Schmidgall to play in hockey festival
 
Olympic gold medalist Jenny Schmidgall of Edina is among 13 Minnesotans
chosen
to participate in the USA Hockey Women's Festival later this month in
Lake Placid, N.Y.
 
Joining Schmidgall are forwards Krissy Wendell of Brooklyn Park, Melisa
Heitzmen of Bloomington, Angela Rieger of Courtland, Laura Slominski of
Burnsville, Myia Yates of St. Paul, Natalie Darwitz of Eagan, Ronda
Curtin of
Roseville and Angela Francisco of Duluth; defensemen Bethany Petersen of
 
Bloomington, Winny Brodt of Roseville and Brittny Ralph of Brooklyn
Center;
and goaltender Jackie MacMillian of Buffalo. Other players with
Minnesota ties are
goaltender Erica Killewald, forward Ambria Thomas and defenseman
Courtney Kennedy of the Gophers; forwards Kim Corona of Mankato State
and Kristie Hofer of Bemidji State; and defenseman Kelli Halcisak of
Shattuck St.
Mary's.
 
The 72 participants are divided among four teams that will compete in a
round-robin
tournament. Gophers coach Laura Halldorson will be an assistant coach
for the Blue
team, and North Dakota men's coach Dean Blais will coach the Gold team.
The
festival, which will be held Aug. 22-30, is used by USA Hockey officials
to identify and
develop players for the national team.
 
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