Chu, Ruggiero to Serve as Alternate Captains for 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team
Photo of Julie Chu '06-07 courtesy of USA Hockey.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Former Harvard
All-Americans and Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winners Angela
Ruggiero '02-04 and Julie Chu '06-07 were selected as alternate
captains for the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team, USA Hockey
announced Thursday afternoon. Ruggiero, making her fourth
Olympic team, and Chu, a three-time Olympian, will be joined by
alternate captain Jenny Potter, while Natalie Darwitz will serve as
team captain for Team USA, which is preparing for the 2010
Vancounver Olympics next month.
Ruggiero, who has played more games (244) for Team USA than any
other player, has been honored as the world's top defender six
times. In her 244 games with Team USA, Ruggiero has amassed a
total of 198 points on 60 goals and 138 assists, second most in
U.S. history for a defenseman. Ruggiero captured the gold
medal with Team USA in 1998 at Nagano, the silver in 2002 at Salt
Lake City and the bronze in 2006 at Torino. During her career at
Harvard, she was a four-time All-American and the winner of the
Patty Kazmaier Award, presented to the nation’s top Division
I women’s college hockey player, in 2004.
Chu, a forward, earned the silver medal with Team USA at the 2002
Olympics and a bronze at the 2006 games, has scored 55 goals and
handed out 195 assists in 185 games with the U.S. National
Team. Chu, who is the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer
with 284 points on 196 assists and 88 goals, was the recipient of
the Patty Kazmaier trophy in 2007. She was also a three-time
All-American as a skater with the Crimson.
