22 USHLers, seven Minnesotans on the 2010 US Junior Select Team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey today announced the 22-player roster for the 2010 U.S. Junior Select Team that will compete at the World Junior A Challenge Nov. 8-14 in Penticton, B.C. Team USA is the two-time defending champion (2008, 2009) at the tournament. For Team USA's full roster, click here.

All 22 players are in the United States Hockey League (USHL), the top tier junior program in the United States (Junior A, Tier I). Seven of the 22 players on the roster are from Minnesota.

The seven Minnesotans on the roster include:

G - Zane Gothberg (Thief River Falls HS) - 6'1", 174 lbs | 08/20/92
USHL Team: Fargo Force

D - Sam Windle (Osseo HS) - 6'4", 200 lbs | 03/10/92
USHL Team: Chicago Steel

D - Nick Mattson (Chaska HS & USNTDP U17) - 6'1", 185 lbs | 10/25/91
USHL Team: Indiana Ice

D - Tommy Fallen (Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) - 5'9", 170 lbs | 04/17/91
USHL Team: Cedar Rapids Roughriders

F - Max Gaede (Woodbury HS) - 6'2", 191 lbs | 03/27/92
USHL Team: Sioux City Musketeers

F - Caleb Herbert (Bloomington Jefferson HS) - 5'11", 185 lbs | 10/12/91
USHL Team: Sioux City Musketeers

F - Seth Ambroz (New Prague HS) - 6'2", 211 lbs | 04/03/93
USHL Team: Omaha

More information can be found on the USA Hockey website here.