USA Hockey News Feed: July 20

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - FASTHockey will webcast five games (see schedule later in this release) from the upcoming USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp will take place July 30-Aug. 7, and includes U.S. intrasquad scrimmages and international match-ups between teams from the United States, Finland and Sweden. The 44 U.S. players invited to the camp will be auditioning for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team that will take part in the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2010-Jan. 5, 2011, in Buffalo, N.Y.

Games will be available on a pay-per-view basis at USAHockey.FASTHockey.com. FASTHockey uses a unique game-credit system for viewing games, offering discounts to customers who watch multiple games. Users who want to watch one or more games must first sign up for a free account at USAHockey.FASTHockey.com. Users may then buy game credits - a single game ranges from $6.99 (when one game credit is purchased) to $4.99 (when 100 game credits are purchased). Game credits can be used to watch live games or on-demand archives and never expire.

NOTES: For the full list of players invited to the 2010 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, click here ... The U.S. roster will be trimmed Aug. 2 in preparation for the international games against Finland and Sweden ... The 2011 IIHF World Junior Championships will take place Dec. 26 - Jan. 5 at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., and Niagara University's Dwyer Arena in Lewiston, N.Y. Additional information including a full preliminary-round tournament schedule and ticket details can be found at www.BuffaloWorldJuniors.com ...The 2011 U.S. National Junior Team will be selected in late December following a pre-tournament camp that will begin in mid-December ... Keith Allain, head men's ice hockey coach at Yale University, will serve as head coach of the 2011 U.S. National Junior Team. Allain will be assisted by Mark Osiecki (Burnsville, Minn.), head men's ice hockey coach at The Ohio State University; Phil Housley (South St. Paul, Minn.), head boy's ice hockey coach at Stillwater (Minn.) high school; and Joe Exter (Saline, Mich.), USA Hockey's national goaltending coach ... Mark Carlson, head coach and general manager of the United States Hockey League's Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, and Greg Brown, assistant men's ice hockey coach at Boston College, will also participate in Lake Placid as camp coaches ... Jim Johannson is serving as the general manager of the U.S. National Junior Team for the second consecutive year. Meanwhile, Tim Taylor (Guilford, Conn.), former U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team head coach and longtime Yale University men's ice hockey team head coach, is also serving his second straight year as Team USA's director of player personnel.

 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Food Network's "Ace of Cakes" will feature its visit to the 2010 USA Hockey National Disabled Festival during the episode entitled "Indy, Ice and Improv" Thursday at 10 p.m. EDT.

On April 8, "Ace of Cakes" star chef Duff Goldman stopped by the festival to deliver a custom-made cake featuring miniature players representing all four disciplines of disabled hockey, including deaf/hard of hearing hockey, special hockey, sled hockey and standing/amputee hockey.

Prior to the official cake presentation during the festival's opening ceremonies, Goldman also visited with members of the gold medal-winning 2010 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team and tried his luck at their sport.

The 2010 USA Hockey National Disabled Festival, which took place April 8-11 in Laurel, Md., brought together a total of 50 teams and nearly 800 players from 20 states across the United States. The festival hosted youth and adult sled tournaments; special hockey games; an exhibition between U.S. and international amputee all-star teams; and U.S. deaf/hard of hearing athletes competing against local able-bodied teams.

"Ace of Cakes" follows Goldman and the rest of the staff of Baltimore's Charm City Cakes as they try to meet the demands of creating up to 20 decorative cakes each week.

For more information, visit USAHockey.com.