-- NOW, THE NBC FIVE
SPORTS DESK BROUGHT TO YOU BY X
VANITY.
KEN: DURING TODAY'S NHL WINTER
CLASSIC, USA HOCKEY USED THE
NATIONAL PLATFORM TO ANNOUNCE
THE PLAYERS THAT WILL REPRESENT
THE RED WHITE AND BLUE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL GAMES, AND IT WAS
NO SURPRISE, YET VERY EXCITING
TO SEE AMANDA PELKEY'S NAME
OFFICIALLY EDGED INTO USA HOCKEY
OLYMPIC HISTORY. 
A FEW OF THE PLAYERS WERE ON
HAND IN NEW YORK FOR THE ROSTER
ANNOUNCMENT, AND WHILE THEY WERE
BEING INTRODUCED, WATCH CLOSELY
AS PELKEY'S NAME AND HOME TOWN
SCROLLED ACROSS THE BOTTOM LINE
OF THE SCREEN. 
THE VERMONT NATIVE AND UVM GRAD
WAS NAMED TO THE 23 PLAYER
ROSTER, HELPING CONTINUE TO MAKE
HER DREAM A REALITY 
AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM, PELKEY
HAS PLAYED IN TWO INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS,
AND FOUR FOUR NATION CUPS.
UPON HER GRADUATION FROM UVM,
PELKEY WAS THE ALL-TIME LEADER
IN POINTS, GOALS, ASSISTS, AND
TIED FOR THE PROGRAM LEAD, IN
POWER PLAY GOALS. 
SINCE LEAVING CATAMOUNT COUNTRY,
PELKEY HAS ALSO JOINED THE
NATIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE,
PLAYING FOR THE BOSTON PRIDE. 
PELKEY AND THE REST OF TEAM USA
WILL DROP THE FIRST PUCK IN THE
UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES, FEBURARY
11TH VERSE FINLAND. 
JOINING PELKEY ON THE U.S.
ROSTER TODAY, IS FELLOW
CATAMOUNT, RYAN GUNDERSON,
MAKING THE MEN'S TEAM. 
THE DEFENSEMAN, HIT THE ICE AT
GUTTERSON FIELD HOUSE FROM 2003
