From July 25th-30th, 2024, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio played host to the USA Hockey Girls National 15 Development Camp, where the top 2009 birth year players from around the nation gathered for a week of elite training. The following is our scouting report from the event. Players are listed in descending letter grade order beneath their respective teams for the week.
American Pool
Team Orange
Sydney Boss Krohn #10 (Minnetonka High School, F, 2028) : Boss-Krohn is so good with the puck making rushes up ice look easy. The way her quick hands keep up with her high pace of play and skating is entertaining to watch. She is dynamic, meaning fast and flashy but with the purpose of creating her own space with the puck. The puck seems to find her, she likes to be around the puck and always there to fight for loose pucks. She is not all offense, she also backchecks hard and fights along the board for possession of the puck. Grade: A-
Caroline Harrington #3 (Cushing Academy, D, 2028) : Harrington is a smaller defender who walks the line well to open up good shot lanes. She puts on good points shots, keeping her shots low and snapping them hard on net to have a chance at going in. When you isolate just watching her game, she truly stays engaged to the puck and is focused on making herself an option for her forwards to move the puck to. Her quick feet allow her to bounce around the ice to let passing lanes open up. Grade: B+
Brinley Gretz #13 (Apple Valley, F, 2027) : Gretz plays like a true two-way forward. She helps offensively and pulls zero shortcuts defensively. She plays at a high pace and is always moving, looking to hunt down pucks and be involved and make a difference on every one of her shifts. She does a good job of staying in front of pucks and not letting anyone get to the middle of the ice. Offensively she handles the puck well and can possess the puck with poise to allow shot and pass lanes to open up. Grade: B+
Delaney Miller #17 (Minnetonka High School, F, 2027) : Miller is a skilled forward, and showcases finesse in the offensive zone. She has soft hands in close quarters situations, able to beat the goalie or a defender with little time and space. In tight, she is able to elevate the puck quickly, showcasing this ability with a top shelf goal off of a rebound on top of the crease. Grade: B+
Charlotte Prodoehl #18 (Chicago Mission U14, F, 2028) : Prodoehl is a speedy skater and makes herself known all over the ice. She is constantly moving her feet, both on the forecheck and working to get back in the play on the backcheck. She showed great awareness on the ice, scanning the zone as she pressured the puck finding the next open player or where to cover. Grade: B+
Team Gray
Sarah Reeder #17 (Chicago Mission U14, F, 2028) : Reeder is a confident player and willing to take some risks or be creative with her moves. She shows patience with the puck under pressure, not forcing passes or easily turning the puck over. Her stickhandling ability, especially on the breakaway, is smooth, scoring on a forehand backhand move that she made look easy. She has a solid shot release with high level accuracy that she displayed on a short side top corner goal from below the faceoff dot in the third game. A player that is strong on the puck with poise and vision, she is a massive offensive threat. Grade: A
Fiona Gallagher #2 (Maple Grove High School, D, 2027) : Gallagher is a solid defender on the ice. She is mobile on the blueline, able to read the play and step up when needed or retreat from the zone. This mobility adds to her ability to change her shot lane and find the seams to get the puck to the net. Not only is her shot getting through, but it is a heavy shot that will be on net. Grade: A-
Tate Roth #6 (Chicago Mission U14, D, 2027) : Roth is a very engaged and defensive-minded defender. One on one she keeps her gaps within a stick length and controls where she wants the opposing puck carrier to go which we were impressed by. By being engaged we mean she is focused on the puck but still knows to keep her head on a swivel looking for breaks in coverage. In front of the net, she picks up sticks and moves bodies to clear a sightline for her goalie. Grade: A-
Sophia Garner #10 (Rochester Youth Hockey – BK Selects U16, F, 2027) : Garner is a very confident player who is very good with the puck. The way she stick handles can make the opposition miss and her ability to get to the net individually was quite impressive. Her hands around the cage and explosiveness make her a scoring threat in tight/high-traffic areas of the ice. She is a player who wants the puck on her stick and makes things happen through her. We like how she plays but we know she can help her team more by moving the puck and using her vision to play-make a bit more. Grade: B+
Taylor Hall #11 (Breck School, F, 2028) : Hall is a high energy, high effort player. She is always moving, a workhorse on the forecheck and backcheck and displays this with a smooth stride, gaining speed with ease up and down the ice. Hall doesn’t slow down when it comes to battles with no hesitation to be physical and use the body to separate the player from the puck or win a 50/50 puck. Speed paired with her hockey sense and work with the puck make her an impact player on the ice. Grade: B+
Gianna Orizotti #15 (LA Lions, F, 2028) : Orizotti is a 200 foot player that hustles all over the ice and shows high compete in 1 on 1 battles and in corners. She makes smart offensive zone decisions, following her shots or rebounds and tracking down those pucks with grittiness on the forecheck. Her offensive prowess also includes a strong release and shot and solid puck carrying efficiency through the middle of the ice, making her a threat to defenders in all zones. Grade: B+
Team Maroon
Mirella Martinelli #4 (Lovell Academy, D, 2027) : Martinelli’s presence is always known on both ends of the rink and is involved in the important plays every shift. Defensively she makes good reads on pinches and knows when to step up, cutting plays off at the blue line on entry or preventing teams from leaving their own zone clean. Offensively she is a threat at the point with soft hands and deceptive moves to find open shooting lanes or give herself a path to take the puck to the net. She has a quick catch and release shot and communicates well with her teammates to find the open ice to use it, making her a player to keep an eye on as she continues to develop her already impressive game. Grade: A
Simone Burns #14 (Rivers School, F, 2028) : Burns may be smaller, but that does not stop her from being physical and playing with an edge to her game. She shows great vision on rushes and strong puck protection, driving the net hard and made an impressive last second backdoor pass for a goal. Burns is creative with the puck and has soft hands in tight to the net, showing her skill on a smooth forehand to backhand five hole goal cutting through the crease. Burns is a competitor in all aspects of her game with high potential. Grade: B+
Lillian Horton #3 (Edina High School, D, 2027) : Horton is a tall defender and uses this to her positional advantage, making opponents make early decisions or disrupting the play before it enters the zone with her long reach. She is evasive on the BO and pushes the play up ice, showing her balance and solid footwork. When going back to retrieve pucks her head is constantly gauging what the best play would be, shoulder checking to see where her pressure is coming from and finding the open player. Her defensive awareness and size combine to make a strong defender in Horton with room to further improve overall puck handling ability. Grade: B+
Maddie Minucci #5 (Lovell Academy, D, 2027) : Minucci is a shifty defender with a strong stickhandling ability and creativity. She is strong on her edges, aiding in her ability to be evasive on breakouts with cutbacks and faking direction. Positionally she shows high awareness in situations, finding where her pressure is coming from to evade and get to open ice, and making smart step ups at the blue line to stop rushes from entering the offensive zone. Offensive decision making has room for improvement but there are times where you can tell any mistakes she makes are due to her thinking about the next play, not from her forcing bad passes. Grade: B+
Anabelle Bednarz #13 (Honeybaked U14, F, 2027) : Bednarz is a crafty player with soft hands and solid puck handling ability. In one instance she was able to evade 2 defenders 1 on 2 on the rush and get a shot on net. She drives the net hard and keeps her stick on the ice ready for rebounds, scoring five hole in the third game from doing so. She is a confident player that can be relied on to make the small plays and always compete for the puck. Grade: B
Paisley Meyer #17 (Phillips Exeter Academy, F, 2027) : Meyer is a smart forward with a knack for hunting down pucks. She follows her shot to the net for rebounds and keeps her feet moving on the forecheck, making defenders work to try and get past her. She showed high hockey IQ with the puck, using defenders as screens on the rush and not forcing bad passes. Grade: B
Team Teal
Angela Cody #10 (Holy Family, F, 2028) : Cody gives 100% effort every shift and is an impact player on the ice. She has a precision shot and soft hands on rushes, scoring on a forehand to backhand finish goal in game 2. This offensive skill set on top of her speed off the bench to get right into the play makes her dangerous and gives her plenty of room to continue being a high performance player while still improving other aspects of her game. Grade: B+
Sarah Johnson #15 (Mounds View, F, 2027) : Johnson has good puck possession. The way she smoothly carries the puck up ice and gets her team on the attack is a treat to watch. Her strong possessions also help her keep the puck on her stick longer to make quick feeds to her teammates at a fast high level, needing very little room to get the pass off. Along the walls she is so strong and truly competes hard for possession of the puck. Grade: B+
Kailey Ottmar #6 (Unknown, D, 2027) : Ottmar is a solid puck-moving defender. Her poise with the puck allows her to be a top notch puck mover who can make crisp tape to tape passes on the breakout. Her decision making is smart and she will not rush herself into making the wrong play. She is confident enough to let the wingers swing and hit them in stride, even in the neutral zone where things can get quite cluttered. Grade: B
Sophia Monaco #17 (Chicago Mission U14, D, 2028) : Monaco is a true two-way forward who does great work on both ends of the ice. She is aware of her positioning and knowing where to be if the puck is turned over so she can pounce on it and recover possession. She is also always moving, making her available all over the ice. Her active stick is clogging lanes and her skating keeps her active and relevant to be a real pain to play against. Grade: B
Brooke Schlutter #18 (Williston Northampton School, F, 2027) : Schlutter is a creative player that is strong on her feet all over the ice. She has a smooth stride that makes her evasive on zone entries and allows her to use the open ice in the neutral zone. She maintains puck possession through contact well and uses her creativity to find open space in the offensive zone or get through defenders and employ her heavy snapshot. Grade: B
Liberty Pool
Team Red
Amanda King #14 (Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U14, F, 2027) : King is a speedy skater with both a balanced stride and quick acceleration. She uses her speed to win puck races, earning herself both a shorthanded breakaway in game 1 and a shifty breakaway goal in game 3. She has a strong shot that comes off her stick fast, not wasting time with a stickhandle before putting it on net. King will drive the net hard and track down loose pucks, being a workhorse on the ice in all aspects. Grade: A-
Kathryn Butkus #2 (Rivers School, D, 2027) : Butkus is a positionally strong defender that may lack size, but does not let that take away from her physicality or defensive zone play. She has poise with the puck on entry with awareness to wait and find the best option, not forcing errors or passes through defenders. On both ends of the ice she is gritty and physical on the wall, a tough to play against 200 foot player. Grade: B+
Maya-sofia Popova #5 (East Coast Valkyries U16, D, 2027) : Popova is a dynamic defender who doesn’t pass up shooting opportunities when they present themselves and had a goal on a heavy shot through traffic in the first game. She is hard to play against all over the ice, willing to step up and end plays at the blueline, be physical along the walls and box out in front of the net. Her physical play aids in her effectiveness in transition to stop rushes and push the puck back up the ice, but it does hinder her at times by taking penalties. Grade: B+
Jayden Petersen #16 (Elk River-Zimmerman High School, F, 2027) : Petersen is a tough player to knock off of the puck with her strong edges and awareness of her body positioning. Multiple times she used pure speed and effort to outwork an opposing player to beat them to the puck and use her body to protect it, both on the backcheck covering for the defender and on the forecheck. A compete level that can’t be taught with her footwork makes for a dangerous player in all zones. Grade: B
Madeleine Schiff #6 (Little Caesars U14, D, 2027) : Schiff is efficient on the back end with size and physicality. Her head is always up on the breakout, scanning the ice for options and aware of pressure, and she shows patience with the puck on breakouts and regroups while making clean passes. She can get caught stepping up at the wrong time but never gives up on the play and will backcheck hard back to the net and into position. Grade: B-
Macey Bell #10 (Dallas Stars Elite U14, F, 2028) : Bell is a balanced skater who is tough to get off her feet and off her stride. She likes to keep the puck moving and utilize the cycle to draw defenders away from the middle of the ice. She supports the puck well and helps her teammates who get into board battles for the puck. When she has the puck she has good stick skills and can use her hands to create time and space for herself. Grade: B-
Rachel Steward #17 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U14, F, 2027) : Steward is an active shot blocker who does the little things very well. Her positioning on the ice allows her to get in the way of shots and be fearless on the ice. She uses her body position to separate players from pucks as well which helps get her team the puck more in the attacking end. She also wants to always be around the puck and support the puck carrier to be an outlet and assist in battles for the puck. Grade: B-
Harper Wieneke #19 (Maple Grove High School, F, 2027) : Wieneke is active with the puck meaning she has her head up looking for every option she has. Mostly she likes to play-make and be unselfish to utilize her teammates and get the puck moving to draw defenders out of position. On the faceoff she can really snap them back and win crucial draws when her team needs it. She also skates well and exceeds the pace of the game which is good because she can take her speed to another gear when needed. Grade: B-
Team Black
Olivia Braunshausen #2 (Hill Murray High School, D, 2028) : Braunshausen is a small defender with all of the key positional aspects that are important in the defensive game. On the breakout and while defending in zone her head is constantly scanning the ice and she is loud in communicating with her teammates where her player is and who is open. This high situational awareness aids in her ability to push the play up the ice on breakouts and regroups and finding that open ice. Despite her size she will be physical in front and in the corners making anyone have to work to gain that space. Grade: B
Lainey Sokol #6 (Biggby Coffee U16, D, 2028) : Sokol has good speed when she has the puck which is a key skill to think the game at the high speeds she plays at. She is very good on the breakout and can recognize when she can pass it to a player that’s open or use her legs and advance the puck up ice herself. She is quick with her transitions and will get her team on the attack in a hurry. Grade: B
Payton Somers #17 (Gilmour Academy U16, F, 2027) : Somers skating is fast matched with good edge work that helps her get to top speed quite quickly. She plays at a high pace because she seems to always be setting a higher speed when she touches the ice. She also thinks the game at a high level. Her positioning helps support her team on the forecheck and be a retaining wall to help pin the other team down in their own zone. This is achieved with staying high when her linemates are down low making sure she does not abandon the defensive side of the puck as well. Grade: B
Isabella Gionta #12 (Rochester Jr. Amerks U14 Tier 1, D, 2028) : Gionta is a confident puck carrier who is smooth up the ice and has a plan with the puck. Her skating ability allows her to command up the ice and allow someone to have to draw over to her which is when she will move the puck away. She is also strong on her edges to be hard to knock off the puck and a good puck protector. Grade: B-
Lauren Kjonaas #13 (Fargo Freeze, F, 2027) : Kjonaas skates the puck up ice well and uses her IQ by utilizing the boards to step around opposing defenders. She is good in space but seemed to struggle in high-traffic areas of the ice. We would like to see her be more confident with the puck down low in the offensive zone because we know she can get the job done. Grade: B-
Team Gold
Abigail Waara #7 (Winchendon School, D, 2027) : Waara draws eyes any time she touches the puck and is extremely offensively savvy. Her head is up on the breakout and will run the play up the ice or jump into the rush after breaking out if given the space, making for a quick transition game. She has patience with the puck in all zones and strong puck handling skills evading defenders on the rush. When she jumps up she is full effort and will be sure to be the first person to recover back if the play is disrupted or she makes a bad pass. Waara is a highly skilled defender in multiple aspects of the game and can be a difference maker on the ice. Grade: A
Maisy Tomlinson #6 (Maple Grove High School, D, 2027) : Tomlinson is a smooth balanced skater that can pick up speed through the neutral zone and push the pace of the rush up the ice, though she can get caught jumping into the play at the wrong times when there is no coverage. Defensively she is able to read incoming rushes well and takes smart angles, cutting forwards off at the blue line before they can become a threat and not exposing the middle of the ice. She is strong on her edges and can take the puck to the net and elevate it in close, with one short side top corner goal driving the net in game 2. Grade: A-
Makenzie Grabie #14 (Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep, F, 2028) : Grabie is a dynamic player with both size and skill. She uses her long strides to gain speed and is still a very agile skater on her edges despite being taller. Her physical game showed with her high compete all over the ice and her use of her body along the wall to win puck battles. She has both the effort and soft hands to make an impact in the offensive zone for any team. Grade: A-
Ashlee Marsala #16 (Winchendon School, F, 2027) : Marsala displays high hockey IQ with her ability to read plays as they develop and make smart decisions with and without the puck. She is a high energy and high effort player that will be a workhorse in all 3 zones, especially on the backcheck where she made a diving play to break up a pass on an odd man rush in a game. Her puck skills may not have as much finesse but that will not stop her from putting her name on the scoresheet and changing a game. Grade: B+
Jaycee Chatleain #12 (Hill Murray High School, F, 2027) : Chatleain is a fluid skater that carries her speed across all zones of the ice. She uses it to cut across hard and get to open ice to receive breakout or regroup passes, and protects the puck well with her body entering the zone. Her awareness and positional strength make her a solid play maker, making quick decisions with the puck and finding her teammates to create offense. Grade: B
Clara Creviston #13 (Alaska All Stars, F, 2027) : Creviston is an intelligent player with a shoot first mentality. She possesses a heavy shot with a quick release, able to elevate the puck in tight for a short side corner goal in the second game. Her strong skating ability and speed allow her to find open shooting lanes and space to skate with the puck. Grade: B
Team Purple
Gabi Lopez #16 (Orono High School, F, 2028) : Lopez is a confident player with skill and a high compete level. She is a strong puck handler and sticks with broken plays, turning them into scoring chances. Her speed allows her to take the puck wide and enter the offensive zone as a threat and draw defenders to her. She is a high effort and intensity skater that can change a game. Grade: A
Piper Mathison #3 (Tomah/BRF HS, D, 2028) : Mathison may be a tall/lanky player, but she has no awkwardness to her stride or playing style that could normally be accompanied by the size. She carries speed up the ice and is willing to push the rush through the neutral zone and enter the offensive zone with pace. Her defensive awareness is apparent in her ability to scan the ice and keep her head up on regroups and breakouts, and she makes smart decisions with the puck to not get stuck in her own zone. Grade: A-
Mia Monaco #5 (Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep, D, 2027) : Monaco is a powerful skater with size and a heavy shot from the point. Her strong stride allows her to accelerate quickly up the ice on the regroup and display balance and mobility on the rush and along the blueline. Defensively she reads incoming rushes well and consistently in the right spots to end plays and prevent any threatening chances. Her long reach and hockey IQ add to an arsenal of skills that make a solid defender. Grade: B+
Taylor Bracey #2 (Carolina Jr. Hurricanes, D, 2028) : Bracey is a solid defender that is a force in front of her own net. She stands her ground and boxes out well, clearing out traffic in front of the goalie. Her physicality can get the best of her at times as she took a tough penalty in the defensive zone playing the body in the slot, but she is still a reliable player that will make the right plays to keep the puck out of the net. Grade: B
Carsyn Weglarz #7 (Holderness School, D, 2028) : Weglarz is a slick skater and smooth on her edges, making her an evasive 200 foot player. Her hockey IQ and vision on the ice allows her to see regroup options before getting the puck and transition the play quickly up the ice. Grade: B
National Pool
Team Royal
Nicole Sciarretta #7 (Long Island 14U AAA, D, 2027) : Sciaretta is a dynamic defender, with skill on both sides of the puck. Offensively she can use her speed to take the puck down the wall and uses her space in the middle of the ice. She is creative with the puck at the point and displayed soft hands evading incoming pressure. Her strength on and off the puck make her a solid defender that can be a 200 foot threat. Grade: B+
Ella Ketring #14 (Roseau High School, F, 2027) : Ketring is a high effort player who is always making her presence known on the ice. She back checks hard and has an active stick to effectively slow down the opposition who is rushing into her team’s zone. Her puck supporting ability is strong, she does not always jump to pucks because she knows shadowing the play can be a better way to support the puck carrier. She also positions herself well and can be found in front of the net with a strong stick looking for rebounds. Grade: B+
Alexa Georgantas #10 (Noble and Greenough School, F, 2028) : Georgantas is a small, shifty player that plays big. She is deceptive 1 on 1 and protects the puck well from defenders, using her strong edges to lean into contact. She has soft hands in tight and can become a scoring threat from anywhere in the offensive zone with how quickly she can find open ice. Grade: B+
Elena Gordon #12 (Governor’s Academy, F, 2027) : Gordon is confident with the puck. She can possess the puck and run an offense through herself. She makes good first passes with her zone entries setting her teammates up for success. She can take the puck up herself and find good time and space to play make around the net to set her teammates up for shots on net. Along the boards she battles hard and uses her strength and body to free up pucks and win possession of the puck. Grade: B
Stella Gimberline #2 (West Fargo United, D, 2028) : Gimberline is a reliable defender who handles pressure well. When forecheckers get on her or she is faced with little time in the neutral zone, she uses her hands to create time and space for herself and not rush a bad pass-up ice. Her puck management is smart, she keeps passes and plays towards the outside to minimize turnovers through the middle of the ice. Grade: B
Lillian Heflin #13 (Chicago Mission U14, F, 2027) : Heflin is a creative player with a smooth skating stride and soft hands. She is not afraid to make moves , but still shows poise and patience with the puck, especially one on one. Her speed and hands allow her to gain open ice and use her quick release shot with smart shot placement on rushes. Grade: B
Gwynn Skoogman #18 (F, 2028) : Skoogman has good speed up ice. She can really command a rush and have great zone entries to establish long offensive zone possessions. Her vision is not just with passing but with locating skating lanes and staying in a full stride up ice. She is unselfish with the puck and when she has a player open she wants to dish it over and create multiple looks on net. Grade: B
Team Light Blue
Charlotte Lee #14 (Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep, F/D, 2027) : Lee has impressive skating ability, with linear speed and evasiveness in board battles. One play stood out when she cut across the zone quickly on entry to receive a pass and made a smooth backhand to forehand move for a goal in game 3. She showed great awareness on odd man chances in finding her open teammates, and played confidently without forcing plays. Her strong hockey IQ and quickness on her feet creates opportunities and opens up the ice for a variety of scoring chances. Grade: A-
Catherine McCool #16 (Noble and Greenough School, F, 2028) : McCool is a strong forward who really sets the tone when she steps on the ice. She is a force along the boards and can out-grit anyone for possession of the puck. Her ability to play fast and give quick passes to her linemates makes being on the ice against her a tough task. She can play-make down low and find players in shooting areas to get a high volume of shots on net. She also has an active stick and disrupts breakout attempts by the opposition which adds to her dominance on the ice. Grade: A-
Kayla Starr #19 (Edina High School, F, 2027) : Starr is effective in creating puck pressure and open ice utilizing her speed and strong edgework. Her stability on her feet allows her to protect the puck well and give herself time and space with the puck by cutting in or making a quick curl back on the rush. She also displayed great vision with the puck finding open seams and passing accuracy, making a sharp backdoor feed for a goal in game 3. Grade: A-
Allegra Jenkins #3 (Lovell Academy, F, 2027) : Jenkins plays a smart 200 foot game with poise and finesse. She makes good decisions on when to pinch and when to back off, and made one play in game three to keep the puck in the zone that led directly to a goal for her team. She is mobile on the blue line and doesn’t force bad shots, making her a reliable force on the back end. Grade: B
Chloe Ariens #10 (Team Illinois U14, F, 2027) : Ariens was most noticeable in the offensive zone. She plays fast and is always moving looking to open up pass and shot lanes. When she has the puck on her stick she moves the puck well and on the tape accurately while moving fast which is a great skill to hone. Grade: B
Kennedy Hochbaum #12 (Minnetonka High School, F, 2028) : Hochbaum seems to have the puck find her in the offensive zone. This is due to her positioning and knowing where to be to cut off passes and collect loose pucks. She has a strong stick to help establish a strong net front and helped her out muscle her way out of board battles. On the forecheck she likes to close in on pucks and make the opposing defense make a mistake with the puck due to allowing such little room. Grade: B
Ashlyn Jacobs #13 (Philadelphia Jr. Flyers U14, F, 2028) : Jacobs is a smaller forward but her acceleration and first couple strides gets her to top speed quickly. Her skating is effortless looking and allows her to be first to pucks and not have to engage in battles because she can explode off the wall and into open ice. She is also selfless and will forecheck and backcheck hard to help her team’s success. Grade: B-
Team Green
Alexis Bornhoeft #12 (Chicago Mission U14, D, 2027) : Bornhoeft excels as a two way power forward. She shows strength on the puck and her skates, playing through contact and staying on her feet with complete puck control. When her defenseman jumps up into the play she has the awareness to stay back and cover and is solid positionally. Her true power shone through in front of the net and in the crease, as she will crash the net hard and has a real knack for hunting down loose pucks, putting two away in the second game off of rebounds. Grade: A-
Annabelle Buccicone #2 (Centennial High School, D, 2028) : Buccicone is a gritty defender with impressive hockey sense and speed in reading plays. She has a heavy shot release and while on the smaller side, goes into battles in the corners with aggression and purpose to win pucks. Her awareness on the ice aids in her patience with the puck, as she displayed by not jamming at a rebound and instead opting to walk the puck around the other side of the net for a wraparound goal. Grade: B+
Avigail Fischler #3 (Culver Academy, D, 2027) : Fischler is a reliable force on the back end and plays an intelligent game. She has strong gap control on incoming rushes and plays exiting the offensive zone. With these good gaps she is able to take good angels coming into her defensive zone and control the play. Her balanced stride and hockey IQ lend to the makings of a solid defensive defenseman. Grade: B
Liza Demain #14 (St. Paul’s School, F, 2027) : Demain is a strong forward that is solid on her feet. She is hard on the puck and it is difficult to knock her off of it, and she positions herself well to utilize her size when protecting the puck. Her overall finesse with the puck can be improved but she is someone that when the puck is on her stick she is creating scoring chances. Grade: B
Team White
Monica Berres #2 (Shattuck St. Mary’s U19, D, 2027) : Berres is a tall and lanky defensemen that can still be agile and quick on her feet. Her smooth edgework makes her evasive under regroup pressure and she finds outlets quickly. She can read the ice and know when to step up at the blueline, and she maintains good gaps keeping plays under control. While she doesn’t utilize it constantly, she can generate a quick burst of speed when needed and push the play up the ice. Grade: A-
Bria Schilling #17 (Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep, F, 2027) : Schilling plays a confident, communicative game as a solid two-way center. She consistently wins draws and will take charge and communicate what plays to run on faceoffs with her linemates, and continues this communication level in all areas of the ice where she was always the loudest skater out there. She is also skilled offensively, possessing a strong snap shot and vision finding open space and players, and displayed her quick catch and release shooting ability on a faceoff play goal in the third game. Grade: A-
Chloe Zunn #19 (Toronto Leaside Wildcats BAA, F, 2027) : Zunn competes up and down the ice and has the skill set to turn the broken plays she causes into scoring chances. She can go from rushing the puck up the ice to being the first person back on the backcheck to break up a breakaway chance. Her body positioning is purposeful in protecting the puck and she has the vision to be a playmaker, assisting a goal with a tape to tape pass from behind the net through the crease in the third game. Grade: A-
Molly Bardol #10 (Cushing Academy, F, 2027) : Bardol is a threat in the offensive zone from any spot on the ice. She is strong on her edges and can explode quickly off of the wall with the puck and drive to the net, protecting well from any defenders. Her smooth shot release and the speed she is able to get the puck off of her stick give her an extra edge in the offensive attack. Grade: B
Alexandra Christian #11 (Orono High School, F, 2027) : Christian plays a simple fast-paced game and competes hard in every play. She accelerates quickly and carries that speed into the forecheck, constantly keeping her feet moving while pressuring the puck. While under pressure herself she is calm and composed with great vision to find open passing lanes. Grade: B
Brynn Heising #15 (Benilde-St. Margaret’s, F, 2027) : Heising has good poise with the puck. She will possess the puck and keep her eyes surveying the ice surface when she has the puck instead of looking down towards the puck. Defensively she has an active stick, helping her support the puck on turnovers and regain possession of the puck. She also hunts down loose pucks and will be first to pucks or help apply good pressure to the defenseman trying to break the puck out of Heisings attacking zone. Grade: B