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The NCAA released the names of the initial seniors chosen to take part in the 2010 Frozen Four Skills Challenge in Detroit.

For the East:

Army: Owen Meyer
Boston College: Ben Smith* (previous galleries 1 2), Allie Thunstrom

Boston University: Melissa Anderson (previous galleries 1 2), Melissa Haber (previous galleries 1 2)

Cornell: Ben Scrivens
Dartmouth: Sarah Parsons
Harvard: Anna McDonald

New Hampshire: Bobby Butler, Kelly Paton (earlier blog galleries 1 2 3)
Oswego State: Neil Musselwhite
Quinnipiac: Brandon Wong
RIT: Jared DeMichiel
St. Lawrence: Brittony Chartier, Britni Smith
Yale: Sean Backman (earlier blog gallery)

For the West:

Air Force: Andrew Volkening

Bemidji State: Chris McKelvie**

Ferris State: Cody Chupp
Michigan: Steven Kampfer (earlier blog galleries 1 2)
Minnesota: Tony Lucia (earlier blog gallery), Kelly Blankenship
Minnesota State-Mankato: Zach Harrison, Ashley Young
Northern Michigan: Brian Stewart
Notre Dame: Kyle Lawson*** (earlier blog gallery)
Ohio State: Rachel Davis
Robert Morris: Chelsea Walkland
St. Cloud: Caitlin Hogan
St. Thomas: Lauren Bradel
Wayne State: Lindsey Park
Wisconsin: Kyla Sanders

Alternatives for the East include 3 from Union.

* will not participate due to playing in (winning) the National Championship the following day.**** Student-athletes lose eligibility on participation in the challenge.
** a sibling! Actually a twin of Zach McKelvie who participated in the 2009 Frozen Four Skills Challenge and younger brother of Ryan who is coaching in the NAHL.

*** unlikely to participate as his signing with Carolina was announced earlier today.
**** you can say I’m just being a fan there, which I definitely am, but it is also a future fact :-).

Notre Dame Fighting Irish senior defenseman Kyle Lawson has been signed by the Carolina Hurricanes who drafted him in 2005.   Contract info on Carolina’s website.

QuickFacts tweeted that Kyle Page of Bowling Green has signed with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.   I’ve shot a pretty high percentage of the Walleye roster in the past.  Here are a few including new kid Page:

Players of the Week:  Justin Braun, UMass and Melissa Haber, BU (earlier blog galleries – 1  2)

Rookies of the Week: Alex Chiasson, BU and Elisabeth Stathopulos, UConn (earlier blog gallery)

Defensive Players of the Week: Carter Hutton, Lowell and Tara Watchorn, BU (earlier blog galleries)

ECAC First Team:
Forwards: Chase Polacek, RPI; Sean Backman, Yale; Broc Little, Yale

D: Brendon Nash, Cornell, Mike Schreiber, Union

Goaltender: Ben Scrivens, Cornell

Second Team:
Forwards: Colin Greening, Cornell; David McIntyre, Colgate (earlier blog gallery); Mario Valery-Trabucco, Union,

D: Taylor Fedun, Princeton; Tom Dignard, Yale

Goaltender: Allen York, RPI

Third Team:
Forwards: Aaron Volpatti, Brown; Riley Nash, Cornell; Travis Vermeulen, St. Lawrence

D: Evan Stephens, Dartmouth; Derek Keller, St. Lawrence

Goaltender: Keith Kincaid, Union

All-Rookie:
Forwards: Jerry D’Amigo, RPI, Louis Leblanc, Harvard; Brandon Pirri, RPI

D: Nick Dagostino, Cornell; George Hughes, St. Lawrence

Goaltender: Keith Kincaid, Union