Two Big Green Incoming Freshmen Named Finalists for Ms. Minnesota Hockey

Release Courtesy of Let's Play Hockey

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Let's Play Hockey newspaper announced today the top 10 candidates for the 2009 Ms. Hockey Award, which will be presented to the top senior girls' high school hockey player in Minnesota.

In alphabetical order, here are this year's top 10 finalists, with college choice:

Finalist                         School              Position                       College
Lisa Berreman               Eagan               Defense                       Dartmouth
Margaret Chute             Blake                Forward                        TBD
Callie Dahl                    Stillwater            Forward                       St. Cloud State
Sally Komarek              Blake                 Forward                        Dartmouth
Becky Kortum               Hopkins              Forward                       Minnesota
Mary Loken                  Roseau              Forward                        North Dakota
Erika Magnusson         Fergus Falls     Forward                         Minnesota State
Alex Nelson                  Andover            Forward                        St. Cloud State
Kelsey Romatoski         Holy Angels      Defense                        Harvard
Lauren Zrust                 Blaine                Forward                        Minnesota State

Six of the 10 players named as finalists are committed to a WCHA school for next season, while the remaining four finalists are bound for an Ivy League university. All of them have been bound to the textbooks for the past several years. The top 10 finalists check in with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.75. Six of the finalists hail from Class AA schools, while LPH No. 2 Blake boasts two finalists in Margaret Chute and Sally Komarek.

The top five finalists for the Ms. Hockey Award will be named in the Feb. 19 edition of Let's Play Hockey with the winner announced at the Ms. Hockey awards banquet on Sunday, March 1 at 11 a.m., at the St. Paul RiverCentre. The top 10 finalists for the Let's Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award were also announced today. The five finalists for the Senior Goalie of the Year Award will be named in the Feb. 12 edition of Let's Play Hockey. Both awards are sponsored by Let's Play Hockey and the Minnesota Wild.

In addition to on-ice talent, criteria for the Ms. Hockey Award includes academics, community/extracurricular activities, citizenship and coachability. The 2008 Ms. Hockey winner was Sarah Erickson of Bemidji. Other past winners include Katharine Chute of Blake (2007), Allie Thunstrom of North St. Paul (2006), Gigi Marvin of Warroad (2005), Erica McKenzie of Hastings (2004), Andrea Nichols of Hibbing/Chisholm (2003), Ashley Albrecht of South St. Paul (2002), Renee Curtin of Roseville (2001), Krissy Wendell of Park Center (2000), Ronda Curtin of Roseville (1999), Laura Slominski of Burnsville (1998), Annamarie Holmes of Apple Valley (1997) and Winny Brodt of Roseville (1996).

Other awards that will be presented at the banquet include the Let's Play Hockey Senior Goalie of the Year Award, which goes to the top senior goalie in girls' high school hockey, as well as the Minnesota Girls High School Hockey Coaches Association's Coach of the Year, and All-State and All-Academic Award winners for the 2007-08 season.

For more information on the Ms. Hockey banquet, call Let's Play Hockey at 612-729-0023.

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