Hannah Bilka\u00a0(Coppell, Texas\/Seattle Torrent),\u00a0Britta Curl-Salemme\u00a0(Bismarck, N.D.\/Minnesota Frost),\u00a0Joy Dunne\u00a0(O\u2019Fallon, Mo.\/Ohio State University),\u00a0Laila Edwards\u00a0(Cleveland Heights, Ohio\/University of Wisconsin),\u00a0Aerin Frankel\u00a0(Chappaqua, N.Y.\/Boston Fleet),\u00a0Rory Guilday\u00a0(Chanhassen, Minn.\/Ottawa Charge),\u00a0Taylor Heise\u00a0(Lake City, Minn.\/Minnesota Frost),\u00a0Tessa Janecke\u00a0(Orangeville, Ill.\/Penn State University),\u00a0Ava McNaughton\u00a0(Seven Fields, Pa.\/University of Wisconsin),\u00a0Gwyneth Philips\u00a0(Athens, Ohio\/Ottawa Charge),\u00a0Kirsten Simms\u00a0(Plymouth, Mich.\/University of Wisconsin) and\u00a0Haley Winn\u00a0(Rochester, N.Y.\/Boston Fleet), will be making their Olympic debut in Milan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur staff has spent the past few months evaluating our incredible player pool and while the depth of the group makes these decisions incredibly hard, we are so excited for this team to compete in Milan,\u201d said\u00a0Katie Million, general manager of the U.S. Olympic Women\u2019s Ice Hockey Team. \u201cThis team brings excitement, passion and pride, and will represent the United States proudly as they look to win gold come February.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twenty-one of the 23 players were part of the gold medal-winning 2025 U.S. Women\u2019s National Team that won the 2025 IIHF Women\u2019s World Championship, and 11 were members of the 2022 U.S. Olympic Women\u2019s Hockey Team that took home silver in Beijing.\u00a0<\/p>\n