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STOPs & STARTS USA HOCKEY NEWS & UPDATES Kampersal To Lead U.S. Women's U18 Team Jeff Kampersal, head coach of the Princeton University's women's team, will serve as head coach of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team for the 2012-13 season. Courtney Kennedy, two-time Olympian and assistant coach at Boston College, and Steve Guider, head coach of the Blaine (Minn.) Girls' High School Team, will serve as assistant coaches. The 2012-13 season includes the USA Americans Tune In To Hockey Day Broadcast N eight years, excluding Winter Classics, and was the most-watched broadcast for a non- Winter Classic in six years. The regional coverage on Feb. 19, which was highlighted by the Detroit Red Wings NHL-record 23rd consecutive home win, averaged 1.94 million viewers, the most since 1.96 million for regional coverage on NBC on Jan. 14, 2006. BC Sports' regional cover- age during Hockey Day in America tied for the best NHL regular-season rating in It was also up 26 percent compared to last year's Hockey Day regional coverage. Created in 2011 by the NBC Sports Group, Hockey Day in America is part of Hockey Weekend Across America, USA Hockey's nationwide initiative to celebrate the game and those involved at all levels. This year, NBC Sports wove the sto- ries of America's affinity for hockey into its coverage of four NHL games (three regional and one national), which included interviewing and highlighting U.S. players. Icemen And Snowmen Kyle, 3, and Ryan, 5, Rucinski of Broadview Heights, Ohio team up with their USA Hockey snowmen. The brothers helped their mom, Brandi, build the line since the backyard rink hasn't seen much action this year because of a disappointingly warm winter. The boys play for the ADM division out of Strongsville, Ohio where their dad, Jeff, is a coach. 8 Hockey Women's National Festival (August 2012/Blaine, Minn.), the 2012 Women's Under-18 Series, a three-game competition against Canada (Aug. 16-19/Blaine, Minn.) and culminates with the 2013 IIHF Women's World U18 Championship. Kampersal is serving as coach of the U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team for the first time after having been involved in multiple USA Hockey Women's Select Festivals and Player Development Camps. Online Magazine Keeps Empire State Covered If you are a fan of amateur hockey in New York State, you'll want to subscribe to the new Hockey New York State electronic magazine. This free online magazine covers all facets of the game in USA Hockey's fourth largest District, from the grass roots through the collegiate ranks. The magazine is the brainchild of Randy and Janet Schultz, long-time contributors to USA Hockey Magazine, and Steve Manson, publisher of Western New York Hockey Report. The magazine launched this past October and has thus far been met with great support from the local hockey community. "We have had a great response from the different areas of New York State," said Schultz, who has covered all levels of hockey for 38 seasons. "We are still growing. We know that our publication, as well as our website, will look a lot different next October than it does now. "Like our slogan states, we are 'All Amateur, All Hockey, All New York State.' " For back issues and more information, go to Hockeynys.com. APRIL/MAY.2012 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM PHOTOS COURTESY OF Getty Images; Princeton University; Brandi Rucinski