Women's hockey
ROSTER TRIMMED: The 2001-02 USA Hockey Women's National Team has been trimmed from 25 players.
Released from the team were forwards Brandy Fisher of Colton, N.Y., and Kathleen Kauth of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and defenseman Nicole Uliasz of Perkasie, Pa.
The announcement leaves 22 players on the roster, including two goaltenders, seven defensemen and 13 forwards.
The 2002 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team roster will include 18 skaters and two goaltenders. The final roster announcement is expected to be made later this month.
The Women's National Team is currently 15-0-0 on the Visa Skate To Salt Lake Tour. The team is competing throughout the nation on the tour, making 21 stops in 18 cities in preparation for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, to be held Feb. 8-24 in Salt Lake City.
Snowboarding
WORLD CUP: American snowboarders cracked the top 10 in the season's first two World Cup parallel giant slalom races over the weekend but failed to get on the podium.
Rosey Fletcher of Girdwood, Alaska, finished sixth on Saturday and 10th on Sunday, while Lisa Kosglow of Boise was eighth on Sunday in Ischgul, Austria. Heavy snow in Kaprun, Austria, the week before forced the back-to-back weekend races.
On the men's side, Chris Klug, Aspen, Colo., managed a 10th-place finish on Saturday.
Probable Olympians Mathieu Bozzetto and Karine Ruby, both of France, won the men's and women's PGS, respectively, on Sunday. The Saturday winners were Frenchman Nicolas Huet and Doris Guenther of Austria.
Hockey
ONLINE STORE: USA Hockey has selected FanBuzz to operate the official online store located at USAHockey.com as part of the agreement.
Fans of USA Hockey will be able to choose from a large assortment of officially licensed apparel and collectibles including USA Hockey jerseys which can be personalized with any name and number, including members of USA Hockey teams.
The store will also be supported with an extensive print media campaign in American Hockey Magazine, the official publication of USA Hockey.
Indoor soccer
NEW SPORT IN 2006? Indoor soccer, with five players to a team, wants to join the Winter Olympics starting in 2006.
But the IOC said the game known as futsal does not qualify because it is not a winter sport.
