 (68) 5/13/91 R Dousman, Wis. University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 10 Meghan Duggan 5-9 (175) 164 (74) 9/3/87 R Danvers, Mass. Boston Blades (CWHL) 25 Sarah Erickson 5-6 (167) 150 (68) 3/28/90 R Roseau, Minn. University of Minnesota (WCHA) 18 Lyndsey Fry 5-7 (170) 165 (75) 10/30/92 R Chandler, Ariz. Harvard University (ECACH) 28 Amanda Kessel 5-6 (167) 130 (59) 8/28/91 R Madison, Wis. University of Minnesota (WCHA) 21 Hilary Knight 5-10 (178) 172 (78) 7/12/89 R Sun Valley, Idaho Boston Blades (CWHL) 17 Jocelyne Lamoureux 5-6 (167) 155 (70) 7/3/89 R Grand Forks, N.D. University of North Dakota (WCHA) 7 Monique Lamoureux 5-6 (167) 155 (70) 7/3/89 R Grand Forks, N.D. University of North Dakota (WCHA) 20 Paige Savage 5-8 (174) 150 (68) 7/25/94 L Johns Creek, Ga. Northeastern University (HEA) 16 Kelli Stack 5-5 (165) 130 (59) 1/13/88 R Brooklyn Heights, Ohio Boston Blades (CWHL) 5 Karen Thatcher 5-8 (174) 164 (74) 2/29/84 L Blaine, Wash. Boston Blades (CWHL) NUMERICAL ROSTER 1 Molly Schaus...G 3 Jincy Dunne...D 5 Karen Thatcher...F 7 Monique Lamoureux...F 9 Milicia McMillen...D 10 Meghan Duggan...F 11 Lisa Chesson...D 13 Julie Chu...F 14 Brianna Decker...F 15 Anne Schleper...D 16 Kelli Stack...F 17 Jocelyne Lamoureux...F 20 Paige Savage...F 21 Hilary Knight...F 22 Kacey Bellamy...D 23 Michelle Picard...D 25 Sarah Erickson...F 6 Kendall Coyne...F 27 Megan Bozek...D 28 Amanda Kessel...F 29 Alex Rigsby...G 31 Jessie Vetter...G PRONUNCIATIONS Kacey BELLAMY BELL-uh-mee Megan BOZEK Bowe-zek Julie CHU CHOO BRIANNA Decker bree-an-uh JINCY Dunne GIN-see MILICA McMillen Mehl-ee-sa Jocelyne LAMOUREUX LAHM-uh-roo Monique LAMOUREUX LAHM-uh-roo Alex Rigsby RIGS-bee Anne SCHLEPER SCHLEPP-er Molly SCHAUS SH-ouse Jessie VETTER VEHT-er STAFF Director, Women s Hockey Reagan Carey, Colorado Springs, Colo. Head Coach Katey Stone, Arlington, Mass. Assistant Coaches Bobby Jay, Burlington, Mass. Hilary Witt, Canton, Mass. Goalie Coach Robb Stauber, Edina, Minn. Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Michael Boyle, Reading, Mass. Strength & Conditioning Coach Anthony Donskov, Westerville, Ohio Physician Dr. Crystal Hnatko, Fairfield, Calif. Athletic Trainer Travis Green, St. Paul, Minn. Massage Therapist Jennifer Chee, Colorado?Springs, Colo. Equipment Manager Brent Proulx, St. Paul, Minn. Mental Skills Coach: Dr. Colleen Hacker, Tacoma, Wash. Communications Manager Julie Juarez, Colorado Springs, Colo.