LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – A roster full of the United States’ best Under-18 and Under-22 year-old women hockey players will be making their way to Lake Placid, N.Y., Aug. 12-16, to participate in the 2014 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival.

The Festival will be used to select the 22-player rosters for a pair of series against Canada held simultaneously from Aug. 21-24 in Calgary, Alberta, at Canada Olympic Park.

The squads will be holding practices and scrimmages in both the Olympic Center’s USA Rink and 1980 Rink Herb Brooks Arena. Games will also be played at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13, Friday, Aug. 15, and Saturday, Aug. 16, in the 1980 Rink. Single game tickets are $15/adults and $6/juniors and seniors. A three game, all-event package is $25/adults and $10/juniors and seniors.

Highlighting the roster for the Festival are four members of the silver medal-winning 2014 U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team, including Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass.), Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.), Michelle Picard (Taunton, Mass.) and Lee Stecklein (Roseville, Minn.).

Ten members of the 2014 U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team -- Grace Bizal (Minnetonka, Minn.), Jincy Dunne (O'Fallon, Mo.), Rebecca Gilmore (Wayland, Mass.), Megan Keller (Farmington, Mich.), Lexie Laing (Marblehead, Mass.), Caitrin Lonergan (Roslindale, Mass.), Patricia Marshall (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Abby Roque (Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.), Melissa Samoskevich (Sandy Hook, Conn.) and Sophie Skarzynski (Wilmette, Ill.) -- are also on the Festival roster.

NOTES: The 2014 USA Hockey Women's National Festival will take place at the Lake Placid Olympic Center and all practices and scrimmages will be open to the public. The rosters for the U.S. Women's Select Teams (U18 and 22U) that will play Canada Aug. 21-24 in Calgary, will be announced on Aug. 17 ... The two teams will practice in Lake Placid on Aug. 17-18 prior to heading to Canada.

For the complete roster, click HERE. For the complete camp schedule, click HERE.

***Media Advisory --- Media wanting to cover the festival and games, email Jon Lundin, ORDA public relations, jlundin@orda.org, with the reporter’s name and outlet.

-- ORDA --

Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.