New England was well-represented in the United States' run to a gold medal at the IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship.
Team USA took down Czechia, 5-1, in the gold medal game on Sunday. The win avenged a 4-3 shootout loss to Czechia in pre-tournament play.
During the preliminary round, USA rolled through Slovakia, 7-1, hosts Switzerland, 8-1 and Sweden, 4-0. They also took down Germany, 4-2, in the quarterfinals and Finland, 4-2, in the semifinals.
The U.S. roster featured nine skaters from New England, including seven from Massachusetts.
In the final, five of the nine New Englanders on the roster found the scoresheet. Molly Boyle (Scituate, Mass.) assisted on Margaret Scannell's opening goal in the first period. Boyle added an assist on the first of Kassidy Carmichael's (Westford, Mass.) two third-period tallies. Taylor Senecal (Essex Junction, Vt.) also factored in on the first of Carmichael's goals as well.
Morgan McGathey (Braintree, Mass.) and Maggie Averill (Wayland, Mass) each assisted on Haley Box's goal to make it 2-0 in the first, the eventual game-winner.
McGathey, a captain at Thayer and a Harvard commit, scored over a point per game in the tournament with eight points (2g, 6a) in six games. Carmichael, who skates with NAHA White U19, finished the tournament with four goals in six games. She's an Ohio State commit. Her teammate, Alanna Devlin (Marshfield, Mass.), a Boston College commit, added a goal and an assist in the tournament.
Boyle, a Yale commit and Phillips Andover captain, totaled four assists in six games from the blue line. Averill, a freshman at Andover, had a goal and an assist on defense. Her older sister, Caroline Averill (Wayland, Mass.), a sophomore forward at Andover, added two goals.
McGathey and Boyle also skate with the East Coast Wizards, while the Averills played club hockey with Assabet Valley this season.
Senecal, a Colgate commit, plays with NAHA Red U16. She had three assists from the blue line.
Meanwhile, Megan Healy (South Burlington, Vt.), a Princeton commit, had an assist in the tournament. She's a standout defender with the Bishop Kearney Selects 19U's. Quinn Taylor (Centerville, Mass.) also made the roster. She skates with NAHA White U19 as well.
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Team USA included more local ties, like head coach Liz Keady Norton (Braintree, Mass.), who coaches at Dartmouth. Melissa Piacentini (Weymouth, Mass.) was also the video coach for the U.S.
BB&N standout and Yale commit Hannah Weyerhaeuser (Cambridge, Mass.) made the initial roster before going down with an injury. She also plays club with the East Coast Wizards.
