From USCHO:  http://www.uscollegehockey.com
 
06-26-98 Collegians, Recruits Invited To USA Hockey Summer Challenge
 
Fourteen current college players and at least 18 college recruits make
up the
majority of the invited roster for the 1998 USA Hockey Summer
Challenge, an under-20 tournament which will be held August 7-15 at
Lake Placid, N.Y.
 
The U.S. roster of 55 will be divided into East and West teams and
compete against national under-20 teams from Sweden, Switzerland and
1998 IIHF World Junior champion Finland at the round-robin tournament,
won last year by Team USA West.
 
Collegians named to the team include forwards Dan Carlson of Notre
Dame, Carl
Corazzini of Boston University, Brian Gionta of Boston College, Alex
Kim of Miami, Geoff Koch of Michigan, Dustin Kuk of Wisconsin, Justin
Morrison of Colorado College, Ryan Murphy of Bowling Green, Mike
Vigilante of Lake Superior and Erik Westrum of Minnesota; defensemen
Aaron Dwyer of St. Cloud and Jay Leach of Providence; and goaltenders
Joe Blackburn of Michigan State and Shawn Timm of Bowling Green.
 
Confirmed 1998-99 college recruits invited to the Challenge include
forwards Tyler Arnason of St. Cloud, Joe Goodenow and Adam Hall of
Michigan State, BARRETT HEISTEN of MAINE, Willie Levesque of
Northeastern, Doug Meyer of Minnesota and Mike Pandolfo of Boston
University; defensemen Pat Aufiero and Chris Dyment of Boston
University, Bill Cass and Brooks Orpik of Boston College, Andrew
Hutchinson of Michigan State, DOUG JANIK of MAINE, Jordan Leopold of
Minnesota, Will Magnuson of Lake Superior, Mike Stuart of Colorado
College and Dave Tanabe of Wisconsin; and goaltender Adam Hauser of
Minnesota.
 
Most of these players were members of the inaugural U.S. under-18 team,
which recently finished its playing season out of Ann Arbor, Mich.
 
In addition to the players named above, the roster includes nine
members of the 1998 U.S. National Junior Team, 11 players from the
Ontario Hockey League, three from the Western Hockey League and one
from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
 
"We have a good mix of veterans and young players on the roster," said
U.S. National Coach Jeff Jackson. "From an evaluation standpoint, the
format of the tournament is excellent. We'll be able to see how the
players perform individually and as a team against top-notch
international competition."
 
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