Five Boston Fleet players were named to Team USA’s roster for the final two stops on the 2024-25 Rivalry Series in February.
Forwards Hilary Knight and Hannah Bilka, defender Megan Keller and standout goaltender Aerin Frankel all appeared in the first three games of the series and will return for Team USA in the final leg. Defender Sydney Bard will make her debut with the national team.
Bard is in her rookie PWHL season for Boston. The Colgate product has one goal and one assist in 11 games while averaging more than 18 minutes of ice time for the Fleet this season.
Keller, Knight and Bilka are leading the Fleet in offensive stats this season. Keller leads with nine points (three goals and six assists) in 11 games, followed by Knight, who has four goals and four helpers for eight points, with Bilka rounding out the top three with three goals and four assists for seven points.
Fleet goaltender Frankel is having another amazing season for Boston. She leads the league in minutes played among goaltenders and posts a .925 save percentage and a 2.08 goals-against average across nine games for the Fleet. She owns a 5-3-1-0 record, one win shy from the league lead.
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Forward Jamie Lee Rattray is the lone Fleet skater on Team Canada’s roster. Rattray made her debut for Canada’s National team in the 2014 Four Nations Cup. She has one goal for the Fleet this season.
Canada enters the final two games of the Rivalry Series with a 2-1 advantage. Team USA took the first game before Team Canada won the next two games. The Rivalry Series wraps up with two games that will take place at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Feb. 6 and at Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on Feb. 8.
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