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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 :-).

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)

Boston University defeated UConn 2-1 today to take the Hockey East championship in overtime. Tara Watchorn scored the game-winner unassisted while Mel Haber (earlier blog gallery) was in net for the Terriers.

Thanks to College Hockey Inc. for pointing out the men’s sweep.

Best Goalie: Ryan Miller, Michigan State University
Best Defenseman: Brian Rafalski, University of Wisconsin (earlier blog gallery)
Best Forward: Jonathan Toews, University of North Dakota

For the women, 2 out of 3 played college hockey:
Best Goaltender: Shannon Szabados (the exception – she does play “college” hockey, but it is on a men’s team in the ACAC, not NCAA)
Best Defenseman: Molly Engstrom, University of Wisconsin

Best Forward: Meghan Agosta, Mercyhurst

Congratulations to Katey Stone who became the winningest D-1 women’s hockey coach with Harvard’s win on February 26.  Just added a very mini-gallery to the USCHO article here – http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18261/StoneSetsCareerWinsRecord.html