COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Bemidji State University Women's Hockey Associate Head Coach Amber Frkylund and former goaltender/Director of Hockey Ops Mackenzie Bruch have been named to the coaching staff for the 2025 U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team announced by USA Hockey this morning.
Fryklund will serve as an Assistant Coach for Team USA and Bruch as the team's Goaltending Coach at the 2025 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship in Vantaa, Finland, Jan. 5-12, 2025.
Fryklund is making her international coaching debut as an assistant coach on the 2025 U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team. Fryklund has spent nine seasons with the Bemidji State University women's ice hockey program, including four as associate head coach. She rejoined Bemidji's bench after a three-year hiatus at the start of the 2023-24 season.
Fryklund has previously spent the last four seasons working on the staff of multiple USA Hockey Development camps.
As a player, Fryklund skated for Bemidji State from 2000-03, and is the school's all-time leading scorer with 122 points, with her 59 goals tops at BSU all-time and her 63 assists second in the record books.
Bruch joins the staff as goaltending coach for the 2025 U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team after having served in the same capacity for the U.S. Collegiate Women's Select Team in both 2023 and 2022.
Since October of 2021, Bruch has served as volunteer goaltending coach for the Yale University women's ice hockey and is also in her sixth season as a head coach for Pro Crease Goaltending.
A former Bemidji State University goalie, Bruch graduated from BSU in 2017 and returned for the 2017-18 as the director of hockey and video operations for the women's ice hockey program.
The two join head coach Liz Keady Norton (Dartmouth) as well as assistant Courtney Kennedy (Boston College) and intern coach Shelly Picard (Long Island) to lead the United States in its quest for the gold medal at the tournament.
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
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