Four Eagles Named to U.S. Roster for World Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Two current Boston College women's hockey players and two recent graduates were named to the U.S. Women's National Team that will compete in the 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championships in April in Espoo, Finland.

Current Eagles Cayla Barnes and Megan Keller will join Emily Pfalzer '15 and Alex Carpenter '16 on the 23-player roster that will take part in the tournament, which is slated for April 4-14.

Barnes, Keller and Pfalzer were members of the U.S. squad that claimed gold at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games while Carpenter earned a silver medal with the U.S. at the 2014 games. Barnes will be making her IIHF Women's World Championships (WWC) debut. Carpenter has skated in four IIHF WWC's, winning gold in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 while Keller and Pfalzer were on the gold-medal winning WWC squads in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

While Barnes and Keller have been patrolling the blue line for BC this year, Carpenter and Pfalzer have been skating professionally during the 2018-19 season.

The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship will begin on April 4, with the gold-medal game taking place on April 14. The U.S. enters the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship having won gold in the past four tournaments (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).

Four Eagles Named to U.S. Roster for World Championships

Players Mentioned

Cayla Barnes

Megan Keller

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