Campbell and Harder to Represent USA in North American Championships

Colgate's Darryl Campbell and Shep Harder are among the nation's top seniors who will compete for Team USA in the fourth annual North American College Hockey Championships, which will be played Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16.

The championships, a two-game series vs. Team Canada, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The championships will conclude at 2 p.m. Sunday at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Team Canada's roster comprises seniors from CIAU schools.

Campbell and Harder join 18 other seniors from NCAA institutions on the 20-man roster. Fourteen teams are represented on the roster and Colgate is among five teams that have placed two players on the squad. Other ECAC players on the 20-player squad include St. Lawrence's Justin Harney. Five alternates have also been named to the squad, including Doug Stienstra of Cornell.

Campbell, a native of Strathroy, Ontario, compiled 45 points, including 20 goals, in 34 games to help the Red Raiders earn a berth in the 2000 NCAA East Regional Championship in Albany, New York. His 1.29 points-per-game average ranked 19th nationally. A forward, Campbell earned ECAC all-conference honorable mention honors in 1999-00, amassing 26 points in 20 conference contests to finish fifth overall in the conference scoring race with 1.30 points per game.

One of two goaltenders on the roster, Harder was integral to the success attained by the Red Raiders in 1999-00. A native of Wayzata, Minnesota, Harder ranked among the nation's and conference's top goaltenders in winning percentage, goals-against average and save percentage. An ECAC all-conference honorable mention selection, Harder posted a 21-7-2 record for a .733 winning percentage, the ninth best percentage in the nation. Yielding only 2.43 goals per game, which ranked No. 16 nationally, he stopped 91.7 percent of the shots faced, the 10th-best average in Division I.

The roster for Team USA follows:

No. Name/School School Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown
2 Robert Ek Maine D 6-5 210 Lulea, Sweden
3 Chris MacKenzie Niagara D 6-0 180 Niagara Falls, ONT
4 Lee Goren North Dakota F 6-2 205 Winnipeg, MAN
5 Mike Weaver Michigan St. D 5-9 171 Bramalea, ONT
7 Mike Souza New Hampshire F 6-1 205 Wakefield, MA
8 Ben Simon Notre Dame F 6-0 195 Shaker Heights, OH
9 Jason Ulmer North Dakota F 5-10 175 Wilcox, SASK
10 Dan Peters Colorado Col. D 5-10 183 Cottage Grove, MN
13 Nate Miller Minnesota F 6-3 200 Anoka, MN
15 Justin Harney St. Lawrence D 6-0 195 Hopkinton, MA
16 Chris Heron Boston U. F 5-11 182 North York, ONT
21 Steve Aronson St. Thomas F 6-1 205 Minnetonka, MN
22 Mike Jones Bowling Green D 6-3 190 Toledo, OH
23 Darryl Campbell Colgate F 5-11 185 Strathroy, ONT
25 Toby Peterson Colorado Col. F 5-10 195 Bloomington, MN
26 Jeff Scissons Minn.-Duluth F 6-1 190 Saskatoon, SASK
30 Greg Gardner Niagara G 6-0 190 Mississauga, ONT
33 Shep Harder Colgate G 5-10 190 Wayzata, MN
39 Cory Larose Maine F 6-0 188 Campbellton, NB
72 Eric Meloche Ohio St. F 5-11 195 Rosemere, QUE

Alternates

David Haimson Williams G 6-0 170 St. Laurent, QUE
Marc Bellemare Norwich F 5-9 175 Cornwall, ONT
Brad Hodgins Michigan St. D 5-10 201 Duncan, BC
Dustin Kuk Wisconsin F 6-1 205 Livonia, MI
Doug Stienstra Cornell F 6-1 207 Kelowna, BC