Bemidji State senior forward on the women's hockey team, Kelly Hart has been selected to participate on the West team in the second annual Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge April 6 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Hart is the second consecuative Bemidji State women's hockey player to be selected to compete in the Skills Challenge.
Hart was a steady contributor for Bemidji State over her four-year career. She played in 140 games tallying 33 goals and 67 assists for 100 career points. With 100 points, Hart joined Amber Fryklund as the only players to amass 100 points in a career at Bemidji State. With 67 assists, Hart became the Division I assist leader at Bemidji State and is just the third player in BSU's Division I era to reach 60 career assists.
The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders. An alternate list has been established in the event that players have to withdraw from the competition due to other commitments, such as their team's participation at the Men's Frozen Four. Bemidji State men's forward Luke Erickson, men's goaltender Layne Sedevie and women's forward Nikki Eckebrecht are on the alternate list.
The Skills Challenge will include the puck control relay, hardest shot, fastest skater, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot. Each competitor will recieve a complete set of equipment and a full uniform from Nike Bauer Hockey.
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To be eligible, all players must have exhausted their collegiate eligibility and be nominated by their head coach. The players were selected by representatives from the American College Hockey Coaches Association, the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee and the National Youth Sports Corporation.
Tickets for the event are $10 and can be purchased at the Scottrade Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Tickemaster.com or by phone at (314) 241-1888. The Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be preceeded by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award at 6 p.m. and the Hockey Humanitarian Award at 6:35 p.m. The Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge will be shown live on ESPNU.
