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Woo hoo – two of the Boston College Eagles taking part in the camp were named to the team – Molly Schaus in goal and Kelli Stack up front.  Unfortunately Maggie Taverna, Meghan Fardelmann and Allie Thunstrom were not :-(.    Personally I’d dump the 3 skaters I’ve never shot and put those three Eagles in their place so I’d have a complete gallery of the team below, less 1 goalie, instead of missing 4 players.

There will be two more players cut before the 2010 Olympics, but for now the team is made up of:

• 29 – Brianne McLauglin, Robert Morris (not pictured)
• 1 – Molly Schaus, Boston College
• 31 – Jessie Vetter, University of Wisconsin
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• 22 – Kacey Bellamy, University of New Hampshire
• 8 – Caitlin Cahow (Harvard)
• 11 – Lisa Chesson (Ohio State – not pictured)
• 6 – Rachael Drazan, University of Minnesota
• 9 – Molly Engstrom (University of Wisconsin)
• 4 – Angela Ruggiero (Harvard)
• 23 – Kerry Weiland (University of Wisconsin)
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• 13 – Julie Chu (Harvard)
• 20 – Natalie Darwitz (University of Minnesota)
• 10 – Meghan Duggan, University of Wisconsin
• 15 – Angie Keseley, University of Wisconsin
• 21 - Hilary Knight, University of Wisconsin
• 17 – Jocelyn Lamoureux, University of Minnesota last season, transferring to North Dakota
• 7 – Monique Lamoureux, same school situation as sister above (not pictured)
• 2 – Erika Lawler, University of Wisconsin
• 19 – Gigi Marvin, University of Minnesota
• 12 – Jenny Potter (Duluth)
• 16 – Kelli Stack, Boston College
• 5 – Karen Thatcher (Brown/Providence)
• 3 – Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej (Wisconsin – not pictured)

This was my fifth or sixth year to shoot USA Hockey’s Under 20 evaluation camp and while I was disappointed in the format change that saw Russia [no offense to the Russian team or staff] replace Sweden and Finland and thus a reduction in the number of games and participants, I did like one addition the US staff made. No, not Dean Blais as head coach – although he seemed very nice and his drill instructions were short and sweet [I like tv timeouts during games, but Ron Rolston's drill instructions provided time to take solo shots of every player, upload and edit them on computer and then take a nap on the bench before the drill would actually be run :-)] – but Mac Moore as an assistant to the Equipment Managers.

Mac is the 13-year-old brother of camp participant and Columbus Blue Jackets prospect John Moore. Super hard worker and if the eventual US team has his work ethic, they’ve got to beat Canada this year (please!!). Mac’s only fault was his hatred of me taking his picture which I can completely understand though it didn’t stop me from stalking him one afternoon until I got a few shots where his face was visible. I look forward to shooting Mac as a camp participant in a few years.

Note:  Still working on editing work from Lake Placid; no single day is complete, but have 750+ images uploaded and available if you need a shot now (search on +”player name” + “2009 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp” to limit results to the Camp).

Article discusses changes made in 2002 both structural and mental – “…Boustedt said it used to be acceptable for Swedish junior teams to finish in the top four in international competitions. “Now the only thing the players are going for is gold,” he said. …” 

I’ve been lucky enough to be able to shoot a number of the drafted kids – click for a full list of 2009 National Hockey League-drafted players available in my archives.

I’ve included some of the Swedes in the gallery below:

• 002 – Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning
• 006 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Phoenix Coyotes
• 010 – Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson, Edmonton Oilers
• 017 – David Rundblad, St. Louis Blues
• 020 – Jacob Josefson, New Jersey Devils
• 023 – Tim Erixon, Calgary Flames
• 024 – Marcus Johansson, Washington Capitals
• 034 – Calle Klingberg, Atlanta Thrashers
• 040 – Anton Lander, Edmonton Oilers
• 046 – Robin Lehner, Ottawa Senators
• 087 – Simon Bertilsson, Philadelphia Flyers
• 088 – Mattias Lindström, Carolina Hurricanes
• 143 – Peter Andersson, Vancouver Canucks
• 181 – Viktor Ekbom, Pittsburgh Penguins
• (left out Philip Samuelsson as he has now played in a IIHF game as a member of Team USA, but a number of photos in the archive which will only grow as he is joining Boston College this Fall.)

Unrelated Pt. 1 – Is there a way to make a single-spaced list w/o bullets on WordPress?

Unrelated Pt. 2 – The televised Sugarland concert from Lexington, Kentucky (in Boston on WCVB) was terrific, much better than Soundstage concert televised earlier this year on WGBX – both are staying on my DVR which is handy since I keep their cds in my car.  Apparently tonight’s concert is going to be for sale tomorrow, but only at Walmart :-(.  Maybe they’ll include their REM cover on their next regular album.

I still don’t understand using “Joey” for an audience singalong.  Am I totally misunderstanding the lyrics? The song sounds like her friend “Joey” was killed while drunk driving.  Am I wrong?   Of course, I don’t understand why people would be yelling out during “Stay” either. 

Okay, while looking for a link for Sugarland’s website to use above – only found the “fan” membership site so grabbed the CMT artist link and discovered this:

I think I’m going to have to make an appropriate charitable donation to assuage my guilt over buying from Walmart.com – it not only has Love Shack, but several other covers, I even like the Beyonce cover judging by the mini-clip on Walmart’s website.  Thank God I’m a Presbyterian and therefore can sin (shop at Walmart) with zero need for confession or worry about going straight to hell :-).