OLYMPIANS

Shelley Looney(Northeastern)

Angela Ruggiero(Harvard)

NCAA DIV 1 PLAYERS

Kathleen Brophy (Providence)

Bree Cheatham(Northeastern)

Ellie Griffith (Princeton)

Kim Flatt (Northeastern)

Kathy Issel (Princeton)

Andrea Spruell (Brown)

Nicole Stahl (Wayne State)

NCAA DIV 3 PLAYERS

Ashley Leitch (Finlandia)

Corinne Czekaj (Finlandia)

OTHER NCAA PLAYERS

Marina Korzon (Western Michigan)

Nikki Tsouris (Western Michigan)

...excerpts from letter from Lou Issel Michigan Hockey Weekly (click here)Lou's Daughter Kathy played on the original capitals pewee team and then went on to play at Princeton University

Shelley Looney (from Detroit News Review Mirror article)
     Shelley Looney of Trenton, Mich., scored the winning goal against Canada that won the gold for the women's hockey team at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. It was the first time women's hockey had been an Olympic sport.
      Looney grew up in Brownstown Township and attended Carlson High School in the Gibralter district. She later moved to Boston to attend Northeastern University to play hockey.
      Brownstown Board of trustees designated April 3 as Shelley Looney Day with appropriate festivities including a proclamation from Gov. John Engler. Trenton also planned a hero's welcome.
      On the eastside Harrison Township had festivities for Looney's teammate, Angela Ruggiero.
      After the win her sister Pamela, a student a Macomb County Community College said, "I woke up at four this morning to watch the game, and when they won I just started crying. My sister called 45 minutes after the game and said everyone is going crazy."

Google Shelley Looney UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 2002 OLYMPICS

Angela Ruggerio Member of the 1998 gold-medal winning and 2002 silver-medal winning United States Olympic Hockey Team … One of eight athletes who carried the World Trade Center Flag during the Opening Ceremonies at the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City … Received the Directorate Award as the best defenseman at the 2002 Olympics … Named to the all-tournament team at the Olympics after notching four points (1-3) and a team-best +11 in five games … Member of the U.S. National Team that participated in the Four Nations Cup in Sweden Nov. 5-9 and the IIHF World Championships in April … Named the US Player of the Game in the 2-1 win over Canada in the finals of the Four Nations Cup … Received the IIHF Directorate Award as the Best Defenseman at the World Championships. Angela Ruggiero takes a victory lap after the American women defeated Canada for the Gold 1998 in Nagano Japan.(BELOW)

Angela Ruggiero to lace 'em up in CHL Harvard page