Tara Leighton is from Fairbanks, Alaska. We roomed together at Girls Nationals Last year and worked games at Elite camp and 4 Nations Cup where we worked the most exciting game of my career - Gold medal game: USA vs Canada (USA won after OT and a 6 round shoot out). We have become really good friends. Hopefully one day I can get up to Alaska to visit her.
Kate Connolly is from Philadelphia, PA. I met Kate for the first time at girls nationals last year. We got to know each other really well in Lake Placid this summer when we were roommates for 10 days at Elite camp. She was also at 4 Nations with me this past fall where we worked the USA vs Canada game. Kate will be on the same flight with me to Beijing. Unfortunately we can't play guitar hero & rock band on the plane like we did at elite camp and 4 Nations but I'm sure we will find ways to amuse ourselves!
Stacey Livingston is from Richmond, Virginia and is an IIHF supervisor, and worked the gold medal game for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was an instructor at both my regional and select camps and supervised 4 Nations this past fall. Stacey is one of those people who have helped me get to where I am now so I am thrilled to have her there to give me feedback - not only because she knows me but also because she speaks excellent English!
Matt Leaf, the director of USA Hockey officiating program, will also be in Harbin supervising the men's tournament. He's a great guy and I'm sure we will see him a lot. He will also smooth things over for us in Harbin, so we shouldn't run into any problems. I also know a few male American officials are going but I don't think I have ever met any of them.
Like I said before, I really got lucky on this one. I am traveling with a great group of people; I'm sure we are going to share lots of laughs throughout the trip!
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